Janus v. AFSCME, Explained | Manhattan Institute

July 13, 2013

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

On this Friday's Presidents conference call, there was no update on the second equity distribution. The International is still waiting for the refund from the IRS of 6.1 million dollars. They will reach out to the agency for a quicker release of the funds.  Once those funds are deposit into the account, then it would take about two weeks to process and distribute.

This last Thursday, our safety team participated in this year's Safety Fair. The theme for this year was "Human Factors and the Dirty Dozen," lack of assertiveness was apparent for the safety team, and they focus on seat belt compliance.

The Team's display consisted of videos of the dangers of not wearing your seatbelt and mock-up of an actual seat with a seat belt. Wearing seat belts while driving on the ramp is a must, one should never take shortcuts when it comes to safety.

The frustration of our members with the bus break-downs and its service has come to a boiling point, and the time is now for new buses and new service. We will continue to document and push management to reach this goal, but they are adamant that refurbishing the old buses will solve the problem.

In our weekly meeting, we discussed several issues that have been ongoing at the IAB/T5. The bathrooms are in total disrepair and a need for a power cleaning. The city has poorly maintained these facilities, and they must be held accountable, Also a need for a regularly scheduled cleaning of the piers.

New mats have been ordered for the IAB piers, and once they arrive, they will be changed out.

Issues in the terminal three bagroom with Envoy people use of the AA lunch area. The Company will post signs and make use of the old Crew Chief room in the bagroom as temporary lunch area for Envoy. Please notify the hall if this problem continues.

A new type of wireless headsets will be coming soon, and discuss that the wide-body crews should get them first, which would help when bad weather sets in and calls for no headset use for push out.

Ramplink 2 rolls out and implementation beginnings this Monday, Crew Chiefs will have to check them in and out and must return the old scanners. New T-links will roll-out in about two weeks and the company has received ten more new blue dumbwaiter carts.