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May 31,
2007
UAL Update
To All Local Chairpersons and Local Committee (PCE) Reps Employed by
United Airlines
Dear Brothers and Sisters:
I wanted to take this opportunity to thank all of you for your efforts
and support for the successful “Day of Action” rally and nation wide
activities. In the coming weeks and months ahead you will see evidence
of your solidarity and message delivered as workers in the
transportation industry to the political arena and within our industry
as well.
For those of you who were able to join us in Seattle for our Local
Chairperson’s
conference, I hope you found the conference beneficial and helpful in
carrying out your day to day efforts in behalf of our membership and
union back home. It was certainly beneficial for your District Officers
to receive your thoughts, concerns, and suggestions in our workshop
format where consensus was achieved in a number of areas. I appreciate
the suggestions received for consideration at next year’s conference and
I intend to implement a number of the ideas put forth.
I also wanted to report back to you that we are following-up on a number
of issues discussed and presented during our workshop sessions.
One in particular is our continuing efforts to bring work back in-house
(insourcing) and possible new opportunities of work as well for our
members to perform. A few months ago, I assigned AGC Miriam Seewald to
head up a committee to explore with UAL such opportunities in the stores
department. To protect our jobs from outside vendors and to seek
opportunities to compete with vendors for additional work our members
could perform in-house. In no small part due to AGC Seewald's leadership
and work of her committee in meetings with UAL, approximately 200 of our
storekeeper jobs were protected and saved. The Committee is continuing
its ongoing meetings with UAL to continue to explore other work
opportunities for our members and cost savings to UAL.
It is in that same light that I have assigned AGC Delaney to meet with
UAL and
explore a similar criteria or consistent formula to be utilized by our
local committees (Ramp & PCE) along with local management to bring work
back in-house (insource) and/ or additional work opportunities not now
being performed by our members, but which could be. Some examples
already being reviewed are thru cleans, overnight cleans, incidental
fueling opportunities and ground handling of other airlines. As outlined
at the Chairperson conference by AGC Delaney, this means competing with
vendors in a way that is cost saving to UAL and work opportunities for
our members at the local level. AGC Delaney's initial meetings with UAL
have gone well with progress in adopting a criteria moving forward (a
report has been provided to your AGCs by AGC Delaney). Additional
discussions are continuing to finalize this program and when complete,
additional information will be forthcoming.
Once we have a program in place with UAL, we will begin training at the
local station level or at our District offices in Chicago to provide our
Local Committees with the tools to move forward in exploring such job
opportunities in behalf of our members. When it comes to vendors, we
know our members are superior in doing the work and now we should have
an opportunity to compete in the economic arena as well.
Another topic of much discussion at the LCC conference as well, was the
Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA). AGC Asuncion was assigned to conduct
the workshop and did an excellent presentation and exploration of the
issues surrounding the FMLA law and corporate abuses in many cases
violating the law, more so than our agreements which, if contractual
violations, are grieved and remedied. The workshop discussions
highlighted that the more recent violations abound under the law. With
that in mind and in follow-up to the LCC conference, AGC Asuncion is
reviewing with legal counsel some possible suggested ways to move on the
infractions of the law itself in the legal arena. Upon completion of AGC
Asuncion's review additional information will be provided to you.
Once again, on behalf of our District Officers, General Vice President
Robert Roach, Jr. and myself, we thank you for the work you do every day
for our membership, your ongoing support and solidarity that is so vital
for the aspirations of our members and your Union.
You are the best.
Fraternally,
S. R. ( Randy ) Canale
President & Directing
General Chairman
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