August
14, 2017
News Letter #1
IAM&AW
Your Negotiating Team
Brothers and
Sisters:
Subject:
IAM&AW/WYMAN GORDON UPDATE
Your elected contract
negotiating team, Tim Stutts, Abel Nuncio, Marcus Grimes, Darrell Bonney
District Lodge 37 Rep Byron Williams and your chief negotiator, Grand Lodge
Representatives Brother James Parker, met for negotiations with Wyman Gordon.
The Union and Company have exchanged and discussed several issues and
proposals. The parties have discussed several issues relating to Non-Economic
and Economic issues. Your negotiating team has heard your concerns regarding the
issues that are important to the membership “Those Issues such as job security,
outsourcing, benefits, and wages”. The
parties are continuing to exchange ideals related to proposals in an effort of
reaching resolution to the issues you brought forward in the membership
surveys, meetings, and with your negotiating team members.
We have reviewed
your surveys and furthermore your comments from the surveys. As anticipated,
the top issues were established and have been formulated into contract
proposals. We are asking for our members support throughout these negotiations.
Please remember, if we have not addressed the issues here, they are rumors.
Some of the
proposals brought forth by the company is to reduce short-term disability benefits
from 70% to 55% of employee’s salary. In addition, employees on short-term
(6months) and long-term disability (6months) for a total of one year, then be
terminated from the company. The Company wants to implement a change from 20
minute to 15 minute breaks during the overtime period. Temporary assignment
proposals are still being exchanged. The company is also holding to not
allowing employees who attend funeral such as a (friend), receive premium pay
for 6th and 7th. Day.
The company
presented a wage scale with a much-reduced starting range of ($7.50) Lg6, to Labor grade 16 ($14.00) with
no salary increases for the 3yr contract. For any current employees in addition
to any employees hired or re-called after ratifications. We will continue
exchanging proposals throughout the week and will update the membership as the
negotiations continue.
Please check your
District Lodge No. 37 web site and link to your Local Lodge 15 link, for future
updates. Additionally, further updates will be forthcoming as negotiations move
forward.
