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2,000 City Workers Ratify Pact with Milwaukee—and More Bargaining News |
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AFSCME members ratified a new contract with the city of Milwaukee, 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 1,200 subscribers. Union leaders can register for this service through our website, Bargaining@Work.
SETTLEMENTS
AFSCME, City of Milwaukee: Members of AFSCME Council 48 ratified a new contract with the city of Milwaukee. The 2,000 city employees agreed to a pay freeze for 2010 and 2011 in return for a no-layoff guarantee.
WORK STOPPAGES AND ACTIONS
UNITE HERE, Multiple Hotels: Members of UNITE HERE Local 2 continued to rally to highlight contract negotiations with multiple hotels in the San Francisco area. On Thursday, 1,700 workers took to the streets and 92 were arrested in an act of civil disobedience. In Chicago, members of UNITE HERE Local 1 similarly participated in civil disobedience on Thursday, protesting Hyatt Corp.’s attempt to implement cuts to workers’ health insurance coverage.
Multiple, University of California: Thousands of faculty, staff and students participated in a walkout Thursday at the 10 University of California campuses. The walkout was staged to protest the administration’s budget cuts, furloughs and tuition increases.
TWU, Metropolitan Transportation Authority: Hundreds of transit workers took to the streets of New York City Wednesday to protest the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s refusal to accept the contract awarded by an arbitration panel last month. After failing to reach a contract, the Transport Workers (TWU) Local 100 and MTA agreed to arbitration, with the understanding that a decision by the arbitration panel would be final. However, after the panel awarded the workers a pay raise of 11 percent over three years, MTA went to court to challenge it. The current contract is due to expire Dec. 15.
NEGOTIATIONS
IAM, Pratt & Whitney: The Machinists (IAM) will sue Pratt & Whitney to prevent it from laying off 1,000 workers at its jet engine repair plants in Connecticut in violation of its agreement. The company announced on Monday it was moving the jobs to plants in Georgia, Singapore and Japan, despite a package that would have saved the company $80 million when it was seeking $58 million and a state-assistance package worth millions more. In a statement, Gov. M. Jodi Rell called it “a bottom-line business decision that I believe put profits over people, coldly and regrettably.”
AFSCME, Rhode Island: AFSCME Council 94 will put a proposal by the state of Rhode Island to a vote by its members. The proposal includes furlough days but avoids a government shutdown and layoffs. Council 94 is by far the largest of the state worker unions, representing 4,000 workers.
ALPA, Colgan Air: After voting to join Air Line Pilots (ALPA) nearly one year ago, pilots at Colgan Air Inc. have begun negotiating their first contract with management. The pilots will focus on the issues of compensation, pilot scheduling and sick leave.
ALPA, Pinnacle Airlines: Pilots at Pinnacle Airlines rejected a five-year contract proposal by the company on Thursday. ALPA has been negotiating with Pinnacle for more than four years, and the dispute will now return to the National Mediation Board.
UFCW, Fry’s and Safeway Supermarkets: Grocery workers in Arizona, members of United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 99, have authorized a strike at Fry’s and Safeway supermarkets. The 20,000 members rejected proposals by the supermarkets, which would have resulted in a loss of earnings.
IBEW, City of Vallejo: Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 2376 and the city of Vallejo returned to the negotiating table on Thursday, after a bankruptcy judge last month ruled the workers’ contract could be dissolved. The city must submit a first contract proposal to IBEW by Oct. 9.
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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