Labor & Employment Law

L.A. Engineers Ratify New Contract?and More Bargaining News

By Belinda Boyce

Some 3,700 engineers and architects who work for the City of Los Angeles have a new contract–and more news from the “Bargaining Digest Weekly.” The AFL-CIO Collective Bargaining Department delivers daily, bargaining-related news and research resources to more than 1,300 subscribers. Union leaders can register for this service through our website, Bargaining@Work 

SETTLEMENTS 

AFT-EAA, City of Los Angeles: Engineers and architects for the City of Los Angeles approved a contract covering 3,700 employees. Members of the Engineers  and Architects Association (AFT-EAA) agreed to a one-year deal that has workers pay more towards healthcare in return for a reduced number of mandatory furlough hours.

NNU-MNA, St. Mary?s Medical Center: Nurses at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Duluth, Minn., ratified a three-year contract that addresses the nurses’ staffing concerns and raises wages. The deal covers nearly 1,000 members of the Minnesota Nurses Association (NNU-MNA).

IAM & USW, Harley-Davidson: Workers at Harley Davidson ratified a new seven-year contract that includes steep cuts, but that workers hope will keep jobs in the state. Speaking about the close vote by his members, United Steelworkers Local 2-209 President Mike Masik said, “[i]t shows people are really getting sick of being threatened.”

UFCW-RWDSU, Dr Pepper Snapple Group: After a strike that lasted more than 100 days, workers ratified a three-year contract late yesterday. Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (UFCW-RWDSU) President Stuart Applebaum called the deal a victory, saying, ”[w]e secured the wages, we secured the pensions and we secured the workers’ jobs.”

UFCW, Kroger: Supermarket workers reached a tentative four-year agreement with Kroger in Virginia. The contract would cover 3,000 grocery workers in the Richmond and Hampton Roads areas. 

Disclaimer: This information is being provided for your information only. As it is compiled from published news reports, not from individual unions, we cannot vouch for either its completeness or accuracy; readers who desire further information should directly contact the union involved.

Full post as published by AFL-CIO NOW BLOG on September 14, 2010 (boomark / email).