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May 15, 2008, Local 369 Members reach agreement on a 4 year contract with Entergy. Details on the terms of the agreement will be forthcoming. Congratulations to the Local 369 Bargaining Committee and all of the Members at Entergy for their hard work and solidarity.

The Company and the Union continued talks late into the evening on Tuesday, May 13. Significant differences separate both sides, but undeniable progress has been made.

The Company and the Union have yet to reach agreement on core issues, such as wages, health care, retirement security, meaningful grievance and arbitration language and limitations on the use of contractors. The Union and the Company had a lengthy discussion about access authorization for discharged employees reinstated through arbitration. The Union has repeatedly made the point to the Company that access authorization is a vital concern not only in promoting a decent working relationship between the parties, but also in making the arbitration process effective.

Today we met with the Chief of Staff for the Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, David Rubin. During that meeting, we briefed Mr. Rubin on the current state of negotiations, and Entergy's continuing demand for concessions, and our belief that the facility can not be run safely without our highly trained members on the job.

We then met with Suzanne Bump Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development, Director of the Department of Labor George Noel, the Under Secretary for the Division of Energy and representatives from the Dept. of Public Safety, again outlining where we stood at the bargaining table and explained in even greater detail our concern for the safe operation of our nuclear plant.

Our fair and reasonable approach at the bargaining table and the unanimous support of our members made explaining our position simple and credible. We seek a fair wage for a fair days work and good health care at reasonable costs for our families. The work we perform on a daily basis demands a lot, and our current wages are out of touch with that demand. The safe operation of Pilgrim is our number one concern, and staffing levels do not meet our needs.

We are all very optimist that our state officials will review Entergy and its contingency plan very closely, and take whatever steps are necessary and prudent to protect our communities and our families.

During bargaining today Entergy revised its health care proposal.

Tomorrow we meet again with Entergy and plan on a more detailed explanation of what they have proposed. Entergy also increased its proposed GWI to 3% for each year of a four-year contract.

We met with the company’s bargaining committee till 7 PM today. The company presented modified proposals concerning Work Day and Work Week, Past Practices, Amendments, Duration of Agreement. The Local presented modifications to Leader Job Specs, Management Rights, Holidays, Union Activities, and Tuition Reimbursement.

Late in the day, the company withdrew proposals covering Union Activities, Work by Supervisors, Outage Assignments and ADDENDUM B - Twelve Hour Shift Schedule requesting to retain the current language of the CBA.

Additional, the company stated that it was modifying its proposed health care plan, dropping all ATENA products and replacing them with “revised” BCBS products, we are cautiously optimistic about this change in position. The company stated it would be presenting the plan information and supporting data Monday. Your committee requested data that identified differences between current plans and company described “revised” BCBS products. We hope to have that information available to you tomorrow evening.

Today it appeared the company realized the end is nearer than the beginning, and has withdrawn a series of proposals it has identified as no longer significant. Among these withdrawn proposals were:

·Addendum A

·Appendix C

·Article 36 (Shared Services)

·Article 37 (Other Assignments and Committees)

In withdrawing these proposed modifications, the Company seeks instead to keep the current collective bargaining agreement language intact. In addition the Company also proposed modifications to Article 5 (Management Rights) Article 14 (Vacation and Vacation Compensation), Article 30 (Training, Testing and Tuition Reimbursement) and Article 39 (Assignment of Work). Which are available Here.

We met today from 10 Am to 4 Pm, and will meet again tomorrow.

The company continued to demand further concessions and today provided proposals concerning, schedule A.

There will be an informational meeting for all Unit 1 (P&M OT&P) members Thursday May 8, 2008 at 4:30 Pm at the Hilton Garden (exit 5) Plymouth. Please make every effort to attend.

We met with the company today from 10 AM to 8 PM. Present for the company were lead negotiator Keith Muntyan, Kevin Bronson, Bob Smith, Don Larsen, Brenda Gailes, Pat Thorley, Mike McDonnell, Tom McElhinney, and Bill Corbo. The company provided many new proposals.

All of the proposals presented by the company are available here. (or soon will be)

The Local's updated proposal is here (please review changes from pages 90 to 193). Our next bargaining session is tomorrow, May 7th.

We met with the company yesterday from 9 AM to shortly after 1 PM.

Present for the company were lead negotiator Keith Muntyan, Kevin Jenkins, Bob Smith, Don Larsen, Brenda Gailes, Pat Thorley, Mike McDonnell, Tom McElhinney, and Bill Corbo. The company did not provide any new proposals.

Please continue to review what the company has provided, and keep on emailing your suggestions and comments. Our collective review of all the proposals will help make certain our success.

Representatives from the Local will be out of town for the remainder of the week, and our next meeting is Monday May 5th at 10 AM. The Company thought they might be able to provide a proposal on healthcare Monday.

We met with the company today from 10 AM to shortly before 5 PM. Present for the company were lead negotiator Keith Muntyan, Bob Smith, Don Larsen, Brenda Gailes, Pat Thorley, Mike McDonnell, Tom McElhinney, and Bill Corbo. The company provided no new proposals.

The Local's proposal covered Group Insurance, Long Term Disability, and Illness Benefits. Our next bargaining session is Tuesday.

There will be a meeting tomorrow Tuesday April 29th 4:30 PM at the Hilton Garden (exit 5) to update you on the Bargaining Committee's progress.