Brian Freeman --President --314-714-5682 Jim Tinder --V.P.-- Randy Gagnon -- Treasurer-- Brandon Long --Secretary--
Stewards
Daniel Rohne Chris Mattingly Jim Porter Josh Adkins Joseph Gilbert
Next Meeting
Friday February 11, 2011 11.30am at the Club. Night shift meeting Thursday February 10, 2011 6.00pm. See Randy or Brandon from Avionics for the location of the night shift meeting.
Know Your Rights. See below.
Weingarten Rights
“Weingarten Rights” are Union Member protection rights that were handed down by the United States Supreme Court.
If called into a meeting with management and the meeting could in any way lead to your being disciplined or terminated, or affect your personal working conditions, inform management that you request that your Union Representative or Steward be present at the meeting. Until your representative arrives, explain that you choose not to participate in their discussion.
THE EMPLOYEE MUST MAKE CLEAR TO ASK FOR UNION REPRESENTATION BEFORE OR DURING THE MEETING.
The employee cannot be punished for making this request. If the Employer denies this request and continues to question, it commits an UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICE, which is a violation of Federal law, and the employee has a right to refuse to answer.
The employer may not discipline employees for such a refusal.
Brookhaven Warnings
Brookhaven Warnings An employee, before being interviewed by management in preparation for an arbitration hearing, is entitled to certain safeguards. The safeguards is to reduce the coercive impact of employer interrogations. Warnings that must be givien before the inter view are:
a. Inform the employee who is to be questioned of the purpose of the questioning. b. Assure the employee that no reprisal will take place if he or she refuses and obtain the employee's participation on a voluntary basis. c. Questioning must take placed in context the is not coercive. d. Questions mus not exceed the legitimate scope of inquiry or otherwiseses interfere with employee's statutory rights.