| DIVISION 184 OF SCHILLER PARK, ILLINOIS |
Officers:
Division President: Hubert J. Winston (home) 630-690-4821, (cell) 630-610-3583
e-mail: huwwin@sbcglobal.net.
Local Chairman: Jason Alexander (cell) 773-805-1262
e-mail: jalexanderble184@yahoo.com.
Secretary/Treasurer: Ray Weart (cell) 708-610-3715
e-mail: wchogger@earthlink.net
Vice Local Chairman (LCA): Ray Weart
Vice Local Chairman (LCA): Norm Eisengardt
Legislative Representative: Norm Eisengardt e-mail: felahelp@gmail.com
Division President: Hubert J. Winston (home) 630-690-4821, (cell) 630-610-3583
e-mail: huwwin@sbcglobal.net.
Local Chairman: Jason Alexander (cell) 773-805-1262
e-mail: jalexanderble184@yahoo.com.
Secretary/Treasurer: Ray Weart (cell) 708-610-3715
e-mail: wchogger@earthlink.net
Vice Local Chairman (LCA): Ray Weart
Vice Local Chairman (LCA): Norm Eisengardt
Legislative Representative: Norm Eisengardt e-mail: felahelp@gmail.com
Division Meetings Held At:
Hubcaps Diner & Banquets
4663 Ruby Street
Schiller Park, IL 60176
Hubcaps Diner & Banquets
4663 Ruby Street
Schiller Park, IL 60176
2nd Wednesday of the
month at 7:00 pm.
month at 7:00 pm.
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| DIVISION 184 2008 VACATION SCHEDULE (excel) (CLICK HERE) |
POSTED, AUGUST 12, 2008
Division 184 Brethren,
As most of you are currently aware, the IC General Committee filed a grievance on their behalf with the CN
claiming that the M343 train that runs between Markham Yard and Schiller Park is an assignment which
should be bulletined to IC Engineers. They took this grievance to CN Chicago Terminal General Manager
Jerry Peck. Mr. Peck ruled that as of September 1, 2008, the WC will be losing this work, and the M343
train will be bulletined as a regular IC assignment for Markham Engineers.
Mr. Peck's decision on this matter was a major disappointment to our membership on the WC. WC General
Chairman John Reynolds is very well aware of this issue and is not taking it lightly. Our General Committee
will do everything in it's power to try to recapture this work which we feel we are rightly and contractually
entitled to.
Attached is a letter Mr. Reynolds has written Mr. Peck on our position regarding this matter. I will do my
best to keep our membership updated on this issue.
Fraternally,
Jason Alexander
BLET Division 184 Local Chairman
(CLICK HERE) FOR THE M343 LETTER
Division 184 Brethren,
As most of you are currently aware, the IC General Committee filed a grievance on their behalf with the CN
claiming that the M343 train that runs between Markham Yard and Schiller Park is an assignment which
should be bulletined to IC Engineers. They took this grievance to CN Chicago Terminal General Manager
Jerry Peck. Mr. Peck ruled that as of September 1, 2008, the WC will be losing this work, and the M343
train will be bulletined as a regular IC assignment for Markham Engineers.
Mr. Peck's decision on this matter was a major disappointment to our membership on the WC. WC General
Chairman John Reynolds is very well aware of this issue and is not taking it lightly. Our General Committee
will do everything in it's power to try to recapture this work which we feel we are rightly and contractually
entitled to.
Attached is a letter Mr. Reynolds has written Mr. Peck on our position regarding this matter. I will do my
best to keep our membership updated on this issue.
Fraternally,
Jason Alexander
BLET Division 184 Local Chairman
(CLICK HERE) FOR THE M343 LETTER
POSTED AUGUST 17, 2008
Division 184 Brethren,
For quite some time now, our Organization has maintained that the Q199 trains which originate out of Markham and
operate to Schiller Park via the IHB Railroad is work which belongs to WC employees. II B and VI of the Chicago
Terminal Agreement specify that work is to be assigned to employees in the same manner after this Agreement takes
place as it was prior to this Agreement. Prior to this Agreement, WC Crews operated all trains that went non-stop (not
going through Glenn or Hawthorne) between Markham and Schiller Park. The CN started assigning this work to GTW
and IC Engineers. Our Division objected and stated that these trains are work which WC employees are contractually
entitled to. The CN disagreed and continues to this day to allow GTW and IC employees to perform this work prior to
WC employees.
