May 15, 2024 | Bargaining Unit 15 Updates
Bargaining Unit 15 custodians in state buildings around the Capitol have organized to achieve a string of recent improvements in working conditions through their Joint Labor Management Committee (JLMC). “We started the committee last year, and we’ve made real progress...
Jun 19, 2023 | Bargaining Unit 15 Updates
With a short ten days remaining until our current contract expires, our Unit 15 team reports some additional engagement by the State’s negotiating team—but not enough, and no real progress on the key economic issues identified by the Allied Service workers we...
Jun 12, 2023 | Bargaining Unit 15 Updates
There was some movement at the Unit 15 bargaining table today as the State negotiators broke their own logjam and provided some incremental responses to our proposals. “We think the State heard our frustration, and while we didn’t reach any agreements today, we are...
Jun 5, 2023 | Bargaining Unit 15 Updates
Unit 15 continues to press the State to advance the economics and working conditions of our Allied Service workers. While we made some important progress today, there remain more than 10 proposals still awaiting any kind of response from the State. “Incremental...
May 22, 2023 | Bargaining Unit 15 Updates
After consulting with their Master Table bargaining team colleagues last week, the Bargaining Unit 15 team met with the State for the fifth time to work on pass backs and hear counter offers on proposals the team has brought to the State in previous sessions. The team...
May 15, 2023 | Bargaining Unit 15 Updates
Bargaining Unit 15, representing allied service workers from across the state, returned to the table today with the State to reiterate the importance of maintaining a high level of health and safety for our incarcerated population as well as the state employees...