The following is the language and covered titles covered by the Expense Allowance in the CWA/AT&T 2009 Collective Bargaining Agreement Article 41.12.
ARTICLE 41 - COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES
1 Titles
The provisions of this Article apply only to employees assigned to the titles listed below:
(a) OPERATIONS EMPLOYEES
Building Technician
Communications Technician
Customer Contact Agent - C
Customer Service Support Agent
Customer Software Administrator - C
Mechanic - C
Network Communications Technician –
Network Order Administrator
Operations Clerk
Operations Mechanic
Senior Operations Clerk
Special Operations Clerk
12 Expense Allowance a) Operations Employees
(1) When an employee works a period of two (2) or more hours (a) immediately before or after the employee's scheduled normal tour, (b) immediately before or after a shifted tour on a scheduled day other than an authorized holiday or (c) in excess of a normal tour on a Non-Scheduled Day or an authorized holiday, the employee shall be paid for the convenience of the employer an expense reimbursement of eight dollars ($8.00). An employee shall be entitled to only one (1) such expense reimbursement per calendar day or per continuous period of work, except that an employee shall be entitled to two (2) such expense reimbursements when an employee works periods of two (2) or more hours immediately before and after the employee's scheduled normal tour.
(2) When an employee works up to a normal tour on a Non-Scheduled Day or an authorized holiday, the employee shall not be entitled to an expense reimbursement unless the employee is compensated for such work by equivalent time off.
We will not standby while the company enacts arbitrary changes to our contractual agreement without notification to our Union and especially when they are in direct violation of our agreement. Why the company has enacted this decision is anybodies guess but we will not tolerate the company’s manipulation of our wages.
I have notified our National Office and along with VP Jackson we will be following up with Legacy T Labor Relations. While we pursue this issue we will keep our Members informed of the progress and resolution.
In unity,
Roy Hegenbart
President
Local 3250
