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Team reps are a GREAT idea.
At Chicago TRACON we had one for each of seven crews. Their
responsibilities were: Brief their teams on the goings-on of
NATCA (means you have to keep them in the loop. Not too
hard....just make a "briefing sheet", and fill it out
once a week. Put one in everybody's mailbox and Viola!!!! You
have a team briefing.) They were also responsible for bringing BU
input to the Facrep. For those more knowledgeable, you can give
them some authority, but as a minimum you should make them the
point of contact for first line supervisors.
As far as dealing with management, and either your or their hesitation to leap right into the fire.......all they need to know is, "Tell anyone who approaches you the five magic words: I'LL GET BACK TO YOU." That's it. ((And it's actually pretty good advice for facreps and VPs.....))
The contract allows it, it frustrates management, it provides you with more eyes and ears, it builds esprit de corps, it fosters activism at the local level.......what's not to like? Hell, I'd have crew reps if I was in a Level one. Don't sweat giving them too much responsibility right out of the box. Serving as point-of-contact with first line and briefing their crews is enough to ask anyone to do right out of the box. As your local gets stronger you can expand the scope of their responsibilities. Call your RVP. Tell him you're building your local, and you'd like some spare slots for Facrep Training in Vegas. Get some crew reps, and send them out to it. (I also did this in C90.) Build, brother, build!!!!! You guys can't stay in office forever, and the more people you have with knowledge the better off your local will be. Get those new crew reps to facrep training and get them involved!!!!!!!
If you have a QTP committee or airspace committee, these are your people. Build, brother, build. Tell the new crew reps: Can't get you off the schedule, but if you can get off December blank through blank and you want to fam out to Vegas, I'll put you through basic facrep training. Those who want to go, great. Those who don't, no big deal. Send those who do and continue to work with and guide and encourage and lead everyone......you will be amazed at how strong your organization is in a year. If your house is going to withstand floods and fire and wind and other freaks of nature, you need to have a solid foundation. Same applies to your local.
As far as I'm concerned, the more the merrier. FYI...at Chicago we had a P, VP, Sec, Treasurer, three area reps, seven crew reps, a safety rep and a charitable coordinator. The EBoard was P, VP, S, T, and the three area reps. Build, brother, build. If I can help.......including pimping the national office for facrep slots......you know where to find me.
XXXOOO,
JTB
Your interpretation is correct.
In question one, you ask, "Is it not true that during any
meeting with management, you are on official time, if otherwise
in a duty status, whether they call the meeting, or you?"
That is correct, and is found in Article 2, Section 10. THIS TIME
IS EXCLUSIVE OF ARTICLE 2, SECTION 17 TIME.
In question two, you ask, "During a Security investigation,
is it not true that the Rep is on Official time, not NATCA
time?" That is also true, and can be found in Article 6,
Section 1.
The language in those two cites is specific and explicit.
Now....to your broader question......."The atm is trying to
make the Rep take NATCA time for his representation of a BUM
during a security meeting, and some members of our Local feel
they same way."
This is important: Article 2, Section 17 time....what you call
NATCA time....is YOURS.
"TO PREPARE FOR MEETINGS WITH MANAGEMENT AND PERFORM OTHER
REPRESENTATIONAL DUTIES."
They cannot make you use rep time for ANY
MEETING WITH ANY MANAGEMENT OFFICIAL. EVER.
If they could, they could run you out of rep time by scheduling
meetings, and then do the really devious shit when you had no
time to respond. If they could, they could schedule enough
security meetings and drug testings to run you out of rep time,
and that would be it for you. That's not the intent of the
parties, and that's why the exclusionary language is included:
"This grant of time is exclusive of time provided for by the
Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute AND OTHER
PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT."
That means two things:
1. If you are in face-time with ANY management official, ever, it
is NOT time out of your entitlement under Article 2, Section 17,
and
2. If there is any other reference to
"official time" or "duty time" in the
agreement....for instance, in the section under drug
testing.....that, too, is NOT time out of your entitlement under
Article 2.
Your rep time is yours. Use it to take the troops to the local
bar for a Union Meeting.....that's one of those "other
representational duties." I used to do that all the time in
Chicago.
In summary: You are correct. Any other interpretation or
application.......regardless of whether it's the ATM's or some
member's.......is wrong.
XXXOOO,
JTB
