2011 updates

It's a new year and here's where we're at.

Overtime back pay. The Department of Labor is involved trying to get us the overtime back pay due. They contact me at least every two weeks and give me a progress report. The employer keeps changing the game, but progress is being made. It's unfortunate that payroll has no trouble immediately taking money from our checks if they feel its due, for example this Christmas Eve they took money from Veterans, last Christmas Eve it was $300 in alleged overpaid Holiday pay (Merry Christmas right?). Yet, they drag their feet to conform to Federal Law.

Pizza's coming. Our B.A. Tom Perkins will be sending in Pizza's on Thursday, January 13th for all Teamsters members on all shifts. This should ease the shut down of staff dining for maintenance for at least one day!

Shift Survey. As you know shifts are the employers right and the Sheriff has put us on the 28/8 shift. During Labor Management Meet and Confers the Chief made it clear, "This is a notification not a negotiation. You will be going to a 28 day 8 hour shift and we will consider no other options." During last negotiations we proposed several other shift options, 10 hour shifts, 12 hour shifts and 6/3. Their response was that the shift was management right and they weren't interested in anything but the 28/8. Well...negotiations begin again this summer. Our B.A. Tom Perkins will be sending out a survey in the next few weeks about shifts. The result of the survey will become a contract proposal.