UTU MEMBERS
Are you willing to …
- …believe the UTU propaganda
machine that put out a flyer that looks similar to this one? Not just
one, but, every single paragraph in their flyer is a lie! Who in their
right mind would entrust their future in the rail industry with union
representatives that are so dishonest with their own membership?
- …give up the right to negotiate
your Agreement before 2010? (a lie) The Railway Labor Act provides
that your agreement will be transferred to a representation election winner
in tact, with NO changes. That is the law.
- …give up your 9 ˝ % wage increase?
(another lie) There cannot be any roll backs. Remember the
Railway Labor Act? That is the law.
- …give up your 48 cent COLA?
(another lie) same answer as above.
- …give up your right to participate
in the NS 401K program? (another lie) Remember this. Your 401K
plan is not a contractual benefit. NS, at their discretion, could
change it or simply discontinue it. The BLET 401K is a contractual
benefit. It cannot be altered without our approval.
- …give up your $13 to $15 per day
raise to get weekend pay or bonus program? (another lie) Railway Labor
Act? Law? Those pay increases remain in tact. We gave up
absolutely nothing for the weekend/holiday pay. The bonus plan?
That is an engineer benefit. If your craft wants it, it would have to
be negotiated and approved by your craft after your current agreement
expires. It would not affect your wage increases from a previous
agreement.
Are these BLET campaign promises
worth leaving the UTU?
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$2000 Signing Bonus
How
ignorant. That was for the last engineers contract. It has
absolutely nothing to do with any other craft, now or in the future.
·
Thoroughbred Performance Bonus
Again, how ignorant. The bonus plan is a benefit in the engineers
agreement. It has nothing to do with another craft. If you want it
after the election, your craft would have to approve it. By the
way, I received a $10,200 bonus in 2004. Next year, it should be
about $12,000.
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Weekend/Holiday Differential
There they go again. There is no wage roll back. The BLET got this
extra pay and gave up nothing in return. By the way, I average $360 per
month weekend pay. That amounts to over $4000 per year.
·
Increased Meal Allowance
Only $450 per year? Not quite. Take your total meal allowance from
last year, multiply it by 50%. That is what you can expect. My
increase comes up to $702 per year.
·
$15/.15 Special Pay Differential
Good grief UTU. That has and will have
absolutely nothing to do with a conductor.
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Your UTU rep left this one out.
After the election, the BLET will eliminate the UTU contractual provision that
allows the carrier to dismiss you from the company if you fail the engineer
promotion.
Yes, it would be worth it.
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