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US Station Visits
January 25, 2010 — In the accompanying video, District 141
Communications Coordinator, Dave Lehive (US Airways–PHL), joins AGC
Mickey Hughes on January 18–20, 2010, for one of Hughes’ frequent
station visits. This visit encompasses West Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale,
and Miami, Florida.
Mike Borrelli, serves as Grievance Committee Chair for South Florida,
including PBI, MIA, and his home station of FLL. Borrelli transferred
from Philadelphia to Ft. Lauderdale with US Airways. Borrelli works
closely with Hughes to assure contract enforcement and to address safety
issues.
In West Palm Beach, Anthony Linarducci, US Airways Fleet Service Agent
and Committee person, welcomes District 141 representatives. Linarducci
has 24 years with the company, and many active years of service within
the union. West Palm Beach is home to 24 full time and 7 part time
Members.
In Miami, Shop Stewards Martin Vigo, Jerry Drury, and Orlando Calderon
collaborate with Borrelli and Hughes. Their mutual aim is to address
problems with local management.
“The hard working Members of these stations do a fantastic job,” says
Hughes.
Regarding the company, Hughes says, “We just want local management to
know we have issues, and we want our issues addressed. All can benefit
from a smooth running operation.”
Orlando Ramos and Carlos Ugaldee, both US AIrways Fleet Service Agents
in Miami, say “they were very happy about the visit from District 141.
Punch In Before Security
January 17, 2010 — US Airways Fleet Service workers in Phoenix will now
be able to punch in before security, thanks to the successful outcome of
a grievance filed against the company.
Members had been marked late when clogged security lines prevented them
from reaching time clocks before their start times. Until now, US
Airways failed to acknowledge this as a company problem, and held
Members accountable. Thanks to the efforts of the PHX Grievance
Committee, with support from District Lodge 141 AGC Nick Handlow, Mickey
Hughes, Mike Crowell, and Vice President At-Large Mike Fairbanks, that’s
changed now. “The issue of has been resolved,” stated Handlow. “It was a
good day for Fleet Service Members at US Airways when this difficult
situation for our Members was corrected.”
Handlow also is advising that the company has agreed to back fill 15
Lead positions in PHX. Anyone with a system transfer on file would be
eligible for these open slots. The company also has said they would
consider the possibility for more slots to be filled in the future.
US fleet service, pilots picket
January 8, 2010 — US Airways Fleet Service agents joined pilots in
picketing at McCarran Airport, shortly after executive management at US
Airways announced another round of cutbacks aimed at helping the carrier
out of financial woes. Ten or more agents, including both active and
retired 141 Members, and 141 AGC Mickey Hughes, joined in solidarity and
protest.
Transfer Bid, Point System
December 2, 2009 — More than a month ago, on October 28, 2009, US
Airways management announced job reductions. Mainline cities were their
target, with LAS being the most hard hit. On November 16, 2009, US
Airways management declined a request for additional time for employees
to submit transfer bid requests.
Transfer Bid Awards December 13; Effective February 15, 2010
District 141 will assure that Member seniority is fully protected. AGC's
Mickey Hughes, Nick Handlow, V.P. at-Large Mike Fairbanks, and LAS
committee person Steve Willis will be in Tempe, Arizona on December 3,
2009 to meet with the company and observe the process. Bids will be
awarded December 16, 2009, with an effective date of February 15, 2010
Company Imposed Point System In Arbitration
District 141 AGC’s continue to arbitrate cases resulting from the
company imposed point system. District 141 believes there are grievances
that hold merit, and there are potential areas of violation of the
collective bargaining agreement. Arbitration is a long, meticulous
process. District 141 understands the frustration of Members against US
Airways for imposing their flawed program on its employees. DL141 will
be obtaining more information about point system arbitration, and making
it available to Members on iam141.org.
Members seeking information about specific grievances will want to
attend local lodge meetings for the local’s monthly report.
Members with questions about any outstanding grievances should contact
your AGC.
US Airways
Health Care Arbitration
August 21, 2009
To: The Members of District Lodge 141 Affiliated with US Airways
Subject: Arbitration Decision related to Employee Health Care Premiums
Arbitrator Richard I. Block has rendered his decision in the recently
heard case concerning our Grievance filed against the Company for their
application of a formula to determine future increases in employee
required healthcare premiums. Unfortunately, he did not agree with our
arguments and ruled against us.
Representatives of both District 141 and District 142, in addition to
outside legal counsel, worked very hard in the preparation and
presentation of this very important case. Every effort was made by your
representatives to resolve this issue in favor of our memberships. Many
hours and days of joint discussion and planning went into this case and
every opportunity was taken to try to reach an acceptable agreement with
the Company. However, we were unable to complete a voluntary settlement
and relied on Arbitrator Block to hear the contractual arguments from
both sides and make a binding decision.
We must accept this answer as final in this matter and look forward to
the next phase of this issue. As we receive information regarding the
status of our premium costs for 2010 we will immediately forward it to
you.
Fraternally, // SIGNED // Richard Delaney, President, District Lodge
141, IAMAW
August 11, 2009— District 141 representatives met with US Airways
management to review the awarding of station vacancies as a result of
the announced station closings. We wanted to insure that the impacted
employees’ seniority was fully protected and their personal choices were
honored whenever possible.
August 4, 2009— District representatives met with US airways management
to discuss several pressing issues.
The number of grievances filed as a result of the company-imposed
Attendance Control Policy (Point System) is alarming. We have agreed
that cases involving the same or similar issues with this policy can be
heard as a single grievance in Arbitration. This will speed up
resolution of these issues and not require individual cases to be heard.
District 141 and the company talked about ways we could more efficiently
address Members’ complaints and grievances and reduce the number of
cases that are waiting to be schedule in Arbitration. We will continue
to look for different options that will resolve grievances sooner and
allow grievances that must be heard by an arbitrator to get there
faster.
We also talked about the recent company announcement regarding stations
closings. We notified the company of our concern that the protective
language of our contract was being violated and that we intended to
pursue cases of merit regarding these stations – especially AUS, BUR,
ELP, OMA, and MKE. We also wanted to make sure that those affected
employees have full use of their seniority when making decisions for
themselves and their families to fill vacancies in other stations.
Finally, we talked about the need to have improved and continuing
communication between the Union and the company. More in person
conversations between the parties on a regular basis is the best place
to start.
Outsourcing violates contract
Rich Delaney, July 23, 2009 — US Airways announced last week their
intention to contract out the Fleet Service work in 8 stations across
the system.
AUS, ELP, OMA, MKE, BUR, ICT, LGB, and COS will be turned over to a
vendor in the fall.
District 141 Representatives will meet with the company this week to
discuss this situation and to present our position that the company is
violating our Agreement by contracting out stations that should be
protected under current language.
us airways contract
The current contract will be posted to this web site after a review
process by district AGC's.
The review is taking place now. The review has identified unacceptable
errors in the printed version of the US Airways contract. A complete
list of errors, and proposed remedy has been formally submitted to US
Airways, E. Allen Hemenway, Vice President Labor Relations.
If you have immediate questions about your US Airways contract, contact
a Shop Steward at your location. If you are unable to do so, and know
the name of your Assistant General Chair, contact the AGC. If you need
direction to an AGC, contact Barb Demes in the district office with your
name, airline, location, and best way to contact you. The office is open
Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. (Central) until 4:00 p.m.
Use the menus below if you need to see past date “LOU’s” –Letters Of
Understanding– between District 141 and US Airways. The lower menu has
past date district updates.
US Airways Letters Of Understanding
CLP agents reporting to PHL while awaiting SIDA badge
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