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| STATEWIDE MEETING UPDATE AUG. 6, 2009 |
The Company and Union met on August 6, 2009. Here is a summery as
follows:
12 Hour Schedule - Chevron and USW are working on consolidating the
12 hour MOA's and extending the 12 hour schedule to the following:
union and we are taking time to go over the document to make sure all
MOA's concerning the 12 hour schedule have been consolidated correctly
to keep original intent. The company would like to change the 15 minute
breaks to three 10 minute breaks to reflect new labor laws. It will be
sometime in September before we get back together and come to final
agreement so the membership can vote on this issue.
Call Out Process - Company stated they wanted to stop (Wireless Policy)
certain employees in Kern River from taking cell phones home and allow
volunteers to take them home for call outs. Company stated they have a
responsibility to make sure company business takes place on these
phones and employees are being paid when using them. After much
discussion the Union stated to the Company that if the company
determines that preventing employees from taking cell phones home is
necessary the company should inform employees of any discipline if
taken home and start contacting employees on employees home
phones. That way employees can voluntarily answer and work overtime if
desired. This would prevent NLRB charges, overtime etc. issues.
Company stated they would discuss and get back to us soon.
Organization Change - Company stated they were no longer going to use
inside operators. Company is going to reassign inside operators to
outside duties thus reducing the number of wells on each operator string.
The duties that the inside operators are presently doing, outside
operators would do. The Union requested a listing of duties operators
would be required to perform and put Chevron on notice that we are not
going to give up work and allow non-represented workers to perform that
work. The company is placing a lot of duties on the outside operators
including a new permitting process that the company states is designed
to slow employees down in their duties. We stated our concerns
regarding the safety of represented workers. The company stated this
would take place on the 17th of August and we have requested the list of
job duties be received prior to the 17th.
Gas Cards - The Company informed us they would provide $900 dollar
gas cards to affected employees required to start leaving company
vehicles at work sites. This affected 15 Head Operators, 14 in Midway
Sunset and 1 in Kern River. The company came back to us after our
brothers and sisters with the IUPIW refused to sign until USW was on
board. The offer was made to us of $300 gas cards for 2009, 2010 and
2011. Chevron made an offer to IUPIW of a one time $900 dollar gas card.
Saul Mcgarity has made recommendations to IUPIW concerning the letter
the Company wants them to sign. We refused to vote on this issue after
the company told us they would go forward weather our union passed it
or not. Saul requested notice in writing from Chevron on this issue. He
should receive it soon.
follows:
12 Hour Schedule - Chevron and USW are working on consolidating the
12 hour MOA's and extending the 12 hour schedule to the following:
- Kern River Cyclic Hub
- Midway Sunset Cyclic Hub
- Midway Sunset South Plants
- 26C
- 2F
- 29D
- 31E
- Midway Sunset Station 31
- Diatomite Production
- 17S
- 21S
union and we are taking time to go over the document to make sure all
MOA's concerning the 12 hour schedule have been consolidated correctly
to keep original intent. The company would like to change the 15 minute
breaks to three 10 minute breaks to reflect new labor laws. It will be
sometime in September before we get back together and come to final
agreement so the membership can vote on this issue.
Call Out Process - Company stated they wanted to stop (Wireless Policy)
certain employees in Kern River from taking cell phones home and allow
volunteers to take them home for call outs. Company stated they have a
responsibility to make sure company business takes place on these
phones and employees are being paid when using them. After much
discussion the Union stated to the Company that if the company
determines that preventing employees from taking cell phones home is
necessary the company should inform employees of any discipline if
taken home and start contacting employees on employees home
phones. That way employees can voluntarily answer and work overtime if
desired. This would prevent NLRB charges, overtime etc. issues.
Company stated they would discuss and get back to us soon.
Organization Change - Company stated they were no longer going to use
inside operators. Company is going to reassign inside operators to
outside duties thus reducing the number of wells on each operator string.
The duties that the inside operators are presently doing, outside
operators would do. The Union requested a listing of duties operators
would be required to perform and put Chevron on notice that we are not
going to give up work and allow non-represented workers to perform that
work. The company is placing a lot of duties on the outside operators
including a new permitting process that the company states is designed
to slow employees down in their duties. We stated our concerns
regarding the safety of represented workers. The company stated this
would take place on the 17th of August and we have requested the list of
job duties be received prior to the 17th.
Gas Cards - The Company informed us they would provide $900 dollar
gas cards to affected employees required to start leaving company
vehicles at work sites. This affected 15 Head Operators, 14 in Midway
Sunset and 1 in Kern River. The company came back to us after our
brothers and sisters with the IUPIW refused to sign until USW was on
board. The offer was made to us of $300 gas cards for 2009, 2010 and
2011. Chevron made an offer to IUPIW of a one time $900 dollar gas card.
Saul Mcgarity has made recommendations to IUPIW concerning the letter
the Company wants them to sign. We refused to vote on this issue after
the company told us they would go forward weather our union passed it
or not. Saul requested notice in writing from Chevron on this issue. He
should receive it soon.