July 2014
After holding a Technical Support Bargaining Unit CAPE Membership Meeting on June 30th, the CAPE Technical Support Unit Negotiation Team returned to the contract negotiations table with Sanitation Districts’ management representatives in July to convey the members’ concerns with the recent Tentative Agreement (TA) over the terms for a successor MOU for the Unit’s employees.
During the meeting in July, the CAPE Negotiation Team members clearly presented the key provisions of the TA that were the basis for it having not been approved by the Unit’s membership in the contract ratification vote. Further, the CAPE Negotiation Team presented to Management a new proposal which addressed these key provisions the membership objected to.
As of this writing, Sanitation Districts’ Management had yet to respond to the new proposal from the CAPE Negotiation Team. We will continue to keep Technical Support Unit CAPE members informed of the status of the negotiations for a successor wage, benefit, and working condition MOU for their Bargaining Unit.