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201 MEMBERSHIP OK’S AGREEMENT ON NEW TRAINING PROGRAM FOR ASSEMBLY & TEST

201 MEMBERSHIP OK’S AGREEMENT

ON NEW TRAINING PROGRAM FOR ASSEMBLY & TEST

On May 15, 2012 the Local 201 IUE-CWA GE Membership voted overwhelmingly to approve agreement with the GE on the establishment of a new Assembly & Test Training Program. In another well attended union meeting, the membership heard a full report on the history off the issues involved and voted overwhelmingly to approve the pact. The Union Grievance Board was unanimously recommending acceptance. This program provides an opportunity for members to upgrade to the R23 AAEM classification and helps those candidates get the skills needed to succeed on the job.

Business Agent Ric Casilli stated “that this is a really good agreement going forward”. However, he cautioned “it does NOT resolve the Union’s fundamental grievance open at Step 3 nor resolve the over 30 individual grievances currently at Step 2.” (all protesting the placement of low seniority or new members into some recent R23 AAEM job openings).

The Full agreement voted on and discussed at the membership meeting shall be printed in next Tuesday’s Local 201 News.

Application Process

Members interested in applying now can sign up with Gail at the GE employment office (new location- see below) as to their interest. More details of the entire application process and deadlines will be published soon.

The employment office has recently moved to Building 2-74A (second floor in the building in front of Bldg 74). The new GE benefit specialists, UR and Step II negotiating rooms have all moved here too, out of Bldg 45

Veolia Contract Report #4

IUE-CWA LOCAL 201/ VEOLIA

CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS REPORT #4

MONDAY, APRIL 26, 2010

On Friday, April 23 the Company made their first counter proposal from their original position.

The Union reviewed the proposal for quite some time. Both sides withdrew

some smaller contract language proposals and reached agreement on a few such proposals.

The Union then responded as to what was acceptable and not acceptable

in the Company’s counter offer. Here is a brief summary.

Employee Free Choice Act: Critical Legislation

The most important piece of labor legislation since the 1930s is in front of the US Senate right now. It has become almost impossible to organize unions today, since companies routinely intimidate workers. Threats to close the business, “captive audience” meetings, and outright firings often turn a majority of workers who want a union into a minority. For example, a hospital worker who was trying to bring in a union was pulled into a meeting with four managers who told her that if the union won an election they would never get a contract, the workers would be forced out on strike, and the cancer patients the workers cared for would have no one to care for them. Then, if workers manage to survive those tactics, companies stall and stall and never agree to a first contract.

AMETEK Contract Reports

LOCAL 201 MEMBERS VOTE TO APPROVE
NEW AMETEK CONTRACT 89% to 11%

After 2 extensions and about 20 bargaining sessions, on Monday, July 28, IUE-CWA Local 201 finally was able to reach a “tentative” Contract Settlement with Ametek Aerospace on a new 4 year pact.

GE Announces Sale of Gear Business

Predict End of Work by September ‘09

The possibility that Local 201 had anticipated for more than a year became reality when GE Supply Chain VP Scott Ernest announced, in a communication on July 2^nd, “the sale of select product lines of our gear manufacturing business to Philadelphia Gear”.

Dues and Budget Considerations

By Business Agent Ric Casilli

I reported to the April Membership meeting that we not only had a balanced budget in 2007, but realized a surplus for the Local of almost $62,000 with close to a $1.5 million budget. I also presented a 2008 “guideline” budget which, if followed, could realize about a $12,000 surplus at the Local level.