Ratification Announcement:
The Union officers would like to thank the membership for showing up to vote this week. We had the most members EVER vote on a contract or election.
The vote has been counted and the contract was overwhelmingly NOT ratified.
VOTES:
Total Votes: 350
Yes: No:
28 322
66% of the membership voted with a 92% voting NO and 8% voting YES.
Where do we go from here? The union has informed management of the results and expressed our interest to meet back at the table and come to a mutual agreement. We also notified them that we will follow through with the process of filing for arbitration per our contract. It is the unions wish that we meet at the table and use arbitration as a last resort.
Arbitration can take some time to get a result. We file for arbitration, select an arbitrator along with management. It’s called striking arbitrators similar to selecting a jury and striking jurors until there is only one left and that will be the arbitrator. We then schedule with the arbitrator and have the hearing. The arbitrator than has 45 days to make a determination. This will be a few months from now when we get a decision. Please read Article 5 of our contract for the process.
We have a membership meeting in two weeks February 28, 2018 at the Roseville VFW. See you all then to answer more questions.
Sincerely,
Your Negotiating Team