Dear Members,
NON REVENUE BOARDING PRIORITY GRIEVANCE
The Union filed a US Airways Master Executive Council grievance today notifying
the Company the new boarding priority scheme for non revenue boarding priority
is in violation of the US Airways Flight Attendant Agreement.
As you know, the new Company scheme is based on year of hire, rather than date
of hire, and then, within year of hire breaks a tie based on time of check in.
This is in violation of Section 16.B.1 and Section 22.I.1, which state the
following:
Section 16.B.1 - "Seniority for competitive bidding among flight attendants
and for passes shall begin on the first (1st) day of initial training or, where
applicable, on the adjusted seniority date (SID) as determined during the
respective seniority integration process.
Section 22.I.1 - "A flight attendant shall be provided on-line and interline
pass benefits in accordance with the Employee Travel Manual unless otherwise
provided for in this Agreement.
In part the grievance states the following:
"The Company's unilateral change in boarding priority not only violates the
plain language of Section 16B.1, as well as a long standing past practice
between the parties, it also adversely impacts the working flight attendant, who
has neither access to the internet, nor ability to check in at the airport, when
in flight or on duty with passengers, in comparison to all other employees, and
most particularly those employees with a later date of hire, by establishing
that the time of check-in may trump the date of hire as a component of boarding
priority."
As a remedy, the Union requests the Company to immediately rescind its change
in boarding priority and return to the status quo until such time as the parties
have had the opportunity to bargain and reach agreement over this issue. In
addition, should any flight attendant be charged with an Unable to Commute or
any other dependability incident due to this change in boarding priority prior
to its rescission, such incident will be stricken from the flight attendant's
record, and discipline, if any, shall be rescinded and the flight attendant
shall be made whole. Should the Company fail to rescind the change in boarding
priority and return to the status quo, the Union requests that the issue be
handled in accordance with the expedited arbitration procedures as provided in
Section 24 G. of the Agreement. The Union reserves all rights, including the
right to request for any and all other make whole remedy as appropriate, under
this procedure.
The Union will keep you informed as to the Company response.
Thank you,
Mike Flores, President
The US Airways Master Executive Council
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