Late pay for BWIA workers by Orion Ganase T'dad Express 10.30.02 BWIA employees had not received their October salaries up to yesterday due= =20 to a problem with the computer system. But the problem has been resolved and workers are expected to be paid=20 today, according to president of the Aviation, Communication and Allied=20 Workers Union, Christopher Abraham. The airline has given itself until=20 tomorrow to come up with concessions to save it from receivership. BWIA=92s= =20 CEO Conrad Aleong and communications manager Clint Williams have repeatedly= =20 said that it is up to the airline staff to prevent BWIA from going=20 under. A meeting will be held between airline employees and union=20 representatives at 6 p.m. today at Centre of Excellence, Macoya, to vote on= =20 whether to agree to the cost-reducing concessions proposed by BWIA. Following are the concessions BWIA is requesting of workers: TALPA=97pilots (Monthly savings target US$125,000): =95 Adjust work rules to achieve 3-day London and 14-hour duty limit. =95 Cut crew meals =95 Pay minimum guarantee hours for vacation leave =95 Reduce annual leave by 7 calendar days =95 Overtime net of sick leave =95 Eliminate 5-hour credit for off-day call-outs CATTU & ACAWU=97general staff (Monthly savings US$70,000): =95 Reduce sick leave by six working days to 14 working days. =95 Pay overtime for actual hours worked, at reduced premium rates. Overtime= =20 paid at time and a half and not double time. Persons rostered to work=20 public holidays to be given the following day off or payment in lieu of=20 double time. =95 Reduced rate for shift/rostered/night workers by 2% with no shift= premium=20 while on vacation =95 Suspend subsistence allowances =95 Raise employee contribution to meal chits to 50% =95 Merge jobs for better cross-utilisation of staff. ACAWU-flight attendants (Monthly savings US$100,000): =95 Adjust work rules to achieve 3-day London and 14-hour duty limit =95 Cut crew meals for duty post 9 a.m. of less than 7 hours =95 Reduce annual leave by 5 days =95 For work on off days either=96 a) A premium rate of 1.5 times; OR b) Compensatory day off. The owner of Roger's Trinbago Site: Roj (Roger James) *************************************************** escape email mailto:ejames@escape.ca Trinbago site: http://www.tntisland.com CBC Website http://www.tntisland.com/caribbeanbrassconnection/ The Trinbago Site of the Week: (I95.5FM) http://www.i955fm.com (Radio Station I95.5FM) courtesy of Roj Trinbago Website & TnT Web Directory Roj's Trinbago Website: http://www.tntisland.com TnT Web Directory: http://search.co.tt *********************************************************