Centro Legal de la Raza’s 1-year Contract Extension Agreement has been signed and is fully in effect! The agreement includes guaranteed 2.25% COLAs, senior status promotion increases, additional holidays, monthly wellness days, and more. Congrats to all!
Nominations are now open for PG&E Unit Board President, Executive Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer. Nominations must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 15, 2021.
Your Optometry Unit Board met on Monday, March 15, 2021, and are pleased to share with you highlights of the meeting, including an introduction to our new District 3 Representative, Jackie Wang.
Earlier this month, we proposed a 5% per year increase for 3 years — on Thursday, management REJECTED our proposal and only offered 1% for 6 months, then 0.5% for the next 6 months, repeated for three years. Over the next few weeks, we will continue to fight for a fair contract, and it is more important than ever to stay in contact, so be sure to sign up for important union updates today!
Congratulations to our new District 3 representative, Jackie Wang!
Over the next month, our Coalition Sisters and Brothers will be picketing Kaiser to demand that Kaiser stays true to our agreement and pays the full Hero Bonus. Please join them if you can, wear ESC blue and yellow, and let Kaiser know: Healthcare workers deserve the full Hero Bonus, period!
Our committee had our first meeting with management to develop a framework agreement about remote work once the COVID stay-at-home orders are no longer in place. The meeting was quite positive, and we are pleased that we have many shared interests with management. An ESC Local 20 survey shows that 85% of members who responded said they would like to work from home at least half the time, and 50% said they would like to work at home full time.
President Biden moved very quickly in repealing the union-busting, anti-federal worker Trump Executive Orders in his first couple of weeks in office. Read the recently released OPM guidance on implementing his reversals, which IFPTE views as yet another example of the President’s strong support for federal workers and their collective bargaining rights.
We are pleased to announce that Centro Legal de la Raza’s 1-year Contract Extension Agreement has been ratified and will go into effect on March 15th, 2021! The agreement includes guaranteed 2.25% COLAs, senior status promotion increases, additional holidays, monthly wellness days, and more!
Last year, the COVID-19 pandemic turned our worlds upside down, and the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions pushed Kaiser to recognize the sacrifices of our unions’ healthcare workers with a Hero Bonus. Now, Kaiser is trying to short-change thousands of our coalition sisters and brothers, including ESC members, and penalize them for not meeting PSP goals they could not meet during a pandemic — take action today and tell Kaiser CEO Greg Adams that we will not stand for this!
