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NewTec
 

2/19/2008

We opened negotiations today and exchanged non-economic packages with the Company. Discussion of the proposals will continue during negotiations tomorrow.

Your Negotiating Committee

 

2/20/2008

We continued with non-economics today  and have reached tentative agreement on a few items.  We still have a long ways to go in non-economics and look forward to completing much of it by weeks end.
 
Your Negotiating Committee

2/21/2008

We met with the Company today and little to nothing was accomplished. 

Your Negotiating Committee

2/22/2008

We continued negotiations on Friday and worked our way through most of the non-economics.  We still have a few issues open in the non-economic area and when we meet again we can hopefully finish these areas up and get into the economics of negotiations.  Things are moving slow.  We will meet with the Company again toward the end of the month.

Your Negotiating Committee
 

3/25/2008

We resumed negotiations today and with only a couple of items open in non economics we gave the Company our economic proposals.  They also gave us a couple of economic proposals.  Needless to say we have a ways to go before we would consider signing anything off.   
We had a pretty long day today and expect to have long days all this week.  We will keep you informed of the progress.
 
Your Negotiating Committee

3/26/2008

The Company is proposing a severe reduction in the Award Fee,  no increase in the Pension at this time, and  no cost of living increase.
They have made a small initial wage increase proposal. 

They are currently proposing a total of 3 health care plans- the 2 new Blue Cross plans have low premiums but very high deductibles.  They propose to pay 80% of these plans.
The Company proposes that employees can keep the current Blue Cross plan but those wanting to keep it will have to pay 100% of any future cost increases.

Your Negotiation Committee feels these current proposals are unacceptable.

We will meet again tomorrow and will continue to voice the needs of the Members to the Company. 
 

3/27/2008

Negotiations moved slow again today.  A lot of discussion but not a lot of progress made.  Hopefully tomorrow will go better.  No real progress was made.
 

3/28/2008

We continued negotiations today with little progress.  The majority of the Members who did not have to perform mission support showed up to express their concerns about the negativity of the company's proposals.                

 
Negotiations will continue Saturday.

 

3/30/2008

We met all weekend with the company with little to no movement.
Negotiations will continue Monday.

3/31/2008

After some significant movement, we expect to get the company's  last, best and final offer today.  We will update tomorrow with more information.

4/10/2008

The Membership rejected NewTec's last, best and final offer by an overwhelming majority and voted to strike the company by a 92.5% vote.

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