|















| |
 |
Transportation NewsWire
IAM Transportation Department
General Vice President Robert Roach, Jr.
9000 Machinists Place
Upper Marlboro, MD 20772
www.goiam.org/transportation
|
|
2008
IAM Scholarship Program.
Click on links below to download application
union reps for application.
2008 IAM SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION FORM ( This form
is to be ...
2008 IAM COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION FORM
TECHNICAL SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION FORM |
MEDCO
District 143 has recently received inquiries from several NWA
members regarding the Company’s decision to suspend pass travel
privileges when a member does not pay their applicable MEDCO
bill. District 143 President Stephen Gordon contacted NWA Labor
Relations, as well as the NWA Benefits department and asked,
“How does an unpaid MEDCO bill have anything to do with an
employee’s pass-travel?” NWA Labor Relations advised District
143 that NWA puts up a $100 advancement (security deposit?) to
MEDCO on behalf of their employees/our members so that everyone
can obtain the prescriptions needed for their families without
having to pay first before services are rendered. Therefore,
NWA is contending that since the $100 comes from the Company,
the Company has the right to suspend pass travel privileges
until payment is procured. Clearly, District 143 does not agree
with this for the simple fact that many of our members rely on
their pass travel to commute back and forth to work on a weekly
basis since many of our members have been displaced from their
stations as a direct result of the NWA restructuring.
Furthermore, maybe this is a clear and definitive signal to NWA
that our members simply cannot endure the current medical
premiums. The implications of unpaid MEDCO premiums affect
everyone. We have been advised that outstanding premiums mean
an increase in our annual medical rates due to the fact of a
higher liability. |
|
|