|
Dear Bargaining Unit Member,
District 1199NM and University Hospitals have tentatively agreed to a three (3) year contract for the License and Technical bargaining unit. Negotiations have been hard fought by your Negotiation Team. There were several take backs proposed by Management that would have meant significant losses in take home pay for some L&T employees that we were able to fight off. Although there were no increase in wages, we did make significant gains in the language that will afford L&T employees better job protection as well as clarification of some economic issues that will benefit employees. We believe that the agreement we will be presenting you is the best agreement we could get at this time.
We will be negotiating wages again in the spring and we anticipate these negotiations will be just as difficult. The Union expects there will be movement on wages during the upcoming spring Wage Re-opener that we were unable to obtain in the current full contract negotiations. With that expectation, at this time the Union and the Negotiation Committee is asking you to vote YES on accepting the full 3 year agreement. We believe accepting this agreement is in the members best interest. We have been negotiating since May of last year and have not been offered any wage increase at any time as management “did not budget” for it. If we were to go back to the table we would be starting from scratch and as stated before Management has made it abundantly clear that they will not propose any increase at this time. It would not be worth it to return to the table and lose what we have fought to get and keep thus far.
A complete copy of the changes will be available for review at the time and place of the ratification vote, this will show you the changes that we were able to make in negotiations. Please consider the recommendation of the Union, the Negotiation Committee, and this document when making your decision. Please remember that only Dues Paying Members get to vote. If you wish to become a member you may do so at the ratification vote, look for us at the Union Table on the second floor of the Main Hospital in front of the Main elevators from 11:00am to 1:00pm every Monday and Thursday, or please feel free to contact the office at (505) 884-7713.
The vote will be held as follows:
6:00am- 8:00 am, Tuesday, February 19th, Khatali Room in the Cafeteria
11:00am-12:30pm, Tuesday, February 19th, Khatali Room in the Cafeteria
4:00pm- 9:00pm, Tuesday, February 19th, Sandia Room in the Cafeteria
We are asking for a “YES” vote. Please contact us (505) 884-7713 if you have any questions
|
