The Union Negotiators received the Company's Last best and final offer this evening.

A summery of the Economics:

• Three year agreement
• GWI 4%, 3%, 3%
• Signing Bonus $1500.00
• 37 Holidays
• $50.00 retirement retro active to January 1, 2001
• $25,000.00 life insurance
• Improved medical (no increased cost)
• Early Retiree Medical coverage for all employees
• 8 hours pay for safety day off after 14 days
• Group Leader $0.75
• $40.00 per diem $0.34 ½ cents mileage
• $75.00 per diem outside U.S.
• Travel pay for all hours traveled
• Increase Vacation accrual (pay out after maximum reached)
• Increase Paid Absence Allowance accrual (pay out after maximum reached)
• Vacation and Paid Absence in 1 hour increments
• 15 days military leave
• Increase Mission Success incentive (3 weeks per period)
• $5,000.00 lay-off payment if laid off before end of titan program
• $2,500.00 bonus to stay until end of Titan program
• Improved Seniority language
• Kodiak Recognition

No Aerospace Tech

No changes to Mid-week shift change compensation

No changes to start times

Remember to attend meeting Sunday.

Don't let any one else decide your future!

Union and Company negotiators met all day today. Some tentative agreements and minor improvements were made between the companies 2nd and 3rd economic proposals.

Both sides are working diligently to conclude negotiations no later than midnight Thursday.

Listed below are the company's proposal, items that are tentatively agreed and our unresolved issues.

Company Proposals:

• 3% GWI 1st, 2nd, and 3rd years
• $800.00 signing bonus
• $48.00 retirement
• 36 holidays

Unresolved issues

• Medical coverage
• Wages
• Retirement
• "Super tech" (Cape Only!)
• Severance
• Duration of Labor Agreement
• Mandatory drug testing
• Recognition of alternative Launch Sites (i.e. Kodiak)
• Military Leave
• Mid-Week shift change (Off-Shift pay)
• 8 hour starting times

Items that are tentatively agreed too:

• Early Retiree Medical
• Improved vacation carry over
• Improved Paid Absence carry over
• Group Leader bonus increased to $0.75
• Some COLA language improvements

If you have any questions regarding negotiations check with your Steward!

Your Negotiation Committee met with the company and reviewed the company's first economic proposal.

We have reviewed the proposal and had it distributed at work.

Let Management know how you feel about the first offer.

We presented the company with a counter proposal and expect a response at 10:00 am on Tuesday.

It takes 50% + 1 to accept a contract and if rejected it takes 2/3 to vote for a strike. In the event that we reject the contract and we do not get 2/3's strike vote we have bought a contract per IAM constitution. Don't let this happen.

Your Union negotiating committee worked hard to get the company off their take-away non-economic issues that adversely affect most of us.

Their position on shift hours, the "Super Technician", failure to recognize our Union jurisdiction at off site locations such as Kodiak and not addressing the issue of Child Care problems as not being a legitimate excuse for occasionally refusing overtime direction is of great concern to our Union and if the company's position remains the same in their best, last and final proposal, your committee will be forced to recommend the rejection of their proposal.

Our Union Negotiators gave the company your economic proposals today!

It was ironic that the company was unprepared to give us theirs until Monday!

Company profits are at a near record high! The corporate executives' compensation has dramatically increased over the past five years including a near two and a half million dollar bonus.

There are less of us doing more work than in the past.

We will not recommend a contract that takes away benefits or does not meet our needs for the terms of the next agreement.

Our future is in your hands!

Union and Company negotiators met today. Minor Agreements were made in Non-Economic areas. Company is holding on its position on to expand shift starting times and establishing a SUPER TECH classification without regards to seniority and current promotional language. The company also wants to eliminate the 3rd shift hours and change it to an 8-hour shift.

Your Negotiating committee is committed to meeting with the company from now to May 3, 2001 in an attempt to get an agreement that meets your needs.

In the surveys you told us loud and clear what your issues are. All of your requests are in our proposals, the top priorities are;

Improved Medical and Dental coverage

Improved Pension

Improved Job Security (stop sub-contracting)

Improved Sick leave benefits (including Short term)

GWI instead of LUMP SUM BONUSES

Severance package

Improved COLA language

The Company has never given us anything at the bargaining table that we weren't committed enough to get!!

Let Management know that these and other items are your issues and you will not settle for a sub standard agreement.
Check with your Steward for other items that may arise!

Today your Union Negotiating Committee met with the Company for the first day of non-economic negotiations. Here is a brief summary of the days activities:

• Improve recognition to include other work areas such as the Athena program, etc.
• Staffing shift requirements by seniority
• Taking vacation in one hour increments
• Extending leave of absences
• Loss of seniority for accepting Salaried/Non-Bargaining Unit positions
• Delete special skills requirement for temporary lay-off language
• Extend evaluation period for promoted employees to 90 days
• Make Company liable for lost Union revenue due to Company errors
• Training by seniority
• Improve hardship language in LOU 5
• Job & Income Security Proposal including severance pay

• Eliminate off shift premium pay
• Eliminate the current 3rd shift pay rate
• Eliminate written shift change notices
• Change shift start times to eight hour band
• Create super tech classification
• Expand random drug testing
• Make cost a criteria for subcontracting of work

All of these items remain subject to negotiations and nothing is final until acceptance by our Union as an entire proposal for a new Collective Bargaining Agreement.

The Negotiating Committee met with the Company on Tuesday afternoon.
This was the second meeting between the Union and the Company here at Vandenberg. The main topic of Tuesday's meeting revolved around overtime issues. By the end of the meeting Tuesday, the Union and the Company seem to have a better understanding of each other's proposed changes. Both the Union and the Company are currently revising language to present to each other during Negotiations in Florida next week.
More to follow.

Please pass this along to our members in your locations.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.
Tom Roeder
6-5753

The Negotiating Committee met with the Company today to exchange proposals on some issues unique to Vandenberg.

The main local issue with the Union and the Company is overtime language.

The Union and the Company are reviewing the issues and will meet again next week for further discussions.

Please pass this along to our members in your locations.

If you have any questions feel free to contact me.