Heads Up For Awa And Usair Stockclerks

[allstrike]

I was just surfing and found something intersting,
The IBT/AWA stock clerk agreement....2003-2008
http://kas.cuadra.com/starweb1/nmbks/servlet.starweb1

Seems like the stockclerks have are not included in your new and on going negotiations of the current IBT/AWA
TECH contract.

Man the IBT sure did get them a good deal though.

ARTICLE 21
WAGES
21.1 Effective upon the "Date of Signing " (DOS), all new hires and transfers
pay scale shall be as follows:

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5

$9.00 $9.00 $9.25 $9.25 $9.50
21.2 Effective April 1, 2003, each employee currently in the bargaining unit will
receive a 9% rate increase. On the anniversary of the date of signing in
each of 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007 each employee in the bargaining unit
will receive a 3% increase to their respective hourly wage.

I dont think our stockclerks at USAIR will like that to much...........Oh I forgot our contract covers them...hummm maybe the AWA clerks will like the new raise they get.

Strength in Numbers guys....if the link doesnt work its here read it.NMB Knowledge Store

 

[320tech]

I was just surfing and found something intersting,
The IBT/AWA stock clerk agreement....2003-2008
http://kas.cuadra.com/starweb1/nmbks/servlet.starweb1

Seems like the stockclerks have are not included in your new and on going negotiations of the current IBT/AWA
TECH contract.

Man the IBT sure did get them a good deal though.

ARTICLE 21
WAGES
21.1 Effective upon the "Date of Signing " (DOS), all new hires and transfers
pay scale shall be as follows:

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5

$9.00 $9.00 $9.25 $9.25 $9.50
21.2 Effective April 1, 2003, each employee currently in the bargaining unit will
receive a 9% rate increase. On the anniversary of the date of signing in
each of 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007 each employee in the bargaining unit
will receive a 3% increase to their respective hourly wage.

I dont think our stockclerks at USAIR will like that to much...........Oh I forgot our contract covers them...hummm maybe the AWA clerks will like the new raise they get.

Strength in Numbers guys....if the link doesnt work its here read it.NMB Knowledge Store

The stores clerks were not encluded by the company as a related work group not the IBT. Southwest was the same way as thier stock clerks were on thier own contract. if I remember right they have one more year left on thier contract. I think the IAM is the only union that throws all the work groups together in one contract.

 

[ringmaruf]

I think the IAM is the only union that throws all the work groups together in one contract.

There are three different IAM contracts and work groups at US.

 

[Phantom Fixer]

There are three different IAM contracts and work groups at US.

OK....but at the Old U , Mechanics , Inspectors, Planners , Tech Doc Specialist , Stores Clerks and the 50 remaining Utility workers are all covered in the Mechanic and Related contract between the Company and the IAM.

Nobody I've encountered in any of these groups are eager to see the IBT alter that either. The IBT and present day AWA'er's know this....and this is where all the Threads about and against the IAM are coming from.

In short....the IBT knows that they are lacking numbers....so all they can do is hope to stir the pot of discord.

Thankfully the folks at the old U are smart enough to understand that they are better off from the standpoint of scope...and greater classification coverage with what they have.

 

[wnbubbleboy]

The stores clerks were not encluded by the company as a related work group not the IBT. Southwest was the same way as thier stock clerks were on thier own contract. if I remember right they have one more year left on thier contract. I think the IAM is the only union that throws all the work groups together in one contract.

When the mechanics and Cleaners (aircraft appearance tech's) when to AMFA we were not included because we are not craft related.

Although, I would like to see a cleaner pull all the items and tooling for a L1 window change from memory like many clerks can do. Or direct a mechanic to the correct ATA chapter when they are looking for placards (chapter 11).

I digress though. Our contract is due in 2008 and our starting rate is around 12.50 per hour with top out around 19.80 after 5 years (give or take a dime or two). I don't have a problem with the IBT here since any faults in our contract we are responsible for since we voted for them. Over here if you work alone you get lead pay (straight to top out) even if it's your first day on the job.

I know the U clerks over here and have met the AWA guy as well ( I have shipped AOG items on our flights many times to RDU for AWA). As a casual observer though I'd be all over the IAM contract for clerks. It seems alot better that AWA's version.

Good luck to you guys and gals I certainly hope that the company respects the job you guys do for them every day. Our job is the kind that we are only noticed if there is a disruption in the system. If we're doing our job correctly nobody even knows we're here.