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<blockquote data-quote="upswrench" data-source="post: 547156" data-attributes="member: 13989">The Local 701 and UPS negotiations began on Friday, February 13, 2009 at 9:00 am.&nbsp; Both the Union and the Company exchanged proposals and discussed them on the first day.&nbsp; &nbsp;After receiving the Union&#039;s numerous proposals the Company felt it was best to cancel the subsequent Monday&#039;s negotiations session already scheduled.&nbsp; They wanted enough time to process and respond to the Union&#039;s demands. &nbsp;&nbsp;The Union and UPS met again on February 27 and March 3, 2009.&nbsp; Some of the Union&#039;s original proposals were amended and re-proposed.&nbsp; The Union&#039;s proposals were discussed at great length with the Company&#039;s negotiating committee.&nbsp; &nbsp;Overtime equalization, subcontracting, overtime premium rates, requiring CDL licenses for all mechanics and the Company insisting that an employee must work 40 hours prior to receiving overtime rates of pay are the main issues being discussed. &nbsp;The March 6 meeting was cancelled.&nbsp; &nbsp;Several of the Local 701 proposals which were not agreed to at the local negotiations will be forwarded off to the National Negotiations such as tool allowance, pay for uniform changes, IAM 401(k) contributions for overtime hours worked and receiving pay for emergency call-ins from the time the call was accepted.&nbsp; &nbsp;The March 11 meeting consisted of the Company still insistent on the employees working the 40 hours before the overtime rate as well as a sixth and seventh day provision.&nbsp; They are also insistent on simply offering the overtime to CACH PE Employees by seniority using the wheel method and zeroing out the overtime list annually.&nbsp; They are stating they are done with the administration of the &quot;equalization of overtime&quot; and want to simply offer it to those employees by seniority using the wheel method.&nbsp; &nbsp;The March 13th session continued with the Union and the Company both insistent on their demands.&nbsp; The Union offered counter proposals to address their concerns as well as counter proposals to address ours. &nbsp;&nbsp;The March 20th session was for the Sante Fe Trailer Shop.&nbsp; Mike Scott and Joe Catalano attended the session to represent the Sante Fe Trailer Shop mechanics.&nbsp; &nbsp;The March 23 meeting was cancelled. &nbsp;Local 701 Business Representative Sam Cicinelli met with the UPS chief spokesperson to discuss and iron out the remaining issues still on the table. The Union feels very confident that we&#039;ll bring back a contract worthy of ratification.&nbsp; &nbsp;The next negotiation date was April 21-22, 2009 for the National Agreement.&nbsp; National negotiations were not completed.&nbsp; The issues which remain are subcontracting, pension language which reflects new changes due to the Pension Protection Act and retiree health care premiums.&nbsp; There is an additional National negotiations session scheduled tentatively for June 15-18, 2009.&nbsp; &nbsp;Once there is a final Local and National Agreement we will be posting voting information informing you where and when you are to vote.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="upswrench, post: 547156, member: 13989"] The Local 701 and UPS negotiations began on Friday, February 13, 2009 at 9:00 am. Both the Union and the Company exchanged proposals and discussed them on the first day. After receiving the Union's numerous proposals the Company felt it was best to cancel the subsequent Monday's negotiations session already scheduled. They wanted enough time to process and respond to the Union's demands. The Union and UPS met again on February 27 and March 3, 2009. Some of the Union's original proposals were amended and re-proposed. The Union's proposals were discussed at great length with the Company's negotiating committee. Overtime equalization, subcontracting, overtime premium rates, requiring CDL licenses for all mechanics and the Company insisting that an employee must [U]work[/U] 40 hours prior to receiving overtime rates of pay are the main issues being discussed. The March 6 meeting was cancelled. Several of the Local 701 proposals which were not agreed to at the local negotiations will be forwarded off to the National Negotiations such as tool allowance, pay for uniform changes, IAM 401(k) contributions for overtime hours worked and receiving pay for emergency call-ins from the time the call was accepted. The March 11 meeting consisted of the Company still insistent on the employees working the 40 hours before the overtime rate as well as a sixth and seventh day provision. They are also insistent on simply offering the overtime to CACH PE Employees by seniority using the wheel method and zeroing out the overtime list annually. They are stating they are done with the administration of the "equalization of overtime" and want to simply offer it to those employees by seniority using the wheel method. The March 13th session continued with the Union and the Company both insistent on their demands. The Union offered counter proposals to address their concerns as well as counter proposals to address ours. The March 20th session was for the Sante Fe Trailer Shop. Mike Scott and Joe Catalano attended the session to represent the Sante Fe Trailer Shop mechanics. The March 23 meeting was cancelled. Local 701 Business Representative Sam Cicinelli met with the UPS chief spokesperson to discuss and iron out the remaining issues still on the table. The Union feels very confident that we'll bring back a contract worthy of ratification. The next negotiation date was April 21-22, 2009 for the National Agreement. National negotiations were not completed. The issues which remain are subcontracting, pension language which reflects new changes due to the Pension Protection Act and retiree health care premiums. There is an additional National negotiations session scheduled tentatively for June 15-18, 2009. Once there is a final Local and National Agreement we will be posting voting information informing you where and when you are to vote. [/QUOTE]

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