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May 25, 2008 IAM&AW Local Lodge 2777 Contract Ratification Vote. Members on the Sikorsky T-34 contract voted to accept the Last, Best, and Final offer from the company. 74% to Accept 26% to Reject The Sikorsky 39 month contract agreement was ratified Saturday, May 24th. Your Negotiating Team would like to thank our members who came out Saturday to vote. Regardless of how you voted, it was the democratic process that was important while letting Sikorsky know that we care about our contract. Your negotiating committee secured two of the three strike concerns and three of the top four survey issues from the membership survey.
IAM DISTRICT LODGE 75 - LOCAL LODGE 2777 ATTENTION UNION MEMBERS! PROTECT YOUR RIGHT TO STRIKE!- OR -PROTECT YOUR RIGHT TO ACCEPT! THE COMPANY’S LAST, BEST and FINAL OFFER TO THE UNION.YOUR UNION NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE IS RECOMMENDING OUR MEMBERSHIP APPROVE THIS OFFER THERE BY IMPROVING JOB SECURITY FOR THE TERM OF THE AGREEMENT. THE ONLY WAY TO ASSURE YOU CAN LIVE WITH THE OUTCOME OF THE RATIFICATION PROCESS- IS TO ATTEND THE RATIFICATION AND VOTE! DATE: SATURDAY MAY 24, 2008. TIME: 9:00 am PLACE: SILVER SCREEN THEATER – PENSACOLA, FL ADDRESS: 7280 PLANTATION ROAD (University Mall).
IAMAW DL 75 LL 2777 SSSI T34/44 RECOMMENDED SETTLEMENT REVIEW TERM of AGREEMENT: May 26, 2008 through August 28, 2011T-6 TRANSITION SECURITY LANGUAGE IMPROVEMENT PENSION: Increase contribution to IAM National Pension Fund effective onJanuary 1 of each year by .10 cents per hour. New rates will be 01/01/2009--$1.25, 01/01/2010--$1.35, 01/01/2011--$1.45 per hour. WAGES: 3.5% 10/01/09 3.5% 10/01/10 PERFORMANCE RECOGNITION AWARD: $1,000. (Payable in October 2008 to those on payroll May 25, 2008 taxable).BENEFITS: Increase Life insurance to $50,000 and maintain current benefit level for term of agreement.Increased Bi-Weekly Premium Co-Pay to:
INCREASED SHIFT PREMIUM ALLOWANCE: Second to .45 cents – Third to .60 cents.INCREASED TOOL PROTECTION AND TOOLBOX (to $1,000) PROTECTION:NEW NDI PREMIUM: $.10 centsSAFETY SHOE INCREASE TO: $140.00BEREAVEMENT: Add mother-in-law and father-in-law, grandmother and grandfather to four (4) day allowance.This review represents the SIKORSKY Last, Best and FINAL to our membership. YOUR ELECTED UNION NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS ACCEPTANCE OF THIS PROPOSAL! Economic modifications shall not take effect until October 1, 2008
Click here to see the "RATIFICATION COPY" of the CBA The proposed changes will be HIGHLIGHTED by being in BOLD PRINT and when coming to the meeting on Saturday do not forget to bring your current copy of the CBA to the meeting so if you have any questions about old language you will have a reference. I (Tony Wirth District 75 Business Representative) will be addressing the changes at the ratification meeting.
Proposal from the Company Wednesday 05/21/2008 1. Company proposed a 2.75% cost of living expense (pay raise) per year.
2. Company proposed to put .05 in our pension fund for the entire contract. Bringing it to $1.20 being put in our pension by the company.
3. Company proposed an increase in insurance premium to over $200 per month by the end of our contract, $85 per month for singles, and $140 per month for employee & one dependent.
The Location and date time for the ratification vote is set .... click here to see the flyer.
Wednesday May 7,2008
First day of negotiations and nothing
Special Notice for Sikorsky T-34 Union Members There will be a meeting at the Milton Community Center located at 5629 Byrom Street in Milton, Florida for Sikorsky T-34 Union Members Saturday, February 23, 2008 Doors will be open from 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. The purpose is to conduct a Pre-Strike Sanction Vote for the up-coming negotiations. In order to participate in this meeting and in accordance with the Grand Lodge Constitution you must be a member in good standing of Local Lodge 2777. Identification will be required and you will be required to sign in (i.e.: Badge, Drivers License, Membership Card) No Alcoholic Beverages will be allowed nor will anyone under the influence be allowed to attend this meeting.
