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Welcome Brothers and Sisters -
Voting was held January 21st and 22nd regarding strike authorization for LD 19-19 - Article XXII violation of National Contract, subcontracting of bargaining unit work without notification of the Local, which was denied at Step III.
Results are as follows:
FOR - 96.3%
AGAINST - 3.7%The strike authorization had been approved.
These results have been reported to Secretary-Treasurer William J. Stackman and will be certified as the official results.
Thank you to the Exectutive Board, members of the Election Committee, and those that took the time to stop and vote over the last two days. If there are any questions regarding this vote, please contact your steward or a board member.
Brothers and Sisters,
Voting was held October 4th and October 5th on the 2019-2022 Collective Bargaining Adjusted Tentative Agreement. The results are as follows:
Approval of Local 81359 Membership to ratify the Adjusted Tentative Agreement as written:
Accept – 273 (54.82%)
Reject – 225 (45.18%)
Spoiled – 0 (0%)
Total – 498The results above have been reported to IUE-CWA Local 81359 Secretary-Treasurer William J. Stackman and will be certified as the official result.
Results on the same Adjusted Tentative Agreement by the other two Locals in the Bargaining Unit –
IUE-CWA Local 81380
Accept – 63 (86.3%)
Reject – 10 (13.7%)
Spoiled – 0 (0%)
Total – 73IUE-CWA Local 84707
Accept – 39 (92.86%)
Reject – 3 (7.14%)
Spoiled – 0 (0%)
Total – 42Overall results:
Accept – 375 (61.17%)
Reject – 238 (38.83%)
Spoiled – 0 (0%)
Total – 613The Adjusted Tentative Agreement is passed.
William J. Stackman, III
IUE-CWA Local 81359
Secretary-TreasurerNote: information meetings at HDHQ :Tuesday Oct.2nd 7:15 am , 3:15 pm , 11:10 pm and
Wednesday Oct. 3rd at 7:15am. Contact any E-Board member for details.
Also , Fridays Monthly Union meeting will still be at HQHQ at 11:45 but will be in basement….
PLEASE PARK OVER BY JERSEY BARRIERS AND LEAVE SPACE FOR VOTERS , THANKS..
LOCAL 81359
IUE-CWA 2019-2022
Contract Modified Tentative Agreement Vote on T.A. 9/29/18 recommended by entire Barg. Committee and Union Presidents
Note: Local 359 will be voting on the T.A. presented to the membership of Local 81359. This will be a new 3 year Contract that runs in concurrence with the contract that expires June 26th 2019 and continues to June 27th 2022.
Voting at HDHQ Union Hall
301 Hudson River Road
Across the street from the plant
Waterford N.Y.
Dates: Thursday Oct. 4th, 5:00 am – 5:00 pm
& Friday Oct.5th, 2018 5:00-am- 5:00 pm
Sorry no Absentee Ballots.. Dominick Patrignani
Download:contract Voting notice 2018 on second T.A_and info meetings.docx
Can you explain this successor language that the board feels is so important?
The successor clause, listed below, addresses the condition of a sale of the business that the purchaser must honor the contract as it is until the expiration of the contract. This prevents us from being sold and having the new owners decide they are not a party to the contract and essentially making the plant non-union.
Successor Clause
The collective bargaining agreement shall be binding upon all parties hereto and their respective successors, purchasers and assignees.
The parties agree that in the event of a sale or transfer, the new employer will agree in writing, as part of any sale and / or transfer agreement to assume the provisions of the existing collective bargaining agreement as practicable, and as permitted under applicable law.
Who is the bargaining committee chairman?
