Oh ... the one they're saving for your best friend ...

Quote from: GMC JOE on January 06, 2011, 06:40:28 PM
What happened to that famous bus by the way ?

It's still on the homepage.

I was wondering the same thing ... I didn't yet ... just says the claim was entered.

Wow, GMC, I'm impressed! Until yesterday, you thought a URL was something like an EKG ... LOL. OK, fess up ... who did it for you?



I must admit, the resemblance is striking!

John, they haven't agreed not to organize, they agreed not to organize by compromising the pay and benefits enjoyed by other members working in NYC for companies that do DoE work. If this clause were not in there and 1181 started organizing companies at, say $15 an hour, what do you think OUR chances would be of getting a raise in our next contract? Next to none, for sure. NYC's 1181 workforce is separate and apart from those outside the city. To divide the members within the same workforce would only depreciate our value and ability to negotiate for better. You cannot pit union member against union member doing the same NYC DoE work against one another. The results would be disastrous and a net loss to all.

What's beneficial about the new contract? Look at your pay stub next week and get back to me. 

Cheers.

Christmas isn't over yet, folks. Here, free for the asking, are several items that I'm sure some Pioneer S.I. 1181 members can't live without!
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1) Hand crocheted mailboxes and houses ... made by my neighbor, Crazy Marcia. What the hell you're going to do with them, I have no idea. But hey, you're welcome to them! Houses are about 4" long, mailboxes about 2 1/2" long.





2) Silver-plated demitasse set. There are cracks in the glaze on one of the ceramic cups, but at this price, you're going to be fussy?





3) Vintage Infant of Prague Ceramic Planter - There's got to be somebody out there who asked Santa for one of these and didn't get it. And it's a "Ruben's Original!" He's about 11" tall, but with lots of water, he might grow. (Believe this dates back to about the 1940s.)




Just e-mail, PM or see me if you want any of the above. (For Pioneer S.I. 1181 members only.) They're FREE with FREE DELIVERY, to boot! Who needs the Home Shopping Network when you have Buzz's "Things-that-don't-sell-on-eBay" right here on 1181drivers.com!

Quote from: Alantic on January 05, 2011, 11:52:53 PM
Glad to see your back Buzz, love this recent picture of you on this!   :)

Thank you and welcome. I assume from your name you're an AE driver. That picture was taken before 1181's dental plan ... LOL.

Welcome to the new forum, John.

Quote from: John Eadicicco on January 05, 2011, 05:33:01 PM
Buzz, where did you get this information from?

From reading the MOA that we were all sent months ago, plus Eddie has explained this in the drivers room several times.

The Second Court of Appeals seems to be rushing along the case of the busing of 7th and 8th graders. Doubt there will be any decision before March anyway, and wouldn't be surprised if it didn't come until after school's out. I think it's all for show, and that in the end, they're going to side with the city. Bloomy gets what Bloomy wants. Never has been about the money.



http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2011/01/court_puts_city_on_a_short_lea.html

If you didn't happen to notice, the schedule and location of the Spring Refresher has changed. It apparently is in reverse seniority order ... somewhat. They're all next week at the Kreischer St. K of C. I didn't copy the schedule so be sure to check the notices posted around the drivers room.

OK! GMC JOE is in the house. I knew you'd make it. Yankees15 would have been disappointed otherwise. 

Some of our members, particularly the anti-incumbents factions, seem to be suffering undue consternation over the "Most Favored Nation" clause in our contract. Essentially, all this clause does is prevent 1181 from organizing a bus company contracted with the DoE by agreeing to lesser pay or benefits than other 1181, DoE-contracted companies currently have.

How this prevents the union from doing so is thus: If the union were to enter into such an agreement they would have to let other contractors renegotiate their contracts with the union to the terms that are more favorable to themselves. The union would never do this, for obvious reasons, but the contractors wanted that clause in there for reassurance.

Why, you ask? You have to realize that outside of NYC, 1181 contracts with individual school districts and each one may have different rates of pay and benefits, and few, if any, fare as well as we do. Contractors here just wanted to make sure that the same would not be done with other companies who contract with the DoE. That's all.

It's as simple as that. There is nothing sinister or diabolical about it. It has nothing to do with bids, and it does not rewrite the Mollen agreement. It does protect the contractors, but not without first protecting us.

If you have heard explanations other than this, it is for one of two reasons: (1) The person talking to you does not understand what the clause means, or (2) that person was intentionally trying to deceive you to suit their own agenda.

The shop did a hell of a lot better job there than the city did in the streets, that's for sure.

I can see from the Error Log that some of you are having trouble logging in.  Remember, your password is case sensitive. The user name isn't, but if there is a space between a two-part name, make sure you log in with the space. Keep trying ... I've upped the login threshold to 10 attempts. If you can't log in after 10 tries, e-mail me for help. You've got to be doing something wrong.

Welcome back, Yankees15. No stars on this forum ... colors. Like the stars, determined by post count ... posts from other forum don't count here.  Don't feel bad ... I'm a "newbie" on this forum!