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attending training in Duluth, but not for vehicle expenses. Mr.
Wasik began the Milwaukee position on October 8, 2003.
Mr. Wasik’s position in Milwaukee had no defined end date.
He hoped to return to Minneapolis soon. He understood that union
representatives were meeting with NWA representatives on behalf
of the mechanics in an effort to return some of them to
Minneapolis. He expected he would be able to return to
Minneapolis as soon as there was an NWA job available there that
he had enough seniority to obtain. The timing of a return to
Minneapolis would depend on NWA’s needs for mechanics in that
city as well as the choices of the other mechanics also subject
to the seniority system. Mr. Wasik worked in Milwaukee until the
end of September 2004, days short of a year.
Mr. Wasik and petitioner Connie Wasik (Mrs. Wasik) decided
that Mrs. Wasik, a homemaker, and their children should remain in
Minnesota while Mr. Wasik worked in Milwaukee. They did not want
to uproot their family and thus decided that Mr. Wasik would
incur additional travel, lodging, and meal expenses in Milwaukee
rather than have the entire family move there. Mr. Wasik rented
an apartment in the Milwaukee area with three other NWA mechanics
during the week, and he traveled to the Minneapolis area to visit
his family on the weekends.
Mr. Wasik had a cellular phone and bought some computer
equipment during 2003. Mr. Wasik also claimed he purchased
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