Your Bargaining team met on March 10, 2009, with the BAH management team to review the issues concerning why our members rejected the employer proposal.
The parties agreed that most of the language issues have been resolved and we do not need to review them except if they have a financial impact.
We then reviewed and shared with management the comments and concerns of the members regarding the employer proposal that was overwhelmingly rejected by the membership.
We expressed to management that the 24-hour waiver should be revised and the Union and management discussed changing the waiver that would result in a minimum of 20 hours between employee shifts/schedules.
We then spent time trying to resolve the wage and pension issues. The bargaining team made it clear that a pay raise has to be across the board.
The bargaining team and management were unable to resolve the wage and pension issues at this date.
We have scheduled four (4) more bargaining sessions, April 6th, 7th, 20th, and 21st. We may request that the State Mediator come in to our bargaining for the 20th and 21st.
Your bargaining team is set on finding a solution that gets us a contract our members will ratify.
We appreciate the members wearing their buttons and bracelets in solidarity for a good contract.
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