I can tell all that the committee in PHX works very hard for the members. These brothers do it because they have a passion to see the members treated fairly. They do not get paid and on more occasions than not invest their own money and tons of time for the benefit of all. We can thank the company for making their job harder than needs be, D.S will not give them the time off they need to operate as a committee and that is because he takes orders from corporate. Their time off is being challenged as well as the ACP. There have been many delays because the company has been using tactics such as canceling arbitrations at the last minute just to make the union reschedule and also we did not have a full panel of arbitrators due to a death of one of the arbitrators. The company refused to schedule arbitrations until the panel was once again filled. The union also has the burden of proof to gather information from future cases to fight the attendance issue due to the language in the cba that allows the company to impose policy. Multiple cases need to be heard and won then gathered or packaged to fight the acp on the 6 areas we believe they are in violation. Although the company agreed to expedited arbitration, they were hoping the union would arbitrate without any ammo. This will take much longer than planned and the union feels as frustrated as the members. We all need to stick together and not be divided by this anti union company that shows its employees no respect. They EAT their OWN! Scary!