Meeting with Management Revisited

Union officials met with Management on Thursday August 21,2008 with some results to show. Both sides will do some research and get back to each other by September 5.
There was no results on the staffing grid issue from T1.
Safety was a Key issue discussed and as Tom Manning pointed out we spent the least amount of time on this issue! Most workers feel that management has not sought out line staff to ask their opinion about any of the knee jerk reactions that have been implemented in the last month or any input at all. Although typical of management we had thought they would realize the huge amount of expertise that staff possess and what an important resource they are.
There appears to be a feeling of disrespect the retreat has towards the union and as a result management has not followed the contract and also has not notified the Union about changes they have made. This disrespect has to come to and end! There is a membership meeting scheduled for September 2, 2008 at 2 and 4 pm. We need you input at this meeting please make a note of the date and time. Look to the Union bulletin boards at the Retreat for more infomation.