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Some 20,000 workers at Quest Communications settle a new contract, and more news from the “Bargaining Digest Weekly.” The AFL-CIO Collective Bargaining Department delivers daily, bargaining-related news and research resources to more than 900 subscribers. Union leaders can register for this service through our website, Bargaining@Work.
SETTLEMENTS
AFSCME, Illinois: A tentative agreement has been reached for nearly 35,000 Illinois state workers represented by AFSCME. Details have not been released. Workers previously agreed to work under a contract that expired June 30, as long as talks continued.
CWA/IBEW, Qwest Communications: Telecommunications workers, represented by the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and the Electrical Workers (IBEW), reached separate three-year agreements over the weekend with Qwest Communications that apply to nearly 20,000 CWA members in 13 states, and nearly 200 IBEW members in Montana. Details have not yet been released. “This agreement achieves our major objectives of providing quality jobs, adequate health care, and living wages for our members,” CWA District 7 Vice President Louise Caddell said.
CNA/NNOC, Sutter Health Facilities: After a 15-month contract battle, registered nurses at Sutter Health facilities in Burlingame and San Mateo, Calif., represented by the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee (CNA/NNOC), reached a tentative agreement that would increase pay 13.5 percent over its first 10 months and a total of 17.5 percent over roughly three years.
CNA/NNOC, Marin General Hospital: Nurses at Marin General Hospital in Greenbrae, Calif., represented by CNA/NNOC, will get a 19.5 percent pay raise over three years under the terms of a tentative agreement.
AFSCME, Niagara County: In upstate New York, white-collar workers of Niagara County, represented by the Civil Service Employees Association-AFSCME (CSEA-AFSCME), reached a tentative agreement on a contract extension that provides 3 percent annual pay raises in 2009, 2010 and 2011. CSEA-AFSCME’s current contract, covering some 900 members, expires Dec. 31.
NEGOTIATIONS
IAM, Boeing: The Machinists (IAM) and the Boeing Co. have begun round-the-clock bargaining. The two sides have been exchanging proposals for months on a new three-year contract. Now they are negotiating under deadline pressure. Boeing said it will present its final offer to the unit by this coming Friday. Pay is a central issue.
ATU, VTA: Some 1,400 bus and train operators, as well as mechanics at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), reached an impasse in contract negotiations on July 9. State mediation failed Aug. 12. The workers, members of Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 265, are expected to vote on whether to approve the VTA’s final offer Aug. 27. Wages, health and welfare and pension remain the key disputes.
AFSCME, Richland County: A negotiating session with a state-appointed mediator has been set for today for AFSCME Local 1295 members who work at Job and Family Services in Richland County, Ohio. Workers have conducted informational pickets in past weeks to call attention to stalled negotiations. Performance evaluations are a key issue. The past three-year contract expired June 17. Employees are working under an extension.
LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS
ATU, Metro Transit: In the Twin Cities of Minnesota, Metro Transit workers, including drivers and customers of Metro Access bus service for the elderly and disabled, filed an unfair-labor practice complaint against the agency. The ATU, which represents the workers, say the company awarded dial-a-ride service to a nonunion company with resulting lower wages.
WORK STOPPAGES AND ACTIONS
IAM, Hawker Beechcraft: Some 5,000 Hawker Beechcraft workers, represented by IAM Local 733 in Wichita, Kan., and Local 2328 in Salina, Kan., entered the third week of a strike, after rejecting a three-year contract proposal. Negotiations have been ongoing since June but stalled on July 31.
AFSCME, Pittsburgh Public Schools: Clerical workers at Pittsburgh Public Schools, represented by AFSCME Local 2924, authorized a strike. Custodians, truck drivers, food-service workers, mechanics and other workers, represented by AFSCME Local 297, also are considering whether to strike. Together, the locals represent 500 workers in the school district. The locals’ last contracts expired in December 2006. The district’s proposals for “multiple years of wage freezes” are the major sticking point.
OPEIU, Cornerstone Community Federal Credit Union: Tellers, loan personnel, customer service reps and clerks at Cornerstone Community Federal Credit Union in western New York, represented by OPEIU, are on strike, with no new negotiations scheduled. Workers have twice rejected what management called a final offer and have been working without a contract since a four-year pact expired in November 2007. Key issues involve pay and benefits.
IBB, Daramic Inc.: Members of Boilermakers (IBB) Local 726 rallied outside of the Daramic Inc. plant in Kentucky to mark the end of their second week on strike. The strike began after workers were without a contract for several months and rejected two company proposals.
Disclaimer: This information is being provided for your information only. As it is compiled from published news reports, not from individual unions, we cannot vouch for either its completeness or accuracy; readers who desire further information should directly contact the union involved.
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