CAK CTLR EXPRESSED CONCERN REGARDING NEW STAFFING GUIDELINES THAT WERE DEVELOPED BY BOTH MGMNT AND THE UNION.

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OUR UNION REPRESENTATIVE AND MGR HAVE CHANGED OUR SHIFTS TO PROVIDE MORE AVAILABILITY FOR THE USE OF ANNUAL LEAVE AT THE COST OF SAFETY. WE NOW HAVE ONLY 1 6:00 A.M. CTLR TO RELIEVE THE MIDNIGHT CTLR. THIS 1 PERSON MUST WORK ALL POS UNTIL HELP COMES IN AT 6:30 A.M. (THIS IS SIGN-ON TIME AND NOT WHEN THEY ACTUALLY CAN START HELPING.) I TOLD BOTH THE MGR AND THE UNION REPRESENTATIVE THAT YOU SHOULD NOT EXPECT THE MIDNIGHT PERSON TO HELP. (WE WORK DAYS AND THEN SWING TO A MIDNIGHT. USUALLY WE HAVE WORKED 16 HRS OF THE LAST 25 HRS WITH LITTLE SLEEP.) AT 6:20 A.M. I HAD SEVERAL THINGS GOING ON. I WAS ON LINE WITH FLOW CTL TO ACQUIRE A RELEASE FOR 1 ACFT WHILE VECTORING AN ACFT INBOUND CAK; VECTORING ANOTHER ACFT INBOUND BJJ; TAXIING 1 ACFT OUT; HAVING 1 ACFT PUSHING BACK; ANOTHER ACFT PUSHED BACK READY TO TAXI; AND WHILE THIS WAS OCCURRING ANOTHER ACFT CALLED FOR A CLRNC. IT WAS IFR AND THERE WERE 6 OTHER IFR CLRNCS POSTED. THE POTENTIAL WAS VERY HIGH FOR A SLIP-UP. SHOULD I GET HELP FROM SOMEONE WHO HAS WORKED THE LAST 7 HRS WITHOUT A BREAK (AND ALSO WORKED 16 OF THE LAST 25 HRS). THAT'S CRAZY. SAFE -- I DON'T THINK SO. STRESSFUL? DEFINITELY. ABSOLUTELY WRONG.