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Message From The President
June 1, 2007
To: TWU Local #295 Union Members
Over the past several months we have met with management,
one on one, to discuss several issues. We have accomplished many things to make
our work life better. Some of our accomplishments have been:
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We helped
develop the new field trip guidelines. We worked on this over the summer
and at the beginning of the school year. Management listened to our
concerns, some of them were; summer school and after school using the
seniority rotating list, one driver will not be assigned to one event (i.e.
band, football), parents and grandparents that only want to drive their
children’s field trip. And that only full time bus drivers will be on the
field trip list (any person not a full time driver will have to driver 20
loaded hours before the first semester). We are actively monitoring these
guidelines to make sure that these are being followed. If you see that they
are not, please bring your facts to one of the officers to be investigated.
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Brenda, Diane
and Connie have been invited to attend the monthly Safety meetings by Mr.
Shaddix. This a great accomplishment for the Union to be able to attend
these meetings to gain first hand knowledge and give input about safety
issues concerning transportation.
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We have just
received permission to use our mailboxes for union notices. This should
result in better communications with our members. Please check your boxes
for Union information and upcoming meeting dates.
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Most all of the
Union members came to our first Union Christmas party. A great time was had
by all and we contributed lots of toys for the Toy Drive in Pickens County.
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I’m sure you
have all noticed the Union logo on our Christmas jackets. This is a joint
effort and accomplishment by the Union and Management. It should boost the
moral of our Members by proudly displaying their Union Logo.
These are a just few of the accomplishments we have made in
the current school year. We are actively working with Management on some other
issues. Some of these issues are:
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Use of personal
days when doing a field trip. Mr. Shaddix is looking into ways to pay these
trips without using our personal days. We have a second meeting scheduled
next week on this.
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Gross pay on
paycheck stubs need to be itemized to reflect any other jobs that we are
being paid for such as; field trips, cafeteria work, substitute teaching,
etc.
These are a few things that we are in the process of
accomplishing. And as always, we are here to advise union members on how to
handle personal issues with management.
We are committed to solving these issues and more. Please
attend your monthly Union meetings and let your voices be heard. Meetings are
the first Tuesday of the month at Annie’s Restaurant. Our next meeting is
Tuesday, August 7th at 8:30am.
Brenda Folsom
TWU #295 President
Diane Boyles
TWU #295 Vice President |
