Travis Scott
Chairman of Fac. Maint.
- Management will use phrases like “unskilled work” as part of their explanation for having you do another trades job. We may assist other trades, not go do another trades work for which you are not “QUALIFIED”.
- Management says CC’s will determine who is qualified to do certain work (unskilled work).
CC’s should have a means to look up the qualifications of their crew members and assign work accordingly.
ARTICLE 8- QUALIFICATIONS
E.Qualifications under this Agreement are to be determined by work experience as indicated on the hiring application, military records or accredited training or educational experience. An employee may submit updated work experience which the Company shall use for qualifications under the agreement. The Company shall notify the employee within thirty (30) days of the approval/disapproval of the updated work qualifications.
ARTICLE 18- OVERTIME
Q. Overtime work will be distributed among the employees qualified to perform the work necessitating overtime within their appropriate bid area as equitably as practicable in accordance with Overtime Distribution Procedures. The Company will establish the administrative process used to sign-up, offer, and award overtime.
R. Management may maintain employee qualification lists in each bid area based on training records and/or work experience. The qualification lists shall be accessible to employees and will be kept current to reflect each employee’s qualifications for overtime and field trips. Qualification training will be provided by the Company through classroom or on the job training (OJT) subject to the availability of the work, by classification seniority, on the shift, within the bid area, to employees who request it.
3. Management believes a Plant Maintenance Mechanic is a Plant Maintenance Mechanic. They believe if you are a mechanic you are qualified to do any mechanic work. Unless, it requires a license,permit, or certification. This is a gross interpretation of the JCBA.
First of all, in Tulsa we are not General Maintenance men, we are skill specific and these skills are listed several times throughout the JCBA. Plant Maintenance Mechanic is our Basic Classification. The company uses Basic Classification for seniority, which in turn plays a role in vacation picks, shift swaps, and etc. Below are some articles that pertain to our skill specific work and, or trades.
Scope of Facilities Maintenance Work at Maintenance Bases
R. The scope of work to be performed by employees covered by this Agreement at the CLT, DWH, PIT and TULE base locations is maintaining, repairing, and servicing hangar infrastructure and docking, machinery, power plants, and wastewater to the extent that the Company maintains control of such facilities and equipment. The Company will assign skill specific work based upon the needs of service to employees covered by this Agreement or the Company may utilize a vendor to perform this work. Skill specific work may include work performed by carpenters, plumbers, and electricians, and electronics, lock and key, HVAC, millwright, stationary operating engineer, hazardous waste, wastewater treatment, and welding. The assignment of skill specific work is based upon trade, however, nothing precludes Plant Maintenance employees from assisting another trade to meet the needs of the Company. The Company may outsource concrete, fencing, painting and major carpentry projects at TULE.
ARTICLE 7 – CLASSIFICATION
Q. Maintenance Mechanic – GSE or Facilities
1. The work of the Maintenance Mechanic – GSE or Facilities classification, depending upon assignment includes any or all of the following:
a. Lay-out, planning, and execution of complex maintenance assignments requiring the skills of one or more of the maintenance trades, such as electrician, plumber, steamfitter, carpenter, painter, auto mechanic, millwright, heating and air-conditioning engineer, or other similar skilled journeyman trades; in addition to the work specified for the Maintenance Support Person classification.
ARTICLE 8 – QUALIFICATIONS
Plant Maintenance Mechanic: -Plant Maintenance (GSE) Eighteen (18) months training from an accredited school in automotive mechanical maintenance or eighteen (18) months mechanical experience on automotive equipment.
Maintenance Support Person – GSE One (1) year of verified, hands-on, related experience, which is comparable to the work to which he will be assigned.
Plant Maintenance Mechanic: -Plant Maintenance (Facilities) Thirty-six (36) months of verified, hands-on, working experience as a journeyman Carpenter, Electrician, Electronics Technician, HVAC Technician, Lock and Key, Millwright, Painter, Plumber, Stationary Engineer, Welder, or Industrial Waste Treatment, applicable to the job test area assigned.
Maintenance Support Person -Facilities Twenty-four (24) months of verified, hands-on, related experience, which is comparable to the work to which he will be assigned.
ARTICLE 9 – FILLING OF VACANCIES
GG. SPECIALTIES:
4.Facilities specialties are as follows:
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- Carpenter
- Electrician
- Electronics Technician
- HVAC Technician
- Lock and Key
- Millwright
- Painter
- Plumber
- Stationary Operating Engineer
- Welder
- Industrial Waste Treatment
- Hazardous waste
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In closing I would like to say, every trade out here is a skilled trade. Why else would the company pay everyone a skill premium?
I know the company is in a financial strain right now and I am sympathetic to the situation, but I will protect the integrity of this JCBA. Lots of changes have occurred this year, and I’m sure there is more to come.
If you feel like there is a contractual violation taking place get with your steward and generate a grievance. Help me help you hold this company accountable for their missteps. The document is called an ”AGREEMENT” for a reason, at one time both sides agreed to conduct business as written.
Travis Scott
Chairman of Plant Maintenance