The Union Bargaining Committee and the Company are working to finalize a new agreement with significant improvements, job upgrades, and added flexibility.  The parties will continue meeting the week of September 27th to resolve outstanding grievances and confirm the job installation agreement.

A friendly reminder that the regularly scheduled general membership meeting is Monday, October 4th.  

The Company and the Union Bargaining Committee resumed negotiations Monday, September 13^th, to advance discussions concerning non-economic items and continue subcommittee work on job classifications and grievances.  There has been significant progress made in all three areas in an effort to begin shifting focus to economic items.  The Union Bargaining Committee shared its proposal for economic improvements Friday, September 17^th.  The proposal included general wage increases, a ratification bonus, performance incentive payouts, and improvements to the following: cost of living, retirement, insurance, holidays, lead pay, and other areas.

Negotiations will resume Monday, September 20^th at 9:00 am.

The Company and the Union Bargaining Committee met last week to exchange initial proposals for non-economic items.  The committee presented proposals for improvements to a number of provisions, including bereavement leave, holiday compensation language, promotion rights, and other changes.  The Union also proposed to improve the labor grades of several job classifications and the ability for OPEIU members to telecommute.

The Company is proposing changes to several articles, including the Attendance Control Program, hours of work and overtime, personal business, bereavement, the grievance procedure, and employee discipline.  The Company is also proposing changes to many job classifications, including combinations of some classifications they view as similar.

Negotiations will resume Monday, September 13^th at 9:00 AM.

The September membership meeting will not take place due to the Labor Day holiday.  The next general membership meeting will be Monday, October 4, 2021.

Local 277 has successfully negotiated and the renewal of the COVID-19 and Situational Telecommuting Agreement through October 24, 2021. Below you will find the original bargaining demand from April 2020 along with the Company’s backdated original agreement and subsequent extensions.

• Telecommuting Memo
• COVID Request to Bargain
• OPEIU MOU
• extension dated 6/22
• extension dated 9/24
• extension dated 12/9
• extension dated 1/25
• extension dated 8/2