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Students at the University of California waged walkouts and other action in recent days to protest a 32 percent increase in tuition, 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.
UPTE-CWA, University of California: Students, faculty and staff at the University of California staged walkouts and other actions to protest Thursday’s vote by the Board of Regents to increase tuition fees by 32 percent. The University Professional and Technical Employees (UPTE-CWA), with support from the Coalition of University Employees and students, began a three-day strike Wednesday morning at UCLA and UC Berkeley.
AFM, Omaha Symphony: Musicians in the Omaha Symphony approved a new two-year contract. The musicians are members of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada (AFM) Local 70-588.
AFT, Lawrence & Memorial Hospital: 700 nurses and technicians at Lawrence & Memorial Hospital in New London, Conn., overwhelmingly approved a new four-year contract. The members of AFT locals 5049 and 5051 will maintain sick time benefits management had tried to cut and will receive annual 2 percent wage increases.
ATU, SEPTA: Philadelphia transit workers voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new five-year contract with the transportation authority Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA). The agreement covers 5,100 members of Transport Workers (TWU) Local 234, which struck for six days earlier this month. The SEPTA governing board will vote on the deal next month.
NEGOTIATIONS
AFA-CWA, Horizon Air: Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA) reached a tentative agreement with Horizon Air. The two-year contract would cover 584 flight attendants, who will vote on the pact next month.
AFM, New Mexico Symphony: On Friday, the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra Players’ Association (NMSOPA-AFM) rejected the most recent contract proposal by management. Negotiations have been ongoing for months, and musicians are most frustrated with management’s lack of shared sacrifice.
CWA, AT&T: The president of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 1298 in Hamden, Conn., says AT&T is stalling negotiations between the union and the company. President William Henderson alleges AT&T is using a ”divide and conquer” strategy by bargaining in only one region of the country at a time and says the company has been inflexible in its negotiations with Local 1298.
AFM, Sarasota Orchestra: Tense negotiations continue between the Sarasota Orchestra and the Sarasota Orchestra Players’ Association (SOPA-AFM). The musicians’ contract expired Aug. 31, and they are currently working under the terms of the orchestra’s final offer.
UFCW, King Sooper’s and Safeway: Members of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 7 Bargaining Committee are reviewing the last, best and final offer by King Sooper’s and Safeway supermarkets. After the committee has finished reviewing the proposal, 17,000 Colorado grocery workers will have a chance to vote on it.
IUE-CWA, Behr Dayton Thermal: Workers at auto products plant Behr Dayton Thermal in Ohio will have to make difficult decisions regarding pay and benefit cuts in order to keep the plant from closing, according to IUE-CWA officials. The more than 1,100 members of IUE-CWA Local 775 last month rejected a three-year contract proposal, but after reviewing Behr’s finances, union leaders say the situation is more serious than they had realized.
ALPA, Hawaiian Airlines: The National Mediation Board (NMB) announced last Monday it would not grant Hawaiian Airlines pilots’ request to declare an impasse in negotiations until the two sides complete talks scheduled for the week of Dec. 7. The Air Line Pilots (ALPA) and Hawaiian Airlines have been in contract talks for three years.
AFSCME, City of Detroit: AFSCME Council 25 has been frustrated yet again by the city of Detroit. In an effort to move negotiations forward, a fact-finding hearing was set for last Monday for AFSCME Council 25 and the city of Detroit. But the city requested the hearing be postponed because it was not yet ready to present its case.
IBEW, City of Vallejo: The city of Vallejo and its largest union, Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 2376, have requested mediation after contract talks failed to produce an agreement. A federal bankruptcy judge dissolved the IBEW contract in September, which allowed the City Council to reduce the workers’ health care coverage by 25 percent.
IUOE, Wisconsin Public Service Corp.: Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 310 reached a tentative three-year agreement with the Wisconsin Public Service Corp. The 950 workers covered by the contract would receive a 7.5 percent wage increase over the term of the contract but would see their health care costs increase. A ratification vote will be held next month.
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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