When these trains first started operating, they only ran about one or two trains per week. Now that the business has
been established, the CN is running these Q199 type trains out of Markham on almost a daily basis. These trains are
running regularly enough that we could have another regular assignment added to protect them if they were properly
assigned to our property. Even if they didn't choose to do this, these trains would result in an additional Extra Board
start for a crew almost daily. Getting this work which we are contractually entitled to is a big issue for the Schiller Park
Terminal.
All of the claims which we have submitted for our members on these trains have been denied at all levels by the CN.
Some of these claims are scheduled to go to arbitration. Hopefully, the Arbitrator will side with us on this issue.
However, it is extremely important that Extra Board Engineers at this Terminal put runaround claims in every time a
GTW crew is used when they are first out and rested. In order to have any chance of getting this work back, we need
to establish the time claims to prove the relevance and magnitude of the issue. I ask that everyone pay close
attention to these trains and who is operating them. This can be established by mark-up sheets and checking the
GTW Elsdon call board report in CATS. Anyone who has any of this information, please get it to me and the first out
rested engineer on the extra board.
Today I have submitted several claims in CATS on behalf of our members for runarounds on these Q199 trains.
Please check your time slips on the computer to see if I have put one in for you. If I have, please print it out to me as
soon as it is denied so I can advance it to the next level. Remember, it is very important that we do everything in our
power to get this work assigned to us. Please help in any way you can and call with any questions or comments.
Sincerely,
Jason Alexander
BLET Division 184 Local Chairman
Division 184 Brethren,
For quite some time now, our Organization has maintained that the Q199 trains which originate out of Markham and
operate to Schiller Park via the IHB Railroad is work which belongs to WC employees. II B and VI of the Chicago
Terminal Agreement specify that work is to be assigned to employees in the same manner after this Agreement takes
place as it was prior to this Agreement. Prior to this Agreement, WC Crews operated all trains that went non-stop (not
going through Glenn or Hawthorne) between Markham and Schiller Park. The CN started assigning this work to GTW
and IC Engineers. Our Division objected and stated that these trains are work which WC employees are contractually
entitled to. The CN disagreed and continues to this day to allow GTW and IC employees to perform this work prior to
WC employees.
When these trains first started operating, they only ran about one or two trains per week. Now that the business has
been established, the CN is running these Q199 type trains out of Markham on almost a daily basis. These trains are
running regularly enough that we could have another regular assignment added to protect them if they were properly
assigned to our property. Even if they didn't choose to do this, these trains would result in an additional Extra Board
start for a crew almost daily. Getting this work which we are contractually entitled to is a big issue for the Schiller Park
Terminal.
All of the claims which we have submitted for our members on these trains have been denied at all levels by the CN.
Some of these claims are scheduled to go to arbitration. Hopefully, the Arbitrator will side with us on this issue.
However, it is extremely important that Extra Board Engineers at this Terminal put runaround claims in every time a
GTW crew is used when they are first out and rested. In order to have any chance of getting this work back, we need
to establish the time claims to prove the relevance and magnitude of the issue. I ask that everyone pay close
attention to these trains and who is operating them. This can be established by mark-up sheets and checking the
GTW Elsdon call board report in CATS. Anyone who has any of this information, please get it to me and the first out
rested engineer on the extra board.
Today I have submitted several claims in CATS on behalf of our members for runarounds on these Q199 trains.
Please check your time slips on the computer to see if I have put one in for you. If I have, please print it out to me as
soon as it is denied so I can advance it to the next level. Remember, it is very important that we do everything in our
power to get this work assigned to us. Please help in any way you can and call with any questions or comments.
Sincerely,
Jason Alexander
BLET Division 184 Local Chairman