LR 101
A United States federal law that governs labor relations in the railroad and airline industries.
What is the Railway Labor Act?
Employees may be required to work a maximum of four hours beyond their shift in emergency type situations.
What is mandatory overtime?
The name of a basic technician qualification.
What is a BAQ?
During negotiations when both sides go back to discuss proposals in internal meetings with their own party.
What is a caucus?
This the most common bid area for technicians.
What is Bid Area 101?
Obligation to represent all employees fairly, in good faith, and without discrimination.
What is the duty of fair representation?
April 18, 2016
What date is commonly referred to as the snapshot date?
The contractually required pre termination hearing under the IBT agreement.
What is a Fact Finding Meeting?
When the two sides negotiating an agreement are unable to reach an agreement and become deadlocked.
What is an impasse?
The IBT equivalent of an IAM AGC.
What is a business agent?
An independent agency of the United States government that coordinates labor-management relations within the U.S. railroads and airlines industries.
What is the National Mediation Board?
When managers perform hourly rated work, there is no minimum payment.
What is minimum payment when managers perform hourly rated work?
The amount of people on the SBA board, comprised of both Company and Union members.
What are 4?
When two parties reach agreement on paper, but it is not yet ratified.
What is a tentative agreement?
The number of collective bargaining agreements under the IAM, spanning across 6 divisions.
What is 7?
The final step in most contractual grievance procedures.
What is arbitration?
Being arrested or charged with a disqualifying criminal offense. Participating in an unlawful job action. Refusal of a drug test. Insubordination. Refusal to participate in an investigation. An act/threat of abuse or violence. Fraud. Use/possession of drugs, alcohol, or weapons on Company property.
What are the 8 reasons we can hold an employee out of service pending investigation without pay?
December 5, 2016
When did the IBT CBA become effective?
Catering, Pilots, IBT-TOMC (maintenance controllers)
Who are we currently negotiating with?
This is used after the third step or SBA in lieu of going to arbitration where both sides utilize a neutral party.
What is mediation?
A contractual provision that requires the employer to have a reason for disciplining employees or terminating their employment. There are seven steps.
What is just cause?
When an employee is in the middle of an item that was not completed prior to the end the employee's shift. This results in one hour of straight time pay regardless of time worked.
What is task completion?
The article in the IBT contract that addresses grievances.
What is Article 19?
A negotiating strategy in which both sides start with declarations of their interests instead of putting forward proposals, and work to develop agreements that satisfy common interests and balance opposing interests.
What is interest based bargaining?
This is the online resource for IAM contract interpretation.
What is Ask-LR-IAM?