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| Amtrak workers to get back pay May 1 | |
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| Topic Started: March 20 2009, 05:42 AM (62 Views) | |
| Gandalf | March 20 2009, 05:42 AM Post #1 |
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Amtrak employees -- including UTU represented conductors, assistant conductors and yardmasters -- will receive 100 percent of their back pay on May 1, which Amtrak President Joe Boardman has designated to be "Employee Appreciation Day." Boardman told UTU International President Mike Futhey on March 19 that he has the full support of the Amtrak board of directors to fulfill Amtrak’s obligation to pay all back wages to Amtrak agreement employees. The money will come from congressional appropriations that will be paid Amtrak in April. The current contract covering Amtrak agreement employees provided for a wage-increase and lump sum retroactive payment package totaling $573 million. Because Amtrak did not have the funds to pay the entire amount in a single fiscal year, Amtrak agreed to pay it out over two fiscal years. Amtrak, so far, has funded some $428 million of the $573 million contract settlement, leaving a balance of $145 million. The remaining amount will be paid May 1. UTU National Legislative Director James Stem has been working with Amtrak lobbyists to convince Congress to provide the necessary funding. In a Feb. 17 letter to Congress, Boardman wrote: "Amtrak is committed to meeting our agreements, and holds the skills of its employees and the dedication they bring to their job in high esteem. To that end, we are meeting and intend to continue to meet, on a quarterly basis, with the unions' leadership to ensure that we are communicating frankly and clearly with them. We hope that this will improve an already open and productive relationship." In 2005, as federal railroad administrator, Boardman told Railway Age magazine, "Railroads must invest in human resources by hiring talented people and training and motivating them, as well as measuring the quality of that training and motivation to ensure incremental and continual involvement." Boardman told Futhey: "On May 1, everyone will be paid their remaining back wages." March 20, 2009 |
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