Contract 5

Medical knockdown

Section 2.6 - Sick Leave, subsection Q should be removed, deleted or stricken and we demand the following should replace it. 

Any member of Local 100 who was medically disqualified and who is in pending status for reclassification of a title will be entitled to a 40 hour week pay for one year. In the event that there is no opening in a reclassification title the member will be entitled to 40 hours a week pay for the second year.

If a member has exhausted his sick days, this nonsense in the subsection Q sixty percent pay based on years of service is ridiculous. For 20 years of service you will get 90 days and at 60% pay after that nothing. Then you have to wait for a year in an unpaid status - if there is no opening in the reclassification then you are out of the door. Hell no there has to be a new award and we propose two years based on 40 hours at 100% pay of the title regardless of years of service.

We demand that in the contract of 2012 no member of Local 100 while waiting for a year for reclassification should lose their 40 hour pay a week till the reclassification position becomes available. The reason being that this is not the member’s fault, however we have to remember that Samuelsen and TBOU who are cozy with the management care less for the membership. They will provide excuses for the management instead of fighting for the rank and file.