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Hey all,
I just had a few questions in regards to union contracts. Our union contract is going to expire this august and that means we either vote this current union out and pick another one or keep this current union. Needless to say, we are NOT voting this union back in as they have done absolutely nothing for us. Ex. We pay full price for health benefits on top of union dues, when we call out sick the time gets taken from our vacation time, and no training at all was provided for union delegates not to mention no pension.
A promising union has been coming around and talking to us handing out cards for us to sign to put them on the voting ballot when it comes time. They are promising us that no cost health insurance and no co-pay will be added onto their proposal shall they be put onto the ballot on top of a lot of other promising things.
My questions is, What types of questions should I be asking them? What types of things shall we request to be put into the proposal besides obvious things that we are already aware of? Also, they are asking us to see the contract for our current union they say to see what we already are getting or what we arent getting. Should we provide them with a copy? Or is this not a good idea?
Basically im looking for any good input on what we should be doing to get the best possible proposal for the new union to negotiate with the labor board.
Some background info: We are Security Officers for a very large sized busy hospital in a very bad neighborhood in the Bronx. There are about 60 total officers on staff here. Our current union never shows their face, we pay $400 a month for family health benefits.
I just had a few questions in regards to union contracts. Our union contract is going to expire this august and that means we either vote this current union out and pick another one or keep this current union. Needless to say, we are NOT voting this union back in as they have done absolutely nothing for us. Ex. We pay full price for health benefits on top of union dues, when we call out sick the time gets taken from our vacation time, and no training at all was provided for union delegates not to mention no pension.
A promising union has been coming around and talking to us handing out cards for us to sign to put them on the voting ballot when it comes time. They are promising us that no cost health insurance and no co-pay will be added onto their proposal shall they be put onto the ballot on top of a lot of other promising things.
My questions is, What types of questions should I be asking them? What types of things shall we request to be put into the proposal besides obvious things that we are already aware of? Also, they are asking us to see the contract for our current union they say to see what we already are getting or what we arent getting. Should we provide them with a copy? Or is this not a good idea?
Basically im looking for any good input on what we should be doing to get the best possible proposal for the new union to negotiate with the labor board.
Some background info: We are Security Officers for a very large sized busy hospital in a very bad neighborhood in the Bronx. There are about 60 total officers on staff here. Our current union never shows their face, we pay $400 a month for family health benefits.
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