Hello All –
Had a good set of meetings with Kooper (our organizer, who
plans on buying a house so he is here for a while.)
The main topic of discussion was a proposed consolidation of
the locals. It would be 4 units – Us, City of Sioux Falls, County Highway, and
Teachers Union. This would let us consolidate information, allowing us to unify
what goals the other units would have. It would consolidate our account and
create more checks and balances (right now Lenora and I could run with all our
money, we won’t, but probably should not have that ability.)
The goal of our
organizer is to be able to have picnics, parade participation, and basically be
more active. Joining the locals would allow that to go easier.
The proposed board would consist of paid President and
Treasure Secretary, which would then be paid positions ($5000 a year).
Then every unit would have a VP and a Chief Steward. So a
board would have 10 and need majority to vote for quorum (6 people present).
The concerns brought up –
We would still have individual contracts.
The process would go like this… We vote if we are interested
in consolidation. After that 1 or 2 delegates go to committee for merger.
I will send out a vote on November 18th if we want
to form committee. The vote to actually merge would be 6-9 months after that. PLEASE GET YOUR QUESTIONS TO LENORA OR ME.
There has been a dues freeze in South Dakota for the foreseeable
future, so our dues will not go up.
IN METRO NEWS - A member has proposed we look at getting the uniform to business casual instead of having to have a Metro Logo. Basically to match what Admin currently wears. What are your thoughts on this?
Also make sure you check out the Afscme Advantage - you can save some money on various things. I just looked at the Mortgage discount and mortgage protection insurance.
https://www.afscme.org/members/advantage
IN METRO NEWS - A member has proposed we look at getting the uniform to business casual instead of having to have a Metro Logo. Basically to match what Admin currently wears. What are your thoughts on this?
Also make sure you check out the Afscme Advantage - you can save some money on various things. I just looked at the Mortgage discount and mortgage protection insurance.
https://www.afscme.org/members/advantage
I would be concerned that people would be voting on our contract that have no idea what it is to do what we do. As for checks and balances, I know it looks good on paper, but I feel that the two of you aren't going to run off with all the cash. Having more regulation where it isn't needed sucks. It's kind of like having a seating chart.
ReplyDeleteAs for the uniforms, I like the shirts. They are free, and its not like wearing a uniform with a badge. I think leaving them how they are is fine.
The contracts was the number 1 concern brought up -- We would keep our same contract in a unit. Thank you for the confidence in not running off - Jared
Deleteother benefits would be a larger stronger union for all. The 4 unions would work together to support each other in their causes. We would have more people to make suggestions and ideas, but we would still have final say on our own contract. creating a stronger union should benefit all 4 unions for negotiating purposes, political purposes, contract issues, and creating better work environments for all. the are pros and cons to all changes. right now we are just voting to see if we are interested. need to make sure we put good people on the committees to share and provide good information. right now just voting to enter a committee to get more information. there would be a vote on later time if we want to go thru with merger.
ReplyDeletefor uniforms im ok w/ metro shirts. they pay for them so I wear them. I like not paying for clothes for work.
Chelsea Writes:
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of joining, but like Craig, my concern is also that we deal with our own contract individually now and I would like that to stay the same.
I would love to go to 'business casual' as the dress code with the ability to wear jeans on friday, saturday, sunday for all shifts just like admin in the County/City offices do. I also think if they are going to allow us to wear dresses as long as they are below the knee, that this is something admin should abide by also. Apparently they don't have to be held to that same standard...I was told so by Mundahl.
At this point Ill just agree to what Jared and Lenora think is a good idea. I've given up on pretty much everything else.
Deletei am fine with joining if we keep our own contract ... but I think getting ideas for other unions that have done this longer will be helpful.... uniforms, I DO NOT want to push the issue to where we have to be in full uniform (even though i loved out previous uniform lol ) ... i'm worried that if we keep trying to "change it", that will be the final outcome since no one "likes" what someone else wears... if we keep comparing ourselves to admin staff, i'm afraid of this happening.. not that they shouldn't wear the same thing we do ( i think it should be the same across the board) i'm just worried about the way we are approaching and comparing
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