1 ARPEC Town Hall Meeting “When called, we respond with ready units!” Town Hall Meeting Dates and Locations 2 April, DSCC, Bldg 20 9 April, Green Armory

2 ARPEC Town Hall Meeting “When called, we respond with ready units!” Partnership Goals and Structure Partnership Website Update Facilities Maintenance Sub-working Group Interest Based Bargaining Session Outbrief USERRA Rights and Mobilizing Technicians Town Hall Meeting Agenda

3 ARPEC Town Hall Meeting “When called, we respond with ready units!” PARTNERSHIP MISSION, GOALS AND STRUCTURE

4 ARPEC Town Hall Meeting “When called, we respond with ready units!” To transform labor-management relations from confrontation over rights to collaboration on achieving improved –Military Readiness, –Public Service, and –Quality of Life MISSION OF THE PARTNERSHIP

5 ARPEC Town Hall Meeting “When called, we respond with ready units!” To create a culture of trust and respect To promote empowerment in achieving organizational goals To institutionalize a consensus-based process for joint identification of problems and the cooperative development of solutions GOALS OF THE PARTNERSHIP

6 ARPEC Town Hall Meeting “When called, we respond with ready units!” 6 Joint PEC Army Service PEC Air Service PEC 180 th LPC 179 th LPC 178 th LPC 121 st LPC West LPC East LPC CSMS LPC AASF#2 LPC AASF#1 LPC PARTNERSHIP EXECUTIVE COUNCIL STRUCTURE Guidance Issues

7 ARPEC Town Hall Meeting “When called, we respond with ready units!” Local Partnership Committees (LPCs): –Negotiate local issues within the parameters of the contract, law, regulation & policy –Address local issues include working conditions, safety, hiring, hours of work, etc… –Forward issues to higher levels and respond to issues forwarded from higher levels –Use the principles of Interest Based Bargaining ROLE OF THE LOCAL PARTNERSHIP COMMITTEE

8 ARPEC Town Hall Meeting “When called, we respond with ready units!” LPCs will meet quarterly in the first month of the quarter LPC meeting minutes will be forwarded to the Labor Relations Specialist within 14 days of meeting Minutes will address at a minimum: –The attendees –Old and New business –The status of each issue (Resolved, In-process, Forwarded) LPCs will supply subject matter experts to brief forwarded issues when requested by the Army PEC LOCAL PARTNERSHIP COMMITTEE EXPECTATIONS

9 ARPEC Town Hall Meeting “When called, we respond with ready units!” 9 PARTNERSHIP WEBSITE Located at Website is maintained by HRO-Labor Relations Contains: –The Collective Bargaining Agreement –LPC and Service PEC meeting minutes –Symposium videos –Various training slides and metrics

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14 ARPEC Town Hall Meeting “When called, we respond with ready units!” 14 ARMY PARTNERSHIP EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (ARPEC) FACILITIES MAINTENANCE SUB-WORKING GROUP

15 ARPEC Town Hall Meeting “When called, we respond with ready units!” Team Members: Col Faber (CoS) Mr. Tanner (Union President) Col Tack/LTC Wirth (SMO) LTC Zecchini/McLoughlin (DIMR) MAJ Mikula (Safety) Mr. Willie (Union Rep) 1LT Scott (HRO)

16 ARPEC Town Hall Meeting “When called, we respond with ready units!” MEETINGS TO DATE Purpose- Review all safety inspection and follow-up processes for improvement. Fix the problems using a team-based approach. Very Productive – Results Based! Addressed Safety Issues at all OHARNG Facilities Combined 7 tracking systems into 1 Have fixed all outstanding issues from Present

17 ARPEC Town Hall Meeting “When called, we respond with ready units!” RAC ABATEMENT TRACKING BY FACILITY

18 ARPEC Town Hall Meeting “When called, we respond with ready units!” PRIDE TRAINING (Planning Resource for Infrastructure Development & Evaluations) Who: All Shop Supervisors What: Training on the PRIDE Tracking System Purpose: to be able to enter/monitor/manage: Required maintenance repairs & upgrades Safety mitigation All maintenance costs Outcome: Improve tracking/ management/funding of required repairs/upgrades/safety issues in all facilities

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20 ARPEC Town Hall Meeting “When called, we respond with ready units!” RCAS-SOH TRAINING ( Reserve Component Automated System - Safety and Occupational Health ) Who: All Shop Supervisors What: Training on the ARNG RCAS-SOH database Purpose: to be able to enter/monitor/manage: Accidents OSHA Inspections Hazards/Abatement tracking Employee Training Outcome: Improve communication/ tracking/ management of programs

