Section 2: Change of Control provision gone.
Section 3: This:
“If any of these stations are out-sourced after December 31, 2011 the Company will be required to in-source those stations where the weekly jet departures increase to forty-nine (49) on an annualized basis.â€
Became this:
“For the period from the effective date of this Agreement, the Company will not be required to in-source any work or station that is currently out-sourced as of the effective date of this Agreement. Effective December 31, 2011 any station covered under this paragraph will fall under the January 31, 2005 CBA, Article 3 as amended.â€
Section 4: “In the event of a reduction in force these Employees will be subjected to Article 9 of the 2005 Agreement.†Was added to Article 4. I’m not sure what exactly is in the 2005 agreement, so I don’t know what it means.
“The classification of Lead Agent may include part-time Leads in stations with former West Employees and where there are current part-time leads or the station has previously had parttime leads, not to exceed a combined total of sixty-eight (68) part-time leads.â€
Article 5: Added 10 hour shifts
Article 6: Double time added, however you must work your 40 hours, then 8 hours, and THEN you get double time. You can now also get double time by working 4 hours on your first day off, and THEN working on your additional days off. This is very difficult (from what I understand) with equalization for OT award.
Article 7: While the 60 day rule is still eliminated, there is this text added “In addition, if an employee’s furlough station remains closed and the Employee is recalled to their selected recall station prior to OEI, such Employee will be placed on the pay scale consistent with their pay date seniority at date of furloughâ€.
Article 9: Added “Paragraph B.2.e modify such that Employee will also be prohibited from submitting system transfers for a period of twelve (12) months to part-time positions in their location if they had sufficient seniority to displace to part-time.
Paragraph C.4 modify such that full-time Employees have part-time recall only if they did not have sufficient seniority to displace to part-time.â€
Article 13: Reduced the bank required for 100% sick days from 150 to 100.
Article 14: Added Memorial Day and Martin Luther King day as paid holidays
Article 15: Deleted the bold “Should the Company extend the duration of COBRA benefits to retirees of any other represented group who do not have a mandated retirement at age sixty (60), such extension will also be made available to Employees covered under this Agreement.†I presume this only has to do with the “Age 60 rule†for pilots being eliminated.
Article 23: Eliminated the pension contribution increases. Also now mentions an incorrect 3% 401k match for West employees.
Article 28: Union positive space was changed. The September version:
“• Assistant General Chairman (AGC) assigned to the Company will be permitted to book
reasonable space positive travel to conduct Company / Union business where such business is
all or substantially all related to the Company. Such employee(s) will provide to the
Company a detailed monthly travel summary including flights, dates and purpose of travel.â€
The April version:
“The Company will authorize reasonable space positive travel (on a self-book basis) for up to five (5) union officials, providing that:
Such officials are employees or retirees of the Company, and
Are on full time union leave, and
Where the majority of their Union duties are related to the Company.
Such space positive travel is only authorized where the purpose of the travel is all or
substantially all related to the Company. Space positive travel is not authorized for
commuting, or any union business including but not limited to training and union
conventions. Officials authorized space positive travel will be required to complete a
monthly summary (no later than 10 days from the close of the previous business month) detailing all space positive travel in the applicable month.â€
Article 30: Profit sharing is eliminated effective 1/1/08.
Added “The Company may hire a new Employee at a rate above the minimum on the wage scale provided there is not a more senior employee at that location who is paid less than such new employee at that location. The Company retains the right to pay the wage rates stated in the wage scale to Employees hired subsequent to any Employee hired and paid above the minimum on the wage scale.â€
Article 32: Removed all changes
Article 33: Removed all changes. This was a now unneeded TA provision regarding the COC arbitration.