lvar's Presentation on May 31, 2012 - Fact and Fiction

lvar's False Claim #1:                                        Exhibit     A
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Part time employees:  lvar's: 28 hours,     Unite Here: 30 hours
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The truth:

Whether a union employee has access to benefits has nothing to do with full-time or part-time status in
the airport union contract. Employees gualify for excellent fullfamily medical insurance if they work 80
hours per monthI which is slightly less than 20 hours per week. Every hour worked for any union
employee counts towards their pension. Part time or full time status only has significance because of a
slight difference in overtime and shiftminimum rules.

lvar's does not disclose what significance part-time vs. full-time status has for their employees, but we
believe that lvar's uses a threshold such as this to deny a number of benefits to a vast majority of their
workforce by labelling them as part time.

lvar's False Claim #2:

Overtime:        lvar's: 40 hours     Unite Here: 40 hours

The truth:

Union members get paid overtime when they work in excess of 8 hours per day, 40 hours per week, or

on a sixth day of work in a work week. On a seventh consecutive day of work in a work week, workers
receive double the regular straight time rate of pay. The union contract's ensures that workers cannot

be arbitrarily forced to work overtime.

Except for confirming that they obey state law by granting overtime after 40 hours of work in a work
week, lvar's does not disclose details about their overtime rules, but we beleive they only pay overtime
when required by state law, which for workers can mean long hours and sometimes workin 10 days in a

row, all without overtime

lvar's False Claim #3:

Priority:            lvar's: Performance    Unite Here: Seniority

The truth:

What an insult to the loyal, hard-working airport workers present at the hearing! They have dedicated
their careers to providing excellent service to travelers and they are required to perform to high
performance standards set by their employer.

lvar's False Claim #4:

Health Insurance:    lvar's: $480/month   Unite Here: $690/month

The truth:

lvar's is failing to disclose that Unite Here members at the airport pay $50 per month for full-family, high
quality, no-deductible health insurance. For example, a married couple with three kids can have all five

family members on the insurance plan without extra cost. Also, the testimony given by lvar's made clear
that the $480 insurance plan is for workers only, and does not seem to extend to family members.

Furthermore, lvar's did not disclose how many hours their workers need in order to qualify for insurance
benefits. Given
our experience in the industry, it is very unlikely to be as low as the union's 80 hours per
month. Additionally, lvar's did not disclose the type of insurance they offer to workers (deductibles,
etc), nor did they disclose how much workers have to pay in order to receive insurance for indivuduals,
spousal and dependent coverage.

lvar's False Claim #5:

Pension:          lvar's: $1,250/year    Unite Here: $1,040

The truth:

The union contract provides a defined benefit pension plan. lvar's does not indicate what kind of
pension plan is provided to their employees. The figures presented by lvar's are meaningless in
determining the benefits retirees will actually receive.

lvar's False claim #6

Start min:          lvar's: $9:20-$14     Unite Here: $855$890

The truth:

Firstly, lvar's claims that some union members make less than minimum wage. This is absolutely false.
Secondly, they presented to you the minimum rates of pay (or starting wages)as the maximum wages
union members can earn. This is a shocking distortion of the truth.

Starting wages at the airport range from minimum wage for tipped employees to $14.08 for cooks.

lvar's False claim #7

Maximum:   lvar's: $20.56          Unite Here: $11.36-S14.08

The truth:

See above #6. What lvar's claims as maximum rates are actually minimum or new-hire rates. Many long

term workers are entitled to significantly higher wages than spelled out in the contract's wage table.
Furthermore, the contract also specifically spells out that employers can always pay higher wages to
reward good workers.

lvar's key ommissions:

1.  Paid Meal Break: The airport union contract provides workers with a paid half hour meal break.
This results in an average 6.7% higher wage than non-union workers who do not receive the
same benefit.

2.  Union employers cannot intentionally prevent workers from qualifying for medical benefits by
keeping their hours below the threshold hours needed to be eligible.

3.  lvar's did not disclose deductibles, co-pays, level of benefits, etc. for their medical plan. Hence,

no comparison with the union medical plan is possible.