Local 514 Digest, January 3, 2020

Negotiations:

No Updates, I understand that there will be January meeting dates, I have not received any verification on them.

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New Hires

37 new members will start on January 6, 2020. Be sure and welcome them!

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Shop Steward’s 2020

It is that time of year again, Areas throughout the Local 514’s membership will be selecting/electing shop stewards. Sign-up deadline January 18th, 2020.

SIGN UP HERE

If required, Shop Steward elections should take place from January 20th through the 24th of 2020.

The list of those that have signed up is HERE, This list displays all that have signed up (even those not qualified per our bylaws) – I will be posting the final List after verification.

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Kendal Anderson
Vice President

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The AFL-CIO Community Services and The United Way

Union Counselor Training Course

Starting Tuesday, February 11th. 2020, the Union Counselors Course will be held again at the United Way office located at 1430 S. Boulder. The class will go from 6-8:30pm. for the next five Tuesdays and will end on March 24th.

Some of the topics to be covered are Elder Care, Worker’s Compensation, Family and Children Services, Youth Services, Alcohol and Drug Abuse, and Mental Health.

At the graduation ceremony the Labor Community Service Award and the George Meany Scouting Awards will be presented.

To sign up, please see Tracy Hardin, Gene Chapin, or Joe Brown.

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TWU Voluntary Benefits and Payroll Deductions

As you know, the company created an extremely challenging situation when they discontinued TWU Voluntary Benefits payroll deduction. Due to payroll’s best estimate on processing time, we were given a suggested two payroll cycle window before Jetnet (for 1/1/20) would execute the payroll deduction change.

 Unfortunately, in some cases, the deduction occurred more quickly than payroll had expected, causing an early payment to take place.

There are two options members can choose, if an early payment transpired. The first is to do nothing and allow your account to be one payment ahead. By doing this, it would give you a “one payment buffer” in the event there is a lapse of future payment . The second option is to manually skip a payment. To do this, you would go through the direct deposit process again, first by reducing the amount of deduction from the early payment to $1.00 and then once that paycheck is processed, you will go back in and reinstate the direct deposit withdrawal amount again,  to ensure future premium payments are once again deducted.

More Details Here

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Are you ready to help out in the TWU514 Elections?

February 24th and 25th, 2020 will be your next chance to be on the Election Board.

ARTICLE VIII ­ Elections

(TWU 514 bylaws)

Commencing in 2011, the Election Board consisting of five members shall be elected at the regular membership meeting in February of every third year (following the regular officers elections). In order to be eligible for nomination and election to the Election Board a member must be in good standing and have attended at least three (3) regular membership meetings during the previous twelve (12) months. Replacement to any vacancy on the Election Board shall be by appointing the alternate, in order of the votes they received at the time of election.

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Long Sleeve Shirts

We have reached the deadline of the Long sleeve Shirt order. The order is being placed.

We will spend 2 days handing them out at the hall when they arrive. After those days, we will be mailing the shirt you ordered to the address that you supplied during the sign up.

We will let you know when we are ready to distribute.

If you are not on our Texting list, you can turn it on anytime you like. Go to TWU514.org and log in. After you log in, click on your name, top right hand side of page, then select Dashboard, to left. Update your contact information , verify your “Cell Phone” number and select Yes where it states: “Would you like to receive Text Message Alerts”. Be sure to click the “Update My Information” button below the form.

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The TWU 514 – 2020 Wall Calendars are In!

We will have calendars available in the Grievance Office. We will also have some at the Union Offices.

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Grievances:

2019 by the numbers

We have had a total of 111 grievances that have paid back to the membership a total of $71689.57. These grievances were handled at the floor level, by a qualified union representative. These grievances did not go past the first step.

 

Here are the numbers for the rest that were handled in 2019 – Both Open and Closed.

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Members Anniversaries

January 2020

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Our labor unions are not narrow, self-seeking groups. They have raised wages, shortened hours and provided supplemental benefits. Through collective bargaining and grievance procedures, they have brought justice and democracy to the shop floor.

JOHN F. KENNEDY, speech, Aug. 30, 1960