NO SPOUSES WILL BE ALLOWED AT THIS MEETING (EXCEPTION is for spouses that are Union Members on the Sikorsky T-34 Contract) NO CHILDREN ALLOWED
DefenseLink: Contracts for Monday, September 25, 2006 September 25, 2006 Sikorsky Support Services, Inc., Pensacola, Fla., is being awarded a $119,169,702 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-priced, cost-reimbursable indefinite-delivery requirements contract (N00019-06-D-0017) to exercise an option for contractor logistics support services for the T-34, T-44, and T-6 aircraft. Work will be performed at the Naval Air Station (NAS) Corpus Christi, Texas (40.42 percent); NAS Whiting Field, Fla. (39.37 percent); NAS Pensacola, Fla. (12.07 percent); NAS Lemoore, Calif. (1.84 percent); NAS Oceana, Va. (1.57 percent); Marine Corps Air Station, Miramar, Calif. (.79 percent); Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md. (.79 percent); Aviation Technical Test Center , Fort Rucker, Ala. (.79 percent); Naval Air Facility, El Centro, Calif. (.52 percent); Pope Air Force Base, Fayetteville, N.C. (.52 percent); NAS Jacksonville, Fla. (.52 percent); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. (.26 percent); NASA Cleveland, Ohio (.26 percent); and Fort Eustis, Va. (.26 percent), and is expected to be completed in September 2006. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md. is the contracting activity.
District Lodge 75 Business Rep REPORT Saturday, June 10, 2006 Dear Brothers and Sisters: I want to inform you that contact has been made with the Senior Human Resource Manager of Sikorsky Services, Ms. Erica Lapish, and plans are being drafted to have a date and time to meet and confer on the proposal of a bridge agreement. As most of you are aware, your current CBA is a document that was signed by your elected Union representatives and your current employer, L-3 Communications Vertex, LLC. After June 30, 2006, you will no longer be employed by this Company and therefore, the CBA will no longer be binding upon the Company. Our intent and interest, as many have contacted me in regards to, is to bridge the current agreement in its entirety, including pay and benefits, for the remaining duration of the Collective Bargaining Agreement. For the T-6 Bargaining Unit at NAS Pensacola, that would be until February 21, 2007. For the T-34 Bargaining Unit at NAS Whiting Field, that would be until May 25, 2008. However, I would remind everyone that the Number One priority at this time is the re-employment of 100% of the hourly bargaining unit employees in their current positions. L-3 is cooperating fully in the process and I ask that everyone continue to do their job in a safe and efficient manner up to the last day of the L-3 tenure. It is true, that even if Sikorsky Support Services did not recognize the Union (which they are required to do once 51% of the current bargaining unit is hired) or bridge and honor the current ratified collective bargaining agreement; by the Service Contract Act, the wages and equivalent in fringe benefits must be paid to the employees working in those classifications which the labor agreement stipulates those wages and fringe benefits to be, as established through arm-length’s negotiations, for a period of twelve (12) calendar months. After that period, the Area Wage Determination will take precedence for the establishment of the wages and benefits. In 1999, Local Lodge 2777’s TH-57 Bargaining Unit foolishly agreed to work without a CBA when over twenty-four of their fellow brothers and sisters were not picked up by the successor contractor. They failed to demonstrate the resolve to hold the successor contractor to terms of fairness and justice. I myself, was one of those not picked up by the successor contractor and was never told why. It was only after 26 days of unemployment was I offered a job at one-third of the wages I was making only one month earlier. The only reason I was offered a job on the contract was due only to the bridge agreement and preferential hire list, our then elected Business Representative, was able to negotiate. It wasn’t his fault that I was not continued in employment with the successor contractor, but only due to the lack of backbone and tenacity of my fellow co-workers. The majority was too concerned with their own employment status that they could not see the value of what they were throwing away through their own selfish actions. And during the successive negotiations, we all paid dearly! That is why I approach contract turnovers with a fervor. I know that you will too. Today, June 10, 2006, the T-34/44 Bargaining Unit in Corpus Christie, Texas, is taking their pre-sanction strike vote. I am sure they will have the resolve to ensure their contract is bridged with full 100% benefits in language and economics. Knowing that Local Lodge 2777 has learned their lesson from the example of the TH-57 contract in 1999, I am planning a Bargaining Unit meeting for the T-34’s in Milton and a meeting for the T-6’s in Pensacola for June 24, 2006. The exact time and location will be posted as arrangements are finalized and posted on your Union bulletin boards and your Local Lodge web site. If a bridge agreement has been negotiated at that time, please be prepared to have the terms and conditions of such agreement presented to you for your consideration and vote. If the terms and conditions are not changed from the current ratified agreement, there will be no vote as you have already voted on those terms and conditions. However, if there is no bridge agreement settled by June 24, 2006, just as the T-34/44 Bargaining Unit in Corpus Christie, Texas, is demonstrating their resolve today by voting for a pre-sanctioned strike vote, you will be given that same opportunity at the June 24, 2006, meeting. Danny Givens ,IAMAW District Lodge 75 Business Representative
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