United’s
Point System
Update
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District 141 and United Airlines presented their positions before a Grievance Mediator concerning the United dependability point system (d.p.s.) and its application. The issue concerned the provision of the d.p.s. that calls for an investigative review hearing when an employee accumulates a total of five to five-and-a-half points.
The company had been escalating employees to a discharge hearing without conducting the final warning hearing, if additional absences occurred before the initial hearing could be scheduled.
The Union’s position has always been that the final warning hearing is a requirement of the system and could not be waived; the Company believed they were correct in accelerating discipline based on accumulated points.
The Mediator listened to testimony from both sides, reviewed our Contract and the d.p.s. policy and agreed with the IAM that the Final Warning hearing must be conducted before any further action could be taken.
Based on this decision, United has committed to conduct this necessary hearing for all affected employees in the future. In addition, discussions are being held to return previously discharged employees that did not receive this hearing to work. | top
As reported last week, the company has developed a procedure that allows individual employees to receive status reports of their accumulated points in a secure way, using the company’s email system.
Information will be published in the near future outlining this process and also explaining how employees can activate their email account within the United system.
A testing period will begin next week in order to insure the reliability and security of this system. It will then be brought to additional stations as the system and explanations can be expanded. The expectation is that the system will be available to all IAM members by the end of September.
United Airlines has enacted a “Dependability Point System.” This system changes how necessary absences from work will be recorded and creates a new discipline program specifically for dependability.
Navigating The Point System
To keep Members at United fully informed about the United point system, 141 currently has three web pages available. Terms of Policy | FAQs | Letter Of Understanding |
An additional page, Fact Vs. Fiction, is in the works.
Shortcut to this page from web browsers
iam141.org/pointsystem (lower case, no spaces)
Point System Terms
Terms Of Policy provides exact language describing how United’s point system works. You can read it in entirety and if necessary seek clarification from Shop Stewards, Grievance Committee people, AGC’s or 141 Officers. Questions may also be submitted online. Terms Of Policy page breaks it down, item by item.
FAQS — Questions & Answers
FAQs provides similar information in a Question & Answer format.
Letter Of Understanding
“Letter Of Understanding” (LOU) is a legal sounding document written by the company and signed by the Union. The gory details are available for any Member to read and question through their Shop Steward, Committee, AGC, 141 Officer, or online.
Download Flyers
Downloadable Flyers Get web page information on print-friendly pdf files are available for Terms (pdf) | FAQs (pdf) | and Letter Of Understanding (pdf)