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Will the new owners at Atlantic City’s Tropicana casino reverse the previous owner’s anti-worker practices? Get this and more updates here from the “Bargaining Digest Weekly.” The AFL-CIO Collective Bargaining Department delivers daily, bargaining-related news and research resources to more than 1,100 subscribers. Union leaders can register for this service through our website, Bargaining@Work.
NEGOTIATIONS
UAW, Tropicana: Members of the UAW at Atlantic City casinos stated that new management at Tropicana has the opportunity for a 180-degree turnaround from past illegal practices and should begin fair negotiations for a first labor agreement.
“It’s hard to believe that a company run by a judge would break the law, but that’s what the National Labor Relations Board is telling us,” said Eric Knuttel, who has been a dealer at Tropicana for 27 years. Tropicana has been administered under a conservatorship by former New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Gary Stein since December 2007, after previous owners lost their license to operate the casino.
USW, Goodyear: Members of the United Steelworkers (USW) agreed to extend their contract for a second time, until Aug. 29. The contract talks cover some 10,300 workers at seven Goodyear facilities.
ORGANIZING
IAM, Delta: More than 500 members of the Machinists (IAM) held a rally in New York City’s Times Square to ask Delta Air Lines to respect workers’ freedom to form unions. About 12,000 Northwest Airlines workers, now merged with Delta, belong to IAM. The combined unit will vote on IAM representation under National Mediation Board rules in the near future.
SETTLEMENTS
IBEW, AT&T: Some 10,000 members of the Electrical Workers (IBEW) reached a tentative three-year agreement with AT&T in New England, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Indiana, California and the Northwest. The agreement provides for wage and pension band increases in each of the three years.
“IBEW members are a big part of AT&T’s past and present success, and we expect that their value will be recognized and rewarded for years to come as a result of these talks,” said Ronald E. Kastner, chairman of the IBEW’s negotiating committee.
AFSCME, Heartland Human Services: Health care workers at Heartland Human Services in Effingham, Ill., represented by AFSCME Local 3494, reached a tentative agreement on a new contract which, if ratified, would end a work stoppage of more than two years.
IAM, Dresser-Rand: Workers at Dresser-Rand Group, represented by the Machinists (IAM), ratified a new three-year contract. Details have not been released.Multiple, Newport, Ohio: Unions representing city workers in Newport, Ohio, including AFSCME and the Fire Fighters, agreed to pay freezes for increased job security in the latest round of contract negotiations, wanting to help the financially struggling city.
WORK STOPPAGES
NFLPA, NFL: NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith has begun advising players on how to prepare for a lockout, an action he expects the league to take within two years. The original collective bargaining agreement was to run through 2013. Owners opted out of the pact in May 2008, citing economic problems.
AFSCME, Detroit: AFSCME Council 25 members in Detroit will hold a rally and informational picket at the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center in protest of Mayor Dave Bing’s demands for concessions and “his attempts to balance the budget on the backs of working families.”
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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