Brothers and Sisters:
September brought all of the FNFT's working out of state back home. At the time the decision was made to bring them back, Florida was busy with FIOS activity. Things change quickly in our industry. September was a slow month, and October appears to be even worse. We do have some techs on loan from the Coast and Eastern in Tampa working FIOS but that is about to end. After October 9, 2009 no one should be working out of area due to the layoff within the Tampa FNFT's. If you know of anyone working out of area, please contact the hall immediately.
CMG is also reporting the last couple of weeks have been some of the slowest they have ever witnessed. It seems as if all of the work has just disappeared.
EVRC has been business as usual, and hopefully we are getting closer to the center becoming 24/7.
Temple Terrace seems to be in a holding pattern…everyone is anxious to know when and where they will be moving to, now that the building has been sold.
Cable Splicer's are not happy with working fluid, and the fact that they have to rotate into Saturday coverage. Hopefully next year will bring us more work in placing fiber, we are waiting for the numbers on how many homes they plan the pass in 2010.
The CZTII's biggest issue right now is the creation of the new Circuit Repair Group and waiting to see when and how the company plans on back filling the empty positions left in the CZT work group.
I had my first joint Safety Meeting with the company on September 16, 2009 and the next one for is scheduled for October 21, 2009. The big issue in safety right now is injuries related to strains. Lets all do our part to make sure that we are working in a safe manner each and every day.
If you have any questions regarding anything in this report, please contact me at the Union Hall.
In Solidarity,
John Glye Jr.
