TWU informer
Veteran
- Nov 4, 2003
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After reading through the entire T/A Agreement Language I have a question for anyone on the negotiating team to answer in detail.
The language below has been inserted into Article 1. Page 7
Was this a Union Proposal or a Company Offer?
Was there any specifics discussed regarding sale or spin-off of Overhaul that would fall under a confidentiality agreement that would prohibit public discussion or disclosure?
What was the offering party's intent of this language insertion?
Article 1 Recognition and Scope
Every employee regardless of station but especially those at Tulsa and AFW should view this language as a very significant item.
Language like this does not just appear out of nowhere without cause and should raise concern. Yes it protects us but why does it read as if there is already something in the works?
The language below has been inserted into Article 1. Page 7
Was this a Union Proposal or a Company Offer?
Was there any specifics discussed regarding sale or spin-off of Overhaul that would fall under a confidentiality agreement that would prohibit public discussion or disclosure?
What was the offering party's intent of this language insertion?
Article 1 Recognition and Scope
(l) Other Labor Protective Provisions In Substantial Asset Sale
In the event that, within any Twelve (12) month period, the Company transfers (by sale, lease, or other transaction) or otherwise disposes of facilities operated by the Company for the maintenance of its aircraft (“Aircraft Maintenance Facilities”) which, net of Aircraft Maintenance Facilities purchased or otherwise added by the Company during the same 12 month period, constitute 20% or more of the value of the Aircraft Maintenance Facilities of the Company, to an entity or a group of entities acting in concert that is either (i) an air carrier or that will operate as an air carrier, or (ii) is a repair station under 14 CFR Part 145 (“Repair Station”) or that will operate as a Repair Station, following its acquisition of the transferred Aircraft Maintenance Facilities (any such entity or group the “Aircraft Maintenance Transferee; any such transaction, a “Substantial Aircraft Maintenance Transaction”):
1. The Company shall require the Transferee to proffer employment to that number of Employees on the master seniority list in strict seniority order (the "Transferring Employees") equivalent to the reduction by the Company in the number of Employees resulting from the Substantial Aircraft Maintenance Transaction. [The number of transferring employees shall be no fewer than the average monthly staffing over the prior twelve (12) months for the Aircraft Maintenance Facilities transferred to the Transferee in connection with the Substantial Aircraft Maintenance Transaction]; and
2. The Company shall not finally conclude a transaction under this subsection unless the Transferee agrees to integrate the Transferring Employees into the Transferee's seniority list pursuant to Sections 3. and 13. of the Allegheny-Mohawk LPPs.
Every employee regardless of station but especially those at Tulsa and AFW should view this language as a very significant item.
Language like this does not just appear out of nowhere without cause and should raise concern. Yes it protects us but why does it read as if there is already something in the works?