The unilateral imposition of provisions in the MOU will not be a deadlock for further negotiations. The board of directors declared an impasse with the Riverside Sheriffs Association in October 2017 and imposed contractual conditions after the 2,500-strong bargaining unit refused to accept the county`s final offer. “Our union has been negotiating for more than a year,” Employee Bargaining Team member Angela Cruthirds said in a March 24 statement. “We have been working for more than seven months without a contract and without security on the future of our health plans. Many county employees are still unable to provide primary health care, and there is real concern about the impact of services from a major epidemic among workers. Union leaders argued that the county could have achieved better results internally – and that it could have afforded to pay more to employees. Supervisory authorities, which granted increases to unions in 2012 in exchange for pension concessions, insist that the county cannot afford to give the level of wage increases it has granted in the past. Unions questioned the county`s figures and criticized county negotiators for trying to roll back past union profits. According to Zappia, 721 local members, including more than 7,000 members and including employees, accountants, nurses, technicians and social workers, received 7 to 8 percent of annual salary increases from the last four-year collective agreement that expired in November 2016. Art Pulasky of the California Labor Federation said earlier this year that the county`s treatment of local 721 34 unfair labor practices was established before the Public Employee Relations Board, and union negotiator Ryan Hudson said the county team had committed “attacks on rank-and-file workers,” creating a “hostile” work environment for union members. The disputes are due to the House`s desire to reduce the cost of labour.
The county`s $5.5 billion budget is under pressure from a growing list of new current and inflexible expenses, including an expected $300 million increase in future retirement commitments and the cost of opening and occupying an expanded Indian prison. Negotiation teams from both sides reached an interim agreement friday ahead of a union vote over the weekend, Morris said. With the support of the unions, the agreement is now awaiting final approval by the Jackson County Board of Commissioners. In the spring, SEIU 721 E-Board Member and La City LASAN Lab Manager Stacee Karnya oversaw the production of hundreds of litres of ethanol-based disinfectants for LA City employees during the global shortage of disinfectants. www.seiu721.org/2020/04/lasanitzer-is-union-made.php MEDFORD, ore. – Jackson County and their public employees` union have signed a new contract after months of disagreement, according to SEIU Local 503. The two-year contract between the county and the Laborers` International Union of North America Local 777 has yet to be ratified by union members to be approved and it is unclear when that will happen. If the union ratifies the agreement, it will be subject to board approval.
County spokeswoman Brooke Federico said the terms of the agreement will be available as soon as it is on the board`s agenda. Contracts with SEIU and LIUNA, which together represent about 14,000 of the district`s approximately 22,000 employees, expired in 2016 and discussions had not yet reached new agreements.