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June
16, 2008
Collective
Bargaining Update
Higher
Education
Management
submitted their initial proposals on June 10,
and bargaining began in earnest on June 11.
After the two-day bargaining session, the
parties had tentatively agreed to 26 articles.
With
the easy stuff” now out of the way, the
parties entered into fruitful discussions on a
number of more difficult issues.
The next session is scheduled for June 25
and 26.
Yakima
Valley Community College
Bargaining continued at YVCC on Monday, June 16.
The parties have made tremendous
progress. Both
are hopeful that at the end of Mondays’
session they will be within reach of a final
contract.
General
Government
We
submitted our initial proposals on May 27 and
await the employer’s initial proposals at the
next session on June 18.
Bargaining will begin in earnest either
that day or on June 19.
The initial exchanges with the management
team went very smoothly.
We fully expect negotiations will be
carried on in the same professional, respectful
manner with which they began.
Special
Note on Ground Rules
We have received several requests for
copies of the ground rules and proposals from
members not participating in bargaining. The
ground rules prohibit distribution of these
materials outside of the bargaining team for the
following reasons:
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If
contracts aren’t funded by the Legislature
and we end up back at the bargaining table,
public knowledge of our proposals places
them under added pressure and scrutiny by
our opposition.
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If
management obtained proposals before
negotiations, it could weaken our position
at the bargaining table.
“Recent
legal actions and ongoing political issues
relating to bargaining must be weighed in the
balance,” added lead negotiator Lou Baker,
“hence our agreement to keep the proposals and
discussions confidential."
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