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Contract
bargaining sessions between SEIU Local 250 and CHW for the technical
unit started during August and took place in the Union hall on Elvas
Ave. In September, bargaining moved to the Hilton Hotel, with the
Union in one room and the CHW bargaining team in another. The CHW
team made its appearance in our room at intervals, occupying one end
of the table as they presented their proposals or listened to ours,
then returned to their room to caucus. Their opening proposal was
the Service contract, but that's not how it ended.....In this photo,
the techs listen as John Borsos lays out a possible strategy. |
WWhWhen
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A
triumphant moment during the October 17/18th bargaining session: Edna
announcing a Local 250 Union election victory at Woodland Hospital.
Out of 196 Woodland Hospital employees, 84 voted "yes" and
78 "no" in a very close election. Edna was on Union leave
to (among other things) help run the Woodland campaign and had been
up since 4 a.m. for the election. This photo contrasts Barbara Curry,
(smiling to the right of Edna) who works the graveyard shift at MGH
and is used to these late hours, with other employees such as Steve
Beck (to the left of Edna) who has worked a full day, and Josie Summers
(foreground),who has worked non-stop since becoming Union field representative
for Mercy General and Methodist Hospitals. |
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John
Borsos explaining a mathematical possibility. During bargaining, contractual
ways to solve workplace problems are discussed, agreed upon, and then
presented as proposals to CHW. CHW then considers the proposal and
either accepts it or presents an alternative or an amendment to what
we have proposed. |
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