Oct 2021 Labor Views

Sept 2021 Labor Views

There is no member, person, or individual who is more or less important, or has more or less rights than the next. There is no Occupational Title, job, or task that is more important than the next. Everything that every member does is for the same reason, delivering our only product to our only customer. There are however jobs and task that are more critical at times depending the construction schedule of the ship.

Since the last writing there has been a few significant events. The first two are legislative, third is an Arbitration case, and lastly a Memo on a Safe Worker Program. President Biden signed into law a new federal holiday. Juneteenth commemorates and is a day of reckoning in recognition of end of slavery in the U.S. This new holiday is not an automatic additional day off, it must be negotiated. I am sure that with the Company's policies on Diversity and Inclusion they will be eager to negotiate terms before the next Juneteenth Holiday.