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The three-dozen member WBNG unit at the Center for Popular Democracy has its first Guild contract, a three-year agreement ratified Feb. 17 by a unanimous vote. “The CBA includes significant advances for Guild members,” said Local Representative Rick Ehrmann. “There’s a union-shop clause, grievance and arbitration procedures, annual pay-equity evaluations, cost-of-living adjustments, and paid family …

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The widely scattered Guild unit at the Solidarity Center has ratified a collective bargaining agreement to succeed the contract that expired Sept. 25. The new contract features a 1 percent signing bonus, and annual wage increases of 1.5 percent the first year, 1.75 percent in the second year, and 2 percent in the third year. …

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WBNG members at Local 500 SEIU have ratified an agreement that provides 3 percent raises in each year of a three-year agreement that is effective retroactive to July 1. “The new contract includes improvements in health benefits,” said Unit Chair Ed Fortney, “as well as the introduction of successor language and language limiting how long …

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Guild bargainers on Sept. 30 wrapped up talks with Solidarity Center management and later announced that a tentative agreement had been reached on a three-year contract to succeed the deal that expired Sept. 25. “The SC and Guild will work on finalizing the new CBA language,” Solidarity Center Unit Chair Rob Pajkovski said in an …

Tentative Three-Year Agreement Reached at Solidarity Center Read More »

The two-dozen member Guild unit at the Solidarity Center has finished its second day of negotiations over a successor collective bargaining agreement to the three-year deal that expired Sept. 25. “Overall, the negotiations are going pretty smoothly,” said Solidarity Center Unit Chair Rob Pajkovski. “We settled most of our non-economic proposals.” Pajkovski said that the …

Solidarity Center Bargainers Expect to Wrap Up Talks Sept. 30 Read More »

The two-dozen member Guild unit at the Solidarity Center began negotiations over a successor collective bargaining agreement to the three-year deal that expired Sept. 25. Solidarity Center Unit Chair Rob Pajkovski said on the eve of talks that a management negotiator had indicated that a new contract could be reached by the end of the …

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The three-dozen member WBNG unit at the Center for Popular Democracy had its first formal bargaining session with management on Sept. 16. “We had a preliminary conference call with management over ground rules and modalities for bargaining in early September,” said Local Representative Rick Ehrmann. “Both sides are looking at ways to pursue ‘interest-based bargaining’ …

Center for Popular Democracy Shop in Talks for First Guild CBA Read More »

After three months of bargaining, the WBNG unit at Student Action with Farmworkers on Aug. 31 ratified a three-year agreement. The shop’s first Guild contract took effect Sept. 1. Bargaining was led by unit chair Joanna Welborn. The four WBNG members based in North Carolina’s Research Triangle are seeing improvements in wages, telework, flex time, …

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Nearly three dozen Guild-represented workers at the York Daily Reporter/Sunday News have ratified a three-year contract that granted an immediate 1.5 percent wage increase, with another 1.5 percent wage hike set for July 2017. The agreement is the first to be signed under Gannett’s ownership of the south-central Pennsylvania daily. Among other highlights are paid …

York Daily Record/Sunday News Staff Make Significant Gains in Deal With Gannett Read More »

One of Local 32035’s newest units is composed of workers for a North Carolina nonprofit, an employer that is among a growing number of such organizations that feature an organized workplace. It’s a win for everyone: Being part of a union, says WBNG member Jeremy Sprinkle, makes it easier for him to be an effective …

WBNG Unit Helps Make the Case For Organizing Staff at Nonprofits Read More »