Bargaining Update #5
The Staff Union Bargaining Committee met with CWA via Zoom for partial day sessions on August 19th, 23rd, and 24th.
The parties were able to reach a TA on the following items:
Vacations: Increase of one week of vacation for everyone with less than 15 years of service. Additional clarification of language to comply with various state laws.
Reproductive and Gender Affirming Care Travel Reimbursement (up to $4000).
We have had positive discussions and movement on the SIF/Growth Fund Issue. In conjunction with this issue, we spent a lot of time over the last few days discussing the layoff article and incorporating SIF/Growth fund titles into this article.
We had dialogue with the Secretary/Treasurer's office over issues with Staff Car requests and are waiting for additional information from them over this issue.
CWA owes us a complete response to our economic proposal.
Our next bargaining session is September 7th.
If you have additional questions, please reach out to your Executive Board Member or mobilizer.