We here in why did you join the union do not agree in any attempt on concessions in the fringe benefits area specifically in reductions in holiday and vacation time. We caution John E Samuelsen president of TWU Local 100 Take Backward Our Union - TBOU in giving up any of the Paid Personal Holidays (PPH) per year.
As it is we have eleven holidays that are not enough thus we believe there should never be reduction. We also demand increase of the banking of overtime (OTO) hours to 88 hours instead of the current 72 hours. In addition those OTO hours should never be restricted in a manner such as the established AVA/Personal days quotas but rather the banked OTO should augment AVA quotas without any restrictions such as the required approval from the management. What is the use of the OTO if you cannot get in the book? We wonder.
We demand that section 2.5 - Holidays - B: Employees who actually work on a holiday shall receive a $2 per hour differential for all hours actually worked on the following holidays: July 4th, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day. First the $2 is an out of date amount (gallon of gas or milk cost is more than $2) that needs to be changed probably to be moved to a minimum of $5. Second this $2 should be applied to all eleven holidays rather than the current four. Third the $2 should be applied to the spread not restricted to ...hours actually worked...
Pick holidays where the schedule should be a sunday schedule and the night differential should be a holiday night differential rather than the current which is considered as a regular weekday. For non pick holidays it should be on a saturday schedule - we also do not agree that if a TWU Local 100 member is absent for 30 days he/she loses holiday allowance.
Personal day - a member should be able to use that day on holiday. We do not agree with the current restriction which denies the member to use that personal day on holiday.
