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Found another mistake in the TA wage table. Effect 15 members. A total of 0.06 cents over 3 year contract. HR said , “we don’t have a deal then is what you’re saying… “. To me. I replied can we just change the number to 23.69 instead of 23.67? Another group of 5 employees are short a penny. 3 pennies over the contract life.

Hi Everyone,

As a CA state worker and union member, I’d like to come here and encourage folks to really begin a push to label Gavin Newsom as Anti-Labor and Anti-Worker on a national level BEFORE he begins his presidential primary run. Hes seemingly one of the front runners and would absolutely take any chance he gets to lie to the public about being pro-worker when the reality for those in unions here in CA know better. While hed certainly be better than a republican, he would almost certainly be far worse than the entire rest of the dem primary field.

To catch you up here, Gavin isnt just a run of the mill corporate Democrat with weak labor stances. He has consistently been overtly hostile and at times discriminatory and spiteful toward some of our state worker unions. Most recently, his administration removed one of our unions (CAPS, UAW local 1115) negotiated raises even though the state had 25 billion more in revenue than initially projected. There was no real budgetary necessity for this removal. Not only that, but his administration withheld information about the removal of the contractual salary increase for several months, not allowing the union to negotiate in good faith to keep their raise. That behavior in our state govt is unheard of even during Republican admins. And its no coincidence that hes behaving this way against the one union who went on strike during his term. Heres a thread with more details on the situation: https://www.reddit.com/r/CAStateWorkers/s/w4e1HwPUgX

Outside of that, Newsom has been openly mocking and disdainful to California’s state workers and our unions during his return to office push that only serves to maintain corporate landlord property values (this isnt surprising when you learn some of his largest donors are those same corporate landlords - one of the largest corporate landlords is also the father of our Lt Governor).

In spite of the reality of his behavior towards unions, he will likely try to lean on bills that he was probably forced to pass out of political pressure to make it seem like he’s pro worker. Please don’t let him.

Begin organizing with your unions to call him out for this and spread the word. He’ll probably be the most anti-labor major candidate in the primaries in a few years and people outside of his state need to be aware.

The Trump administration is attempting to criminalize union members for organizing against its immigration crackdown in Minnesota earlier this year. That’s because it correctly sees labor as a threat to its authoritarian designs.

Companies like mentioned need to be held accountable, why do they hate unions? We make their jobs harder. Why is that? We’re union! Why do they intimidate, bully harass, violate your rights, terminate etc…? They do not care about anyone but profit for them and share holders. And when an area runs out of new hires because word is out around town the take local communities jobs to temp out of state workers.

Have an experience you want to share please share hear. Also wanting to start a petition to rid management firms like compAsshole chartwells from union work places. Regardless of your union affiliation, weather it’s SEIU or Afscme or teamsters or whatever we need to work together on this.

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders joined dairy workers on the picket line Wednesday, calling for Dairy Farmers of America to reverse the closure of its St. Albans Creamery plant. A judge on Monday issued an injunction temporarily halting the closure after the Teamsters alleged the company was retaliating for workers striking last fall.

“We want to work. We want to go back to work,” said Ted Westover, who was among a group of DFA employees who stood in solidarity Wednesday in front of the shuttered St. Albans Creamery plant. “I’ve been here nine years. I’m in my late 50s. When I first started here, I viewed this was the last job I was ever gonna need.”

They were joined by Sen. Bernie Sanders, just one of the state leaders expressing support for the union members. “My message today to DFA: Do the right thing,” Sanders said.

The Teamsters Local 597 members claim the closure is in direct retaliation for the nearly two-week strike that happened last September. But the company has maintained that the plant simply isn’t profitable enough to justify keeping it running. They plan to ship Vermont milk out of state for processing.

Locals like John Cross, who says his father and grandfather both brought their farm’s milk to the plant for decades, worry that additional transportation costs will further erode farmers’ profits. “I saw how hard it is to get through a day in a week sometimes, crop season, and then have to worry about where’s my milk gonna go?” said Cross.

Gov. Phil Scott also expressed concern for the state’s dairy industry. “We need a distribution facility as well as a facility to deal with milk here in Vermont, on our turf,” he said.

As the legal battle between DFA and the union continues, union president Curtis Clough says they are making their stance clear. “If DFA thinks they can get away with this, they are picking a fight with the wrong workers, the wrong community, the wrong union and the wrong state,” he said.

There’s a hearing set for Thursday in Burlington on the union’s lawsuit.

Hello everyone.

I am a Union member in Oregon and our bargaining agreement is up for renegotiation soon.

I'm wondering if anyone has been successful in bargaining for more progressive drug testing policies in their workplace? I'm hoping to hear some examples and gather some feedback.

Essentially I'd like to add language to our contract that mimics California assembly bill 2188.

I'd like to prohibit urine analysis for THC, and hair follicle testing. This doesn't prove on the job impairment, just past usage in ones free time. I'd like for cannabis to be treated the same as alcohol, where using off duty is permitted as long as you aren't showing up to work impaired.

For the record I don't have to pass any federal background checks for my job and I am a non DOT employee/no CDL.

My employee likely receives some kind of federal funding or grant money, so I realize they are likely required to test for cannabis. My argument isn't about blatantly making usage permitted in the contract language, but about restricting the testing methodology to narrow the detection window. If I'm right, that still would comply with all the rules they need to abide by for federal funding, workman's comp insurance, property and casualty insurance coverage, etc.

I'd like for any THC tests to be conducted with a breathalyzer or a saliva swab.

Our current policy says one can be tested upon returning from a vacation (a perfectly responsible time to partake in my opinion), after an accident, or randomly.

I'd like for testing to be limited to post accident testing, initial hire testing, and if someone is showing signs of impairment. Essentially doing away with random testing and replacing it with testing when there's reasonable suspicion.

Has anyone had success in bargaining for similar policies. What do y'all think, is this something worth bringing up with my union reps? I've talked about this with family and gotten ridiculed, basically being told that I'm childish for wanting to smoke in my free time.

I've been at my current job for around 15 years and have an excellent safety record. I've abstained from smoking weed this entire time.

I hate the double standard where alcohol can be consumed on the weekend or even at company staff parties, but total abstinence is required for cannabis. I feel that the company shouldn't have a right to police what I do in my personal time especially in Oregon where weed is so prevalent and normalized.