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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Think I'll take a break ROABILLY and freeze me-up some Corona and watch a little " RAMBO"
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Good Call...............!!!!!!!!
Cannot get link to work. Can someone repost it?
Tried that and the only thing I see is the update on Feb. 27 2008. I don't see anything new. Is this the letter you were refering to?Joe
I dont know how to post it as a link....just highlight it copy/paste the highlight in ur http address line....
No the only update I get is from Feb 27. Is there something new that came out today?cant get it
First, are you sure that you work for West? When I have a holiday, if I work it, then I get time and a half rate, if I don't work it then I still half time rate sitting at home. Personally, I like idea of being paid even half time rate for doing nothing, even though I never understood this half pay, no work concept. Double time for holidays? Never heard of it.
Second, face it... the overwhelming majority are part-time and want to stay part-time and while there are people who are part-time and work full-time hours, it is because they want the flexibility to reduce hours as they desire, as most part-time people are dropping hours as if it was a high school French. Of course, you are using some relatively small numbers of workers to make a point. Should I call a buddy at LAS and throw down some intials in here for you to verify, assuming you really do work for West at LAS?
Third, how does zero sick time hours for part-time West rampers become "better" than anything greater than zero being offered by the East contract, even if only at 50% pay, that's 50% more than I am making now! Must be that "new math" kids are talking about now.
Fourth, speaking of small numbers of people, Oncearound was kind enough to post the number of years required for 4 weeks paid vacation as being 13 YEARS! Hello? What percentage of company West hires will EVER get to 13 years? Less than 1 in 1000, but you are worried about one extra week of vacation for less than 2% of the current West ramp agents while leaving a large pay raise on the table?! That will be the most expensive vacation any West ramper ever took with all the extra money left behind!
And a Big WOW Fifth, as you contribute 7% of your pay and the company matches 3%?! Let's see, once again, some of my "old math" assuming you have been here 10 years and earning $12.65, the company will match you 3% or 38 cents extra per hour? So as you are full-time, and Tim claims the pension would benefit you by $1/hour vs. the 38 cents/hour, that you are better off with West contract, even though you could still contribute 7% to a company 401K (with much higher pay too) without the company match? Yeah, you keep budgeting for that extra 3% on $26,312 ($12.65 x 2,080 hours in a year) for $789 company contribution while you are leaving on the table that $5/hour more over 2,080 hours during that same year.
my understanding is that the west is only suppose to have 30% part time based on some calculation of some time ago. Is this accurate? If so then why isn't the IAM pursuing the part time grievance? The only time I see the IAM talking about the part time grievance is when they are attaching it to negotiations and throwing it under the bus. Why not arbitrate it already becuse if Jester is accurate that most workers are part time then something is wrong.
It isn't accurate. No more than 70% part-time vs. 30% full-time. Given the bank style of operations, it wouldn't make sense for the company to have large numbers of full-time people to stand around for 2 hours at a time between some banks during the day and early evening.