Article 3 of the AA/TWU Agreement covers “Hours of Work.” On September 30, AA sent notice to the Union that they were canceling 4/10’s for all of the CAM business unit. This was not discussed with the union even though the company has a contractual right to do so. On October 18, 2010, Sam Cirri, John Hewitt, and others met with Pete Laszcz, Director of CAM, and expressed concerns of union members and the company’s lack of communicating their decision to change the 4/10 shift without input from members of the union – even though there is supposed to be a working together process in place.
Article 3 Hours of Work
(a) The workday will consist of a twenty-four (24) hour period beginning at 12 o’clock midnight, and a regular day’s work will consist of eight (8) hours (also referred to as 5/8’s) or ten (10) hours (also referred to as 4/10’s), if applicable, exclusive of meal periods.
(b) Where the Company maintains a seven (7) day operation, individual work units may be scheduled in whole or in part on schedules of four (4) days of ten (10) hours each, when mutually agreed between the Company and the Union. This agreement must be approved by the Director of the Air Transport Division and the Vice President overseeing the work unit. When a 4/10’s schedule is adopted, it will be subject to the provisions outlined below.
- It is understood there are few locations where a 4/10’s schedule will meet the needs of the service, and that this alternative schedule will be approved only when it involves no anticipated increased expense for the Company and no anticipated loss of productivity or any other recognizable degradation of performance.
- It is understood and agreed that either party will have the right to cancel a 4/10’s schedule with thirty (30) calendar days of written notice to the other party. (Emphasis Underscored)
Note: Although there is an attachment of 3.1 Letter of Agreement and 4/10 guidelines for Tulsa, the preceding is only the first part of Article 3.