Council approved a collective bargaining agreement at the Center for Popular Democracy. A three-year “first Guild” contract covering three dozen employees at WBNG’s newest shop expires Jan. 1, 2020. (Local 32035 now has 29 contracts with 28 employers.) Executive Director Cet Parks reported that the 23-member Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions had ratified a contract …
Executive Director Cet Parks reported on bargaining difficulties at UFCW. Mikhail Romanov, UFCW unit chair and WBNG secretary, said that bargaining committee members have been confronting management intimidation tactics. Parks reported that members at the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions will vote electronically on a nine-month extension of their three-year contract, which expires March 31. …
Council approved the appointment of Ed Fortney (Local 500 SEIU) as a replacement for Steven Cook (Bloomberg-BNA) on the Elections and Referendum Committee. The committee is overseeing the balloting for three contested positions on the WBNG Executive Council for 2017-18. The votes are to be counted and the results announced on Jan. 27. Consultant Bruce …
Council approved a three-year contract covering two employees at the North Carolina AFL-CIO. The federation workers will receive cumulative raises of nearly 20 percent over the life of the agreement. Council approved one-year contract extensions at Agence France-Presse and at Catholic News Service. Executive Director Cet Parks reported on the status of bargaining at UFCW …
Membership approved a new collective bargaining agreement at the Solidarity Center. The three-year contract covering 22 Guild members expires Sept. 25, 2019. Executive Director Cet Parks reported that UFCW management and Guild have agreed to a contract extension. The previous agreement expired Oct. 6. Pattison reported that his Guild unit, Catholic News Service, had been …
Council members acknowledged at the onset of the meeting that most of the work of the Washington-Baltimore News Guild local took place during the immediately preceding General Membership assembly. Executive Director Cet Parks noted that WBNG got credit and good will from the Virginia AFL-CIO for the local’s writing of a letter opposing right-to-work legislation …
Council approved the recently ratified Local 500 SEIU contract. The three-year agreement covering 16 workers will expire June 30, 2019. Council granted advance approval to a Solidarity Center collective bargaining agreement, which is soon to be presented to the unit members. The tentative contract covers 22 employees; it would expire Sept. 25, 2019. Discretionary authority …
