UTU Local 426 Archived News.
Subject: Wage Back Pay
Date: 07/22/2008
News
UTU National Agreement back pay provisions National agreement: 1. Effective July 1, 2005, 2 and ½ %GWI applied (previous COLA rolled out). 2. Effective July 1, 2006, 3% GWI applied (previous COLA rolled out). 3. Effective July 1, 2007, 3% GWI applied (previous COLA rolled out). 4. Effective July 1, 2008, 4% GWI applied. Re-grossing has taken place from July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2008. The pay date will be August 19th, 2008. Earnings statements will be available starting 08/19/08. In order to view all the re-grossed records, employees will need to put 2008 in the option for the pay period section under option 5A. This will produce an earnings statement that only includes re-grossed records dated from 07/01/05 to 06/30/08. Due to the length of the 816 the only option available will be to email the earnings statement.
Subject: FMLA Update
Date: 07/13/2008
News
In 2005 the court held that "if a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) gives employees the right to determine when, or in what manner, they take accrued vacation and/or personal leave, an employer cannot force employees covered by that CBA to use such vacation and/or personal leave at a time of the employer's choosing". The Supreme Court decided not to disturb the lower courts' decision. The Court ruling required the Organizations to arbitrate weather or not Vacation and Personal Leave days are protected by CBA's. The International has informed me an Arbitration agreement was signed by BNSF, CSX, NS and UP with UTU, BLET, BMWE, BRS, ATDA, NCFO, SMWIA, TCU, IBEW and IAMAW. Outside counsel shall handle the arbitration on behalf of the unions for this national agreement question. The question presented to the Board pursuant to this Agreement shall be as follows: "Do the carriers’ policies requiring employees to substitute paid vacation and/or paid personal leave for unpaid FMLA leave violate the requirements of the national vacation and/or national personal leave agreements." Link to the Arbitration Agreement http://utu386.org/FMLAArbitration.pdf
Subject: New rate Tables and trip rates
Date: 07/02/2008
News
New rate tables have been posted the rate tables and trip rates that came into effect Jyul 1, 2008 http://utu386.org/payrates/