Volume 08 | Aug2018

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A. Andrew W made the following report:1. Turlock- The 7th, 8th, and 9thwe will resume negs with AMR. Still have no reply from Nupp on our lastmeeting. Last thing he said to us was that it looks too expensive. As far as our grievance concerningthe “man bun” issue. We persuaded mgt to let the member have his hair up in a ponytail or cap. Aslong as you look neat and clean it wont be a problem. As far as T. H.’s issue, AMR stated there is nogrievance concerning him and they will not be hiring him back! We will let Fernie handle this now. B. Josh S made the following report:1. Riggs- Grievances at step one, refusals of mandate dispatch and field in process but corrected ofollow progressive disciplinary policy, they were trying to jump steps. 2ndgrievance, driving while textingon camera finalized at step 1, a written warning. Step 2 grievances- an issue with wages not beingfixed, a phone conference with E-board and Fernie finalized and in place now. Idrive cameras inambulance, finalized policy in place. Points of concern- station 51 not up to contract agreement nokitchen/separate rooms. Status 5 rules being followed for 24 hour and 12 hour cars. Equal pay forincentives dispatch/EMTs get less then medics. Also the policy they put out about the 30-day notice forhotels flights etc to be exempt from mandate.C. Lee A on USW conference- 1. The USW conference was well attended. We hope all delegates that attended we’re able to get a lotfrom the sessions. Urge all to use information learned to better serve our membership. 2. PDA- Bob and Fernie are pushing to get back to the negotiation table. We are trying to get moreclarification on the arbitration we recently won. We won on the fact the manager was punitive to theemployee. Therefore that is why the arbitrator ruled on giving him the job and lost pay back. We didn’twin on the seniority issue because the article was vague. 3. Sierra Ambulance- An arbitrator has been selected concerning bringing back a supervisor back intothe bargaining group. We are waiting on dates from her/him to set the date. We met with the manageron the company adding an 11her shift day unit. It will be a 44-hour workweek. They agreed to sameannual pay as 60-hour unit. 4. Pistoresi Ambulance-Kenny met with mgt on 8-1-18 on a step one grievance concerninginadequate stations. Mgt doesn’t feel they are violating anything. We will be going to step 2 soon. 5. Oak Valley Hospital- Surveys are out and getting filled out and returned as we speak. We will besetting up negotiations dates soon. 6. Oak Valley Care Center- Same situation with surveys. We will be also setting up negotiations datesthere as well. 7. Westside Ambulance- Lee will be getting dates to finish their CBA soon. 8. PRN Ambulance- Lee sent Fernie an email and told him that he is tired and done spending moneyon bullshit. We need to turn up the heat and hit the streets picketing! Lee & Fernie met with Marianaand we will be moving forward with a 10-day notice before their next negotiations. Lee will be gettinghelp from local 7600, Kaiser and possibly local 411 USW San Bernardino. As far as Lee is concernedit is time to stop the bullshit of lagging negotiations in LA! Its time to let the employers know we areserious. D. Amber S gave the following report:1. ProTrans 1- grievances have been settled with PT- Union member Kate was calling incorrectlyduring the bid. She will be placed back on an ALS EMT bid and paid any back pay she missed. Dillonfor the next senior person will be placed on this Bari bid. Missing wages are to be paid in anydiscipline related documentation removed from their file. The following grievances have been moved toarbitration-FTO grievance, trainees who were given to multiple FTO’s will need to be paid the correctamount owed, this grievance has been moved to arbitration. PT will not apply PTO when the bargainingmember does not request it. Downing shifts, all employees who were downed incorrectly on the day ofor for a holiday will be paid missed wages. Ashley’s benefits to start in December 2018 along withmedical bills or premium are paid by PT. The union is requesting management follow the CBA whenconducting an investigation. Bargaining members made whole for the past four years for missed mealperiods. An additional .5 will be paid for mandatory holdover, missed meal breaks paid, discussion on

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