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22 ARPEC Town Hall Meeting “When called, we respond with ready units!” CSMS SUCCESS STORY – SGT JUSTIN WILLIE Successful negotiation of work schedules to reduce energy consumption. Successful mitigation of safety hazards due to aging facilities (Facility Maintenance Sub Working Group). Continued collaboration to improve workers quality of life. (Briefed to Army PEC & Joint PEC & Shop Chiefs)

23 ARPEC Town Hall Meeting “When called, we respond with ready units!” Due to increased Op-tempo, the Surface Maintenance community experienced increased work related injuries. In response to these incidents LT. Hoogendorn approached the Union for suggestions in combating this problem. She developed a detailed plan and a schedule for all FMS facilities, with no exceptions to conduct a Safety Stand Down. Guidance was sought from the Safety Office by a majority of the shop chiefs on how to conduct these classes. In a couple of incidences the Composite Risk Assessment Program was reinforced and utilized to mitigate risk during daily work procedures. Safety Rapid Improvement Event (RIP)

24 ARPEC Town Hall Meeting “When called, we respond with ready units!” Facility Maintenance Sub Working Group Recap:  Fixed All past facility RAC I and II issues  Have conducted PRIDE & RCAS-SOH training for all shop chiefs.  Addressing environmental issues as well. Ensuring a Safe Work Environment

25 ARPEC Town Hall Meeting “When called, we respond with ready units!” INTEREST BASED BARGAINING SESSION OUTBRIEF (1 of 3) Labor and Management members met in September 2008 to determine how we can best provide opportunities of increased responsibility to Fulltime Unit Support (FTUS) members The group used the Interest Based Bargaining process to develop a plan to address this issue The group members were: –Labor: Greg Shafer, Justin Wille, Roberta Craigo, Dave Marcum, Bobby Lykins –Management: COL Rick Hall, LTC Randy Shears, CW5 D.K. Taylor, CW5 James Markley, CW3 Lee Scott –Facilitators: Jeff Tanner, 1LT Daryl Scott

26 ARPEC Town Hall Meeting “When called, we respond with ready units!” INTEREST BASED BARGAINING SESSION OUTBRIEF (2 of 3) ARPEC Memorandum signed by MG Kambic and Jeff Tanner ARPEC Memorandum contents: –Recognizes need for leadership and expertise at the UTES/FMS shops –UTES/FMS shops supervisors will be Officers and Warrant Officers only –Labor and Management will strive to ensure upward mobility for OFF/WO/ENL Soldiers in the UTES, CSMS and FMS 17 –Technicians are responsible for ensuring they are compatibly assigned –WOCs and Certificate of Eligibility holders may be assigned to bargaining and non-bargaining unit positions –Disagreements regarding this issue will be addressed IAW procedures in the Collective Bargaining Agreement –HRO will develop a program to educate employees on this issue

27 ARPEC Town Hall Meeting “When called, we respond with ready units!” INTEREST BASED BARGAINING SESSION OUTBRIEF (3 of 3) HRO Education Plan –A signed copy of the IBB agreement will be posted on the HRO website –LPCs will receive a copy of the IBB agreement –HRO will develop a compatibility brief to provide to all new technicians at New Employee Orientation –Each new technician will receive an Individual Development Plan (IDP) via his or her supervisor upon appointment. The IDP will outline compatibility requirements for the employee. –HRO will brief technicians seeking commissions or warrants –Labor and Management with HRO will conduct town hall meetings to publicly address this issue

28 ARPEC Town Hall Meeting “When called, we respond with ready units!” THE USERRA LAW AND TECHNICIANS The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA) –The right to be restored to technician status after serving on active duty –Limited to 5 cumulative years of active duty service –Employees are protected while on military duty –Restoration rights apply at the end of military duty –Restoration must be requested in writing –Employee is restored to a like/same position “as if he or she never left.” Same grade, tenure, seniority

29 ARPEC Town Hall Meeting “When called, we respond with ready units!” TECHNICIANS AND MOBILIZATIONS (1 of 2) The Adjutant General (TAG) authorizes the mobilization of Ohio Soldiers TAG is not required to approve voluntary mobilization requests USERRA protects technicians while on military duty

30 ARPEC Town Hall Meeting “When called, we respond with ready units!” TECHNICIANS AND MOBILIZATIONS (2 of 2) Every Army National Guard Soldier will go on at least one deployment Subsequent voluntary deployments will be granted on a case-by-case basis The Army Chief of Staff is the approval authority for voluntary deployments The ATAG-Army is the approval authority for hardship cases

31 ARPEC Town Hall Meeting “When called, we respond with ready units!” Questions?