City & Union set Tentative Dates for Collective Bargaining Sessions at LiUNA!, Local 261.

Wednesday, February 8, 2012 - 2pm
Friday, March 2, 2012 - 10am
Thursday, March 15, 2012 - 10am
Friday, March 23, 2012 - 10am
Friday, March 30, 2012 - 10am
Friday, April 13, 2012 - 10am
Wednesday, April 18, 2012 - 10am
Friday, April 27, 2012 - 10am
Friday, May 4, 2012 - 10am
Friday, May 11, 2012 - 10am

- Vince Courtney
LiUNA!, NCDCL/Local 261
Http://Twitter.com/vincecourtney
cellular/text: (415) 810-4500

Dozens of dedicated Union Members Select 2012 Bargaining Team!

Today, several dozen Union members took the first important Step toward adoption of a new Memorandum of Understanding to begin July 1st 2012.

Committee *Assignments are as follows:

City-Wide:
Nikki Mixon Chair
Vince Courtney, Representative
David De La Torre, Representative
Joan Vellutini, Edison Fincher, Dan Feerick, Norflis McCullough, Zac Salem, Alex Alvarez, Larry Montoya, Jose De La Mora, Anthony Travis. (City Hall: Ramon Hernandez & Theresa Foglio)

SFRPD:
Nikki Mixon Chair
Vince Courtney, Representative
Joan Vellutini, Zac Salem, John Raulli, Bruce Ricci, Adrian Rojo, Theresa O'Brien, Steve Elder, Rob Sheets.

SFDPW:
Nikki Mixon Chair
Vince Courtney, Representative
Edison Fincher, Dan Feerick, LaVonda Williams, Norflis McCullough, Sean Healy, Jon Beazor.

SFPUC, MTA, SFIA, SFPort:
Nikki Mixon Chair
Theresa Foglio, Representative
David De La Torre, Representative
Alex Alvarez, Jose De La Mora, Larry Montoya, Anthony Travis.

*vacancies have not all been filled. Candidates who demonstrate capacity & willingness to serve, will be considered by Ramon Hernandez for appointment subject to member approval.

Important Updates:
http://Twitter.com/vincecourtney
http://Facebook.com/LIUNA261

Link (copy & paste,) to current 2010/11-2011/12 CCSF/LiUNA!, Local 261 Memorandum of Understanding

http://www.sfdhr.org/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=11534

Vince Courtney
LiUNA!, NCDCL/Local 261
Http://Twitter.com/vincecourtney
cellular/text: (415) 810-4500

Rank & File Negotiations Team Gears up for Talks with the City & County over a new Collective Bargaining Agreement.

In 2009, during contract negotiations the City and the PEC were successful at negotiating 12 furlough days per year for a reduction in time of 4.6%.  This contract would be for fiscal 2010/11 & 2011/12, & Members of Local 261 ratified their tentative agreement by a vote of 398 Yes, 12 No, (this was more of a vote of support for the rank & file negotiating team than enthusiasm over the furlough days.)  Many of you are aware that  since then, the vast majority of public sector labor unions in San Francisco also reached a consensus proposal on the pension benefits that with save the City millions of dollars per year (see proposition C.)

The current MOU will expire on June 30th of this year; we don't know where the City will start this time, (there is a 200+ million dollar budget deficit projected for the 1st year,) but it doesn't matter.  What matters is that our Chief Steward Negotiators, Department Reps., City-wide Stewards, and rank & file are ready to defend and protect everything we have.

For this reason, we will meet at 12:00pm January 25, 2012, at LiUNA!, Local 261 to select our negotiations team, and plan our sessions with the City Department by Department.  We will develop on, and then execute a plan for collection proposals for incorporation into our new agreement.   Please attend the local union meeting and understand that the only way to achieve a fair contract is to have a unified front.

As always, important schedules & updates throughout the process will be found here, and at twitter/Vincecourtney & facebook/liuna261.