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UAW Fighting to Keep California Assembly Plant Open, and More Bargaining News |
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The UAW, along with community members and lawmakers are fighting to keep open the NUMMI assembly plant in California—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.
WORK STOPPAGES AND JOB ACTIONS
UAW, GM/Toyota: In California, members of the UAW, along with lawmakers and the community, rallied to keep open the New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. vehicle assembly plant. NUMMI, which employs some 4,700 people, is a 25-year-old joint venture between General Motors and Toyota. GM announced in June that it would withdraw from the partnership.
CNA/NNOC, Hospital Corporation of America: Registered nurses from the Hospital Corporation of America, represented by the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee (CNA/NNOC), traveled to Las Vegas to protest management harassment of nurses trying to form a union at MountainView Hospital. The NLRB is investigating unfair labor practice charges against hospital management.
ALPA, Hawaiian Airlines: Hawaiian Airlines pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots (ALPA), scheduled a strike authorization vote Aug. 25, the same day informational picketing by their union began at the interisland terminal of Honolulu International Airport. Contract talks have been going on for two years. The pilots’ current contract was negotiated in 2005 before Hawaiian emerged from bankruptcy.
NEGOTIATIONS
Multiple, Detroit: In Detroit, leaders of teachers and city unions, including AFSCME Local 207 and the Detroit Federation of Teachers/AFT, plan to fight against cuts proposed by Mayor Dave Bing. AFSCME and AFT say their members are being asked to shoulder the burden of eliminating a $300 million budget deficit.
UAW, Deere: The UAW and agricultural implement maker Deere & Co. have begun negotiations on a new contract covering about 9,500 workers across the country. The current contract went into effect Oct. 1, 2003, and expires at midnight Sept. 30.
LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS
AFSCME, Illinois: AFSCME Council 31, Illinois’ largest state workers’ union, filed a lawsuit in southern Illinois to prevent 2,600 layoffs planned by Gov. Pat Quinn. They are scheduled to take effect Sept. 30. The union maintains the state is required to bargain over job cuts.
AFSCME, Monroe, La.: Monroe [La.] Public Works workers, represented by AFSCME Local 2388, filed a lawsuit claiming the city breached its contract with the union and participated in unfair labor practices.
SETTLEMENTS
ATU, BART: BART train operators and station agents, represented by the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 1555, ratified a new agreement that will preserve wages and limit layoffs, but give management more say over worker assignments.
TNG-CWA, Indianapolis Star: Members of The Newspaper Guild-CWA (TNG-CWA) Local 34070 ratified a two-year contract with the Indianapolis Star that includes a 10 percent pay cut in exchange for greater job security. Guild members in June voted overwhelmingly to reject a contract offer from the Gannett Co.-owned Star that called for 12 percent pay cuts.
AFT, Philadelphia: Some 16,000 teachers in the Philadelphia School District, represented by AFT, agreed to extend their contract through Oct. 31 to give them time to negotiate a new agreement. The biggest roadblock to working out a contract by the Aug. 31 expiration was the lack of a state budget, which supplies half of the school district’s funding. Philadelphia’s teachers are the only state forbidden from striking, a byproduct of the takeover of the schools by the state in 2001.
AFSCME, Coshocton: Workers in Coshocton, Ohio, represented by AFSCME Local 2551, have a new three-year agreement that includes a wage freeze to help the financially struggling city.
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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