Brothers and Sisters, More positive news today. The Federal Court filing brought our declared surplus and transfer of work down to 22 from the original 43. Last Thursday we announced that 6 COT’s had been removed from the list. Today we were able to get the remaining 10 COT’s removed. Read more…
Brothers and Sisters, Today we finally have some information. The Union has been able to convince the Company to remove the outside COT’s and CST’s from the surplus declaration. Unfortunately, they would not remove or reduce any other titles at this time. As we shared earlier, the T9 filed a Read more…
Brothers and Sisters, Late this afternoon the Company notified the Union they would be sending an official declaration of surplus. The surplus is for 7 TG-ME employees with an off payroll date of 8/24/2023. Below is the information from the notification letter. At this time, it is anticipated that such Read more…
Today the Union met with the Company to discuss the surplus, transfer of work and the possibility of making an agreement on a voluntary separation offer.We did not reach an agreement but talks went well.Unfortunately, we do not have ANY information at this time. No decisions have been made but Read more…
Brothers and Sisters, The Union has received notification from the Company stating they were declaring a surplus (Article G20) and are transferring our work (Article G36). We were told this will involve 43 NNE bargained for positions across the three states. We believe some of these numbers are incorrect but given the Read more…
Brothers and Sisters,Despite our best efforts to address the $22M budget deficit, the Company has abruptly withdrawn from the negotiations and issued a surplus declaration that does not include a voluntary exit offer. We will keep you updated as soon as any new information becomes available.Where there is UNITY there Read more…
Brothers and Sisters Friday, July 14, 2023 As you all know, the SCT-9 has been meeting with the Company this week. The Company notified us of a projected $22M shortfall of reaching their EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization) results by years end. The Company has Read more…