Apr 13
Hello Mr. Howard,
Thank you for your kind response. We are meeting to appoint
a representative who will be back in contact with you shortly.
Sincerely,
The Organizing Committee
Apr 24
Dear Mr. Howard,
Thank you for your patience, given distances and schedules
holding a meeting can take a little time to organize. After meeting and
considering your request the organizing committee respectfully declines
identifying any individual bridge tender at this time and prefers to continue
our dialog via email. We believe this will better meet our goal to improve
relations at this early stage for the following reasons.
We shouldn’t need standing as an employee to point out disparity
or encourage you to avoid polarization by embracing fair play. If we were
presenting a petition or a vote it would be appropriate to provide validation
identification and we are prepared to do so if forced to that level.
Instead, we trust you will simply do the right thing and
provide equal wages and benefits to all your Florida bridge tender employees
with equal experience, performing the same job, under the same subcontract to
ICA, under their blanket DOT Agreement. Your preemptive action now can contain
your problem before it results in widespread indignation and embarrassment to
you.
Consider these first letters as a courtesy and the decision
is in your hands. You may choose to avert collective action or encourage it. If
encouraged we will set our plan in motion then a union or ourselves will
present credentials at the appropriate time. If that is the case know we stand
prepared to move aggressively up the hierarchy.
It is encouraging that the departure of Mr. Milton Hartman
heralds a changing of the guard that offers a fresh opportunity for balance.
Let’s work together to correct your problem early with the least intrusion. We
look forward to you positive response containing notice that all wage and
benefit packages are being equalized.
Sincerely,
The Organizing Committee
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