The Joint Steering Committee needs your support to bring management back to the negotiating table over wages. Not reaching agreement over the Company's proposal by April 1 could give the Company the right to choose whether or not to implement their wage offer on April 1. Only members in good standing are eligible to vote on this wage offer as well as elections for Union Officers, delegates to conventions and conferences, and on any Contract between the Union and SoCalGas. On Wednesday March 10, the Union presented management with our proposal for resolving the outstanding disputes over training. The JSC believes that reaching an agreement over training will expedite resolution to other outstanding reclass disputes.
Training has to be completely redesigned before implementation.
Training must be in seniority order, consistent throughout the Regions, and should include certification for completion of training. Our proposal has a provision to allow represented workers to train represented workers. We believe that our experienced workers are the experts in their fields and are the most qualified Gas Company employees to conduct training. Following is the Union's training proposal. Job Profiles for Field Operations and Transmission classifications will be revised to include certification language.