Troublemen Update

I wanted to give you all an update on where we are at with the troublemen "staffing issue". As I have reported previously, the company has had a team of managers meeting to decide how best to handle this "issue". They will be presenting their findings to the Union committee on Thursday, July 26th. As soon as I can publish any information I will.

On a sad note, I would like to let everyone know that Tommy Ferguson passed away earlier this week. Tommy was a Serviceman who worked out of the Jamestown Operation Center and retired during the VERP. Our hearts and prayers go out to his family.

Who knows!!!!!

Well, it seems that there are a lot of rumors out there about the future of the Troublemen. I can honestly say I have heard at least 20 different versions of what is going to happen. Unfortunately, none of them have been discussed between Management and the Union. These are all just rumors.

Here is what I do know. Management had asked to discuss this issue with us in late June and then notified us that they were not ready to discuss it. The meeting was then going to be rescheduled for the first week or so of this month. As of today, we are still waiting on the company to set that meeting up. I will inform everyone when that meeting is just as soon as I know. The company has had a team put together to evaluate the current staffing levels and work load and they are in charge of coming up with the plan to present to us. As soon as I know what in the world is going on, I will be happy to pass on the information.