Thursday, Union leadership met with the Company via phone regarding the schedule change. The Company stated that they unequivocally could not allow a schedule to go forward that is seniority based, despite what the seniority section of the CBA states.
They alleged that they need to be able to have more senior officers on each crew and also specifically mentioned females and military personnel. The Company stated they didn't want any "heat" from the NRC if there were not enough senior (experienced) officers on each crew, despite the fact that they haven't specifically asked the NRC about this scenario. Their formal last, best and final counter proposals will be submitted to the Local sometime this week, but they are unofficially as follows: 1) The current crews would stay the same with one crew assigned to permanent days, one assigned to permanent nights and the other two would continue the current rotation. 2) Personnel would pick their top two or three options and management would then select who would be on each crew and shift. We continue to reject these options and insist on a seniority based system and an improved quality of life.
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The next general membership meeting is scheduled for May 28th and 30th at 1830 hours. Both meetings will be held at Geyers United Methodist Church.
Nominations will be taken at this meeting for all those interested in the open At-Large position on the Executive Board. Please make sure someone is there to nominate you if you are interested. For those of you that may have been wondering the results of the recent schedule change survey (with the 3 options), here are the unofficial results (still waiting on Echo crews sheet).
Option #1 - 17.5% Option #2 - 27.2% Option #3 - 55.3% Further details and information will be discussed at our next meeting with management on Thursday, April 11. Information on the 2014 schedule change was put out in briefings on Sunday, March 31 and Monday, April 1. Copies of the three (3) options were passed out and also posted on each of the bulletin boards in the plant. Additional hard copies were placed in the 305' staging area as well.
Click HERE for a digital version. Please review the information on the three (3) options and make your selection on the survey sheet for your crew by Monday, April 8. Please dirrect any questions to Jim Natale. This site will finally be going to a password protected members only page within the coming weeks. More details will be coming out as the transition nears, but you will need to register once the new page goes live.
If you have suggestions on new content you would like included in the new site, please leave a comment below with your suggestion. Thanks! The results for this weeks election of officers are as follows:
President - Andy Clark Vice President - Jim Natale Treasurer - Vacant Secretary - Mike Loucks At Large - Justin Marella, Cole Wolpert & Brian Fry Trustee - Vacant Thank you to all those that came out to vote. The election of Officers will be held on Sunday, March 3rd and Monday, March 4th in the 1st floor conference room of the NOB (outside of the cafe). Voting will be open from 1700 till 1900 each evening.
The following members have been nominated and accepted for election: President: Jose Diaz & Andy Clark Vice President: Jim Natale & Steve Hambleton Treasurer: N/A Secretary: Mike Loucks & Vincent Trivarelli At-Large: Justin Marella, Jay Martin, Cole Wolpert & Brian Fry (pick 3) Trustee: N/A If you are interested in working at the polls either night, please contact Jim Natale and let him know. Just a reminder that the next quarterly general membership meetings are upcoming the week after Thanksgiving. Nominations will be taken at this meeting for all Executive Board positions.
If you are planning on attending either or both of the meetings, please let your shop steward know by Sunday, November 25th, so we can have a rough head count to order food. Also, some members have approached us about giving a donation to the Officers from Oyster Creek that were affected by the recent hurricane. We are going to collect money at the meetings from anyone that is interested. The Local will then match any gifts that are given. Please talk with your shop steward if you have any questions about this or would like to make a donation and cannot attend either meeting. Our next quarterly general membership meetings will be held on November 27th and 29th at 1830 hours at Geyers United Methodist Church.
Light food (subs, chips, etc) and drinks will be provided. Sign up lists will be passed out as the date gets closer, so we know how much food to order. Local 18 mourns the loss of our friend and colleague Gregory Bryant, Security Training Manager. Our thoughts and prayers are with family and friends.
Details on services for Greg can be found here. |
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