Schedule "A".... Your funny! We've been trying for years to get the contractors into oversight committee meetings so we can work on a schedule "A". And yes, Don House is the rep who finally offered to meet with me. But only after I offered to put up a web site posting all of my correspondence with him. And to start posting about my experiences on every trades website I could find. I'm starting here because I've lurked here for years. He seemed to immediately realize it wasn't an empty threat.
Locally were pissed. And now he's accusing one of my BA's of putting me up to this. What he fails to realize is that I regularly write my representatives. These guys are always telling us to write our reps and appearently they didn't realize they're our reps too. I've also managed to locate his address and plan on sending him a brick. My intentions are to write him a scathing letter detailing his lack of knowledge in contracts and offering him a brick to start building the foundations of a proper contract. Unfortunately I found out today that they're moving the UA to a new building somewhere in Maryland. So I'm forced to hold off on the letter campaign. But if anyone else is actually interested in doing something to better the UA, I'd be happy to post the new address when I get it.
As for Don House and the UA not caring about service fitters, well they're going to have to wake up or lose us! Locally can I get the same pay, better insurance, vacation time, and less aggrevation if I were to work non union. I've always said I'd never work non union, so my only alternative at this time is fight these ignorant (insert insult here)! I pray things get better in the long run, because I'm not going to finish my career working under these conditions.