sorry jj...these article are still being negotiatied-LOA-meeting first of November....thats why we keep our vaca time, holiday time, sick time(if you get it), trades(unlimited) for 2007
Only the specific terms of vacation holiday sick time shift trades are being discuss NOW……………………the rest is a done deal
HP workers in the East officially become CWA members and the US workers in the West officially become IBT members. October 1st, 2006 is the date selected for the transfer of membership from IBT to CWA for East Employees and CWA to IBT for West Employees. Your local representatives will be asking you to sign a membership card, those cards need to be turned into US Airways by September 1st, 2006. The IBT and CWA are working together to make sure the transition for all of our members of the IBT-CWA ASSOCIATION goes smoothly.
Seamless Service Period and the transitional procedures required to integrate the seniority of the two
groups will be determined by the Association and submitted to the Airline
Parties for acceptance by no later than April 1, 2006. The Airline parties
have accept such transitional procedures and have acceptance the integrate of the two seniority groups.
Seamless Service Period
A. The Seamless Service Period is defined as the period beginning
immediately following the effective date of this Letter of Agreement and
ending upon Operational Integration as defined in Section V.
B. The respective passenger service employees of America West and US
Airways will remain separate during the Seamless Service Period, except
as provided for herein. The US Airways employees will continue to be
employed by US Airways and governed by the terms of the existing US
Airways passenger service collective bargaining agreement, as amended.
Until final transition to the existing US Airways passenger service
collective bargaining agreement, as amended, as provided in Section IV
below, the America West employees will continue to be employed by
America West and governed by:
1. The grievance procedure contained in the CWA-US Airways Collective
Bargaining Agreement, Articles 25 and 26, and the just cause provision
contained in Article 3.H; and
2. The terms and conditions of employment in effect at America West,
with agreement that the following
specific terms will not be altered until
the final resolution of transition issues in accordance with paragraph
IV.D. below:
a) Current Vacation Entitlement:
B) Current Holiday Policy:
c) Current Sick day Policy:
d) Current shift trade practices according to location.
Only the specific terms of vacation holiday sick time shift trades are being discuss NOW……………………
Furthermore: CWA is in the process of scheduling arbitration dates regarding the contract violations of the retiree's and immediate family members boarding rights for non-rev. Past practice is retires and immediate family members board by DOH