"Understanding All Employees Rights Regarding Contract"

The union and it's members want new employees to have a clear understanding of the contract between them and Allied Barton. They want all new employees to understand that such issues as people being hired without jobs being posted, extra hours being given out unfairly, or a new employee doing a post by themselves when management continues to use the excuse they are just being "trained" (you cannot be trained without a trainer) are in fact all violations of the contract which requires job openings to be offered to existing employees first and it is in every one's interest, existing employee and new hire, to make sure that the contract is honored. We feel that certain details need to be pointed out in order for everyone to understand and to keep peace among all our brothers and sisters.

First, by the company not posting these jobs correctly it has denied many officers the chance to bid on jobs and make a change from their current post or shift. There are many reasons why a officer may want to change and regardless of that reason he/she should be able to do so before a new employee is brought in. Stop and think about if it were you in this position. How would you feel if you had been here 6 years and you worked the overnight shift at Crimson and you were just waiting to get a opportunity to move to a better shift or post, next time the schedule comes out you look and see that they hired two new employees for for hours and posts that you wanted? Then realizing that the company you have worked for and in many cases went out of your way to help out didn't even care about how you felt or your needs, but instead chose to bring in a new employee. Really how would you feel??

Second, the company has continually violated overtime policies. There newest technique is using new employees (and we literally mean using). They do this by placing new employees throughout campus. When management is asked what job position are they here for? Where is the job posting for this position? This is when we are told they are just here for "training" they have not been given any official position, we don;t know where we are going to put them. How does it feel to know you were hired yet have no real position? Not knowing where they may end up putting you before this all over? Next, if Allied were being honest in when claiming that new employees were just being trained then these employees would never be working a post alone because they cannot be training without a trainer. Also keep in mind that if new employees were just being trained then nobody would be losing hours because you and the trainer would be paid.

Finally, it is important for everyone to understand that when a new employee who under managements terms is only being trained, has officially been trained at a post then there name is added to the secondary list NOT primary list of qualified people to fill the post. The reason they are added to the secondary list because this is not their permanent/home job site. They do not officially hold any position at these locations until the proper procedures are followed with offering these positions to officers who have been there before management took it upon themselves to violate the contract and bring them there for what they are calling training. Once the jobs are posted correctly and no officer bids on it then and only then may a new employee be given that official position. Once the new employee has been trained, added to the secondary list, then the overtime policy applies to that new employee the same as any other officer. This simply means they can only be given a shift at the post if all the officers on the primary list turn it down and it is their turn to be asked on the secondary list. Until management turns over documents to Union showing exactly what post, hours, and days off these new employees were hired for they must always have an experienced officer with them and never alone at a post. This is because as management labels them are simply trainers with no official position. Once they are considered trained they may be moved to another location for training or they can continue working with a experienced officer but never should these new employees be allowed to cover shifts at a position that isn't officially theirs. So to be clear, trainers must be doing exactly that till they are offically given a post.

Let us be clear, we are happy to see new hires and welcome them in to the Union. However, we have a contract with AlliedBarton that requires job openings to be offered to existing employees first and it is in everyone's interest, existing employee and new hire, to make sure that the contract is honored.
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