IUE-CWA Staff Representative Jerry Carney
Brothers and Sisters of Local 359, We write to you all from our Conference Board meeting tonight to update everyone on the latest since the membership voted down the recent tentative agreement on Wednesday evening. Many thought MPM would jump right back with a better offer. Unfortunately, that was not the case. We met with IUE-CWA President Carl Kennebrew, who reached out to Momentive since they did not want to go any further, according to our Bargaining Chair. As it stands, this is the last move in this early bargaining session. If voted down again, this will take the bargaining into June of next year. We tried to focus on healthcare (this agreement gives relief in January 2019, one year ahead of current contract, and next contract), general wage increases/ signing bonuses and settling a couple of cases we've tried to get to arbitration. In short, MPM left Article V alone and all other contract provisions including successor language that we explained at the membership meetings is really needed by us with the upcoming sale pending . Also, MPM didn't push for any concessions for the very first time. Below is a summary comprised by Bill Stackman explaining the terms. All bargaining team members voted to bring back with this modification. We ask once again to re-consider your opinion on this contract and support the vote. Thank you.
Local 81359 Bargaining team
Download:Adjusted_TA_09282018_Final.pdf ,
TA_V2_FactSheet_v1-1.pdf
Brothers and Sisters,
Voting was held September 25th and September 26th on the 2019-2022 Collective Bargaining Tentative Agreement. The results are as follows:
Approval of Local 81359 Membership to ratify the Tentative Agreement as written:
Accept - 187 (42.7%)
Reject - 251 (57.3%)
Spoiled - 0 (0%)
Total - 438The results above have been reported to IUE-CWA Local 81359 Secretary-Treasurer William J. Stackman and will be certified as the official result
Results on the same Tentative Agreement by the other two Locals in the Bargaining Unit –
IUE-CWA Local 81380
Accept – 46 (80.7%)
Reject – 11 (19.3%)
Spoiled - 0
Total - 57IUE-CWA Local 84707
Accept – 32 (82.1%)
Reject – 7 (17.9%)
Spoiled - 0
Total - 39Overall results:
Accept - 265 (49.6%)
Reject – 269 (50.4%)
Spoiled - 0 (0%)
Total - 534The tentative agreement is defeated.
Thanks to all that participated.
Brothers and Sisters ,
Your e-boards have been meeting with MPM off-site this week to see if we can come up with a forward contract with the help of IUE-CWA Staff Rep. Jerry Carney and CWA District 1 lawyer Sumanth Bollepalli. With everyone’s help and hard work, we can now announce that we have reached a tentative agreement that will run until June 27th , 2022 ( 3 year ). The summary will be published and sent to all members via e-mail and posted on the Union website . The Union will announce informational meetings at HDHQ at the following times and dates :
Thursday 1:45pm- 3:00pm
Thursday 3:10pm - 4:30pm
Friday 5:30am- 7am
7:10am - 8:30am
1:45pm-3:00pm
3:10pm-4:30pm
10:00pm-11:00pm
11:10pm- 12:30am
IF ANYONE NEEDS SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ANSWERED PLEASE CONTACT AN E-BOARD MEMBER.... or email Sec-tres@local81359.com.
THIS MUST BE VOTED ON NEXT WEEK BY OUR MEMBERS ......
Voting dates and times :
Tuesday Sept 25th , 5:00am- 12:00 noon
Wednesday Sept 26th , 5:00am- 5:00pm
Voting results will be published on website and via email ....
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PATIENCE !
Download:09192018_1810_MPM_TentativeAgreement_FINAL.pdf
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Get involved in the issues affecting working familiesSisters and Brothers of Local 359 , Please do your best to support this upcoming fundraiser….. We ask that you print this out and post by every time clock as a reminder…. Sue and Bruce did so much for us during the Strike, doing the pig roast at HDHQ , providing food weekly , along with truckloads of firewood to our members.
Read More...Sisters and Brothers of Local 359 , Please do your best to support this upcoming fundraiser….. We ask that you print this out and post by every time clock as a reminder…. Sue and Bruce did so much for us during the Strike, doing the pig roast at HDHQ , providing food weekly , along with truckloads of firewood to our members.
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Get involved in the issues affecting working families