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Friday, October 3, 2008 8:18 AM
From: "wca55@aol.com" <wca55@aol.com>
To: dustin.teske@sbcglobal.net
Cc: marianne.giordano@sbcglobal.net
Dustin,
I appreciate your questions and am happy to answer them. It is easy to form negative opinions about such decisions when the facts are not entirely known to you, but I would suggest that simply asking for the information would be a better approach.
Our Union has the legal responsibility to present all negotiated contract proposals for ratification. We are only required to make ourselves, and the package available to our members and conduct a vote. How and where is not mandated in the law. It is the policy however of this Union to make it as available as possible, so we conduct several meetings across the service area to make it as convenient as possible. The locations we choose are deliberately NOT on the property of the employer in order to assure members the privacy to comment as they see fit and not fear intrusion of any kind.
Regarding the Partnership and management's responsibility to this process, there is none. This process is strictly the business of the Union. And you should also know that there are many things that the employer cannot provide, or pay for by law. In this area this Union is especially careful and does not accept anything of value from the employer that may be in conflict with the law.
As for the People Pulse reminder, that was the Union communicating with our members, not management. We encourage our members to participate in that process because we believe the results should accurately reflect the environment, and all voices should be heard. These results are often used to make decisions that impact our members throughout the year. My feeling is that if I am going to be told by management how our members feel about certain issues according to the People Pulse scores I would at the very least like to know that as many Local 30 members responded as possible.
With regard to KP's policies around the use of their internal email I would suggest contacting KP.
Hope this helps to clear up your confusion.
Walter
Friday, October 3, 2008 8:18 AM
From: "wca55@aol.com" <wca55@aol.com>
To: dustin.teske@sbcglobal.net
Cc: marianne.giordano@sbcglobal.net
Dustin,
I appreciate your questions and am happy to answer them. It is easy to form negative opinions about such decisions when the facts are not entirely known to you, but I would suggest that simply asking for the information would be a better approach.
Our Union has the legal responsibility to present all negotiated contract proposals for ratification. We are only required to make ourselves, and the package available to our members and conduct a vote. How and where is not mandated in the law. It is the policy however of this Union to make it as available as possible, so we conduct several meetings across the service area to make it as convenient as possible. The locations we choose are deliberately NOT on the property of the employer in order to assure members the privacy to comment as they see fit and not fear intrusion of any kind.
Regarding the Partnership and management's responsibility to this process, there is none. This process is strictly the business of the Union. And you should also know that there are many things that the employer cannot provide, or pay for by law. In this area this Union is especially careful and does not accept anything of value from the employer that may be in conflict with the law.
As for the People Pulse reminder, that was the Union communicating with our members, not management. We encourage our members to participate in that process because we believe the results should accurately reflect the environment, and all voices should be heard. These results are often used to make decisions that impact our members throughout the year. My feeling is that if I am going to be told by management how our members feel about certain issues according to the People Pulse scores I would at the very least like to know that as many Local 30 members responded as possible.
With regard to KP's policies around the use of their internal email I would suggest contacting KP.
Hope this helps to clear up your confusion.
Walter
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