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2,000 City Workers Ratify Pact with Milwaukee—and More Bargaining News

by Belinda Boyce, Sep 28, 2009

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. 

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Milwaukee Faculty Give Up Raises to Help College, and More Bargaining News

by May Silverstein, Jun 1, 2009

Milwaukee Area Technical College faculty in Milwaukee voluntarily gave up a salary increase to aid the college budget—and more updates 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
AFT, Milwaukee Area Technical College: Faculty at the Milwaukee Area Technical College, represented by AFT Local 212, voluntarily gave up its 3.25 percent salary increase for the 2009-2010 academic year. Local 212 President Dr. Michael Rosen, a professor of economics at the school, said the union has always been committed to doing what is best for the students and surrounding community. 

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IAM, ALPA, AFA-CWA and TNG-CWA Workers Reach Tentative Contracts—and More Bargaining News

by May Silverstein, Mar 16, 2009

Customer service workers, flight attendants, pilots and telecom workers gain tentative contracts—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 900 subscribers. Union leaders can register for this service through our website, Bargaining@Work.

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IBEW, WTMJ-TV: Camera and media tech workers, represented by the Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 715, picketed outside of WTMJ-TV studios in Milwaukee as talk show host Conan O’Brien visited the NBC affiliate on his nationwide promotional tour. The local is in the process of negotiating a new contract.

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