Local 5103 Member Alert, September 18, 2018
On September16th, Local 5103 members sent a clear message to Red Cross and voted to authorize the negotiating team to take action up to a strike if necessary.
On September16th, Local 5103 members sent a clear message to Red Cross and voted to authorize the negotiating team to take action up to a strike if necessary.
This week, your local bargaining committee meet with management to work on settling a local contract.
The nomination and elections for HPAE Convention delegates has concluded.
Read the National bargaining Team update here.
As we reported in the last national bargaining update, the Union Coalition made a comprehensive economic counter-proposal to the American Red Cross at our last national bargaining session, June 19-21.
The Nominations/Election Committee announces that they are now accepting nominations to represent Local 5103 at this year’s HPAE State Convention.
The Nominations/Election Committee announces that they are currently accepting nominations for open positions to serve on the Negotiations team.
We’re at a critical place with negotiations for the National Addendum.
The national bargaining session June 19-21 was the last scheduled national session with the Red Cross. The Union Coalition made progress on issues that affect our day-to-day lives, but management remains far from the union..
At the national bargaining session on June 5-7, the Union Coalition ended negotiations with ARC Management after another week of no real progress.
Last Monday, management made a proposal to assign apheresis float staff to permanent sites. Once assigned to a site, the employee would not receive mileage or travel time when scheduled at that site. This proposal is an attack on our
Union Members Present Proposals Bargaining team members from the Coalition of Red Cross Unions presented proposals to American Red Cross management to improve worker and donor safety, improve worker retention, decrease workforce turnover, and improve employees’ work-life balance. By