President: CHARLIE RITTENHOUSE
Vice President:
Secretary Treasurer: CRAIG BRADFORD
Recording Secretary: KRIS WAGNER
Disclaimer/Policy
While the information and recommendations contained in U.W.U.A.
Local 69-1 website have been compiled from sources deemed to be reliable, the
Local makes no guarantee as to, and assumes no responsibility for, the
correctness, sufficiency, or completeness of the information or
recommendations. Other or additional
safety measures may be required under particular circumstances.
DIVISION II NEWS
(Revised 01/05/09))
UNION THOUGHT FOR THE DAY;
HOW DOES YOUR BOSS RESPECT OUR
CONTRACT? HOW DO THEY RESPECT YOUR
UNION? BOTH REFLECT HOW THEY
RESPECT YOU !!!
INTERESTING READING
Want some interesting internet reading. Well
here ya go….. Go
to Google.
Type in: Toxic Boss. Then click on: The Toxic Boss Syndrome See if you can relate to anything
DUPONT SAFETYIN DTI
Please keep in mind that our concerns about DTI and
DuPont Safety Resources have not changed. If in your daily work routine a
supervisor informs you of changes directly or indirectly related to DuPont,
please let your Region Director know immediately. If you see or hear of changes
in safety policy, no matter how small, let your Director know!
WHAT’S 2009 BRING…. MORE
NLRB CHANGES AT DTI
The early days of 2009 don’t appear to be bringing
much change to the table at DTI. We have a minimum of three NLRB charges to
provide depositions for already. Who knows though, year’s still
young, maybe someone, somewhere, sometime in Dominion will finally see the advantages
of sitting down, talking and trying to work through issues and direct Dominion
Gas Transmission’s management team to do so.
J.A.R. –SO FAR A POSITIVE
So far the comments from the members involved in the
new J.A.R. committee have been positive. The committee is primary for reviewing
safety incidents and discussing how to prevent them in the future. Our Division I has been participating in
the committee for some time. The monthly meetings consist of management
personnel and officers, directors and representatives from the Union and
employees involved in accidents. You may ask what the difference between this
and the DuPont Safety Program at DTI is?
Well, Hope Gas management approached us at the ground level and ask for our participation. They had company safety
representatives, as well as operation personnel, meet with the Union Executive
Board and describe their concerns, what they wanted to try and achieve and how
they wanted to get there. Not so at Dominion Gas Transmission and their DuPont
Safety.
PARTIES TO MEET ON HOPE GAS SALE
The Union’s Executive Board, representatives of
BBIFNA and Dominion will sit down on January 14th, to discuss concerns
of the Union regarding the sale. We're
looking forward to this meeting as an opportunity to resolve some issues as the
sale process moves on. BBIFNA continues to meet with us in their efforts to
hear our concerns and build a foundation for a good working relationship. We
have petition with the WV-PSC to intervene as “neutral” in the
filings regarding the sale and rate cases. Keep in mind that we intervened in
the process when Equitable was attempting to buy Hope but with a big
difference, at that time we intervened in opposition of the process.
UNION AND HOPE GAS WORK ON MENTORING
PROGRAM
Right before Christmas the parties met and discussed the
possibility of implementing a “mentoring” program in Hope Gas proposed
by President Rittenhouse that will allow retirees to work with current
employees to mentor them doing their jobs.
“The program as proposed does not permit the retirees to be an “extra
set of hands”; we have a workforce for that. It’s a program that will
allow current and future employees to draw from the experience and knowledge of
the retirees in doing their job duties properly and safely. We rough drafted our concept of the
program to the company, now it’s in their hands for consideration.
UNION AND HOPE GAS TO WORK TOGETHER ON
DIVERSITY
The Union and management of Hope Gas agreed to partner a
Diversity Committee within Hope Gas. The Union’s Executive Board voted
for the partnering after they met with Hope Gas officials and worked out the
details. “I think it’s going to provide us with an interesting and
exciting opportunity to work together.”, local
president Rittenhouse stated. There is no such partnering within Dominion Gas
Transmission, Inc.
REMINDER;
ENDORSEMENTS/PARTICIPATION-SAFETY
Our Union DOES NOT endorse
Dominion’s Employee Assistance Program, DTI’s Diversity Committee
or any Six Sigma Program. Nor are you authorized to participate in the Company
Safety Committees/Meetings in the capacity of an Officer, Director or
Representative (except Hope’s J.A.R. or Diversity Committee) For additional information on our positions on these
programs and others please contact your Region Director.
NEW
UNION SHIRTS AND HATS AVAILABLE
We have changed vendors for
providing us with our Local’s hats and shirts. The new ones are pretty sharp! Please
contact Directors C Bradford or W Swiger for information on how to purchase the
new clothing. Union/American
made of course!!
ANOTHER REMINDER
It is permissible to put our union logo sticker on your hard hats.
It is also permissible to put our “PROUD TO BE UNION” bumper
stickers on the back bumper of your company vehicle. Use the opportunity to
display your Union!!!
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