2022_mandary_ot_black_out_dates.pdf

Mandatory O.T. black out dates

STRATTEC UNIT ONLY

If you work at Strattec, the attached calendar is for 2022. The dates on the calendar highlighted in yellow are weekends that the Company cannot mandatory us to work overtime. If you want to make plans to do something with your family, you don't have to worry about being forced to work overtime on these weekends. 

I will post these on the Union boards, and have copies in the Union Office that you can pick up.

-Brian

Last week, three of the Alliance’s largest unions – UNAC/UHCP, USW Local 7600, and OFNHP – announced that over 95% of each union’s members voted to authorize a strike. This week, two more locals announced their members also voted overwhelmingly to authorize strikes – UNITE HERE Local 5 in Hawaii, and UFCW Locals in SCAL.

Collectively, these five unions represent 36,000 Alliance members eligible to strike now. Another 2,450 UFCW Local 1996 members in Georgia are currently voting, and 760 members of UFCW Local 21 in Washington may vote soon.

Alliance and KP negotiators are back at the bargaining table meeting in subgroups tackling specific issues. With pressure building from our strike votes, there was some limited progress, including a tentative agreement to add funds to the Ben Hudnall Memorial Trust.

“Our high strike vote margins show we are more united than ever and ready to strike if necessary to protect our patients and each other. We’re still talking, but KP execs remain woefully disconnected to our daily reality: a snowballing staffing shortage, and overwhelming patient needs,” said Micheal Barnett, president of USW Local 7600.

KP has maintained its proposal on 1% and two-tier. We have yet to make progress on major issues including local bargaining, tuition reimbursement/student loan forgiveness, SCAL wage justice, improving benefits for regions below KP standards, and fair first contracts for new groups of workers who have joined Alliance unions.

Since these negotiations started the Alliance has made clear that we were frustrated by the slow pace of discussions, by the lack of data transparency, and by the adversarial position taken by senior management.

At the kickoff bargaining session in April, Executive Director Hal Ruddick warned KP execs, “do not take our commitment to partnership as a sign we will accept anything less than the best contract,” and we have not stepped back from our solemn commitments to each other.

4 WAYS YOU CAN TAKE ACTION

RALLY AND MARCH IN PASADENA | 12:00 PM (NOON) | SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30TH

Sign up to attend the rally and march in Pasadena, California on Saturday, October 30th.

https://usw7600.ink/March

UNION SOLIDARITY TUESDAYS

Every Tuesday, wear your union gear to work until we win a fair contract. (Mondays if you’re in Colorado). Take a photo wearing your union gear and post it on social media with the hashtag #BestJobsBestCare. Remember to tag KP @KPThrive and @usw7600.

LOCAL ACTIONS

In the coming days, connect with your local union to participate in local actions and learn about the next steps in our national contract...

Regular Order of Business

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Regular Order of Business

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Regular Order of Business

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Our powerful vote to authorize our bargaining committee to send a 10-day notice to strike if necessary kicked off a wave of momentum across our union and joined our cause with unionized workers across the country. In the coming weeks, we expect more than 40,000 Kaiser Permanente (KP) health care workers nationwide will be ready to do whatever it takes for our patients and our workers.

This employer needs to understand that we are not just labor costs to be managed by bean counters. Health care is about people: Our patients and those who support that role and care for them. To understand the human cost of its proposals, KP needs to see us. On Oct. 30, we’ll come together with all Alliance members, community allies, and our friends and family in a visible show of force in Pasadena for the March for the Future of Health Care. Register here: https://usw7600.ink/March

The employer wants to divide us. Our power is in staying united. KP is preparing for a strike, as are we. Today our leadership met to plan for the following to continue preparation for a strike. 

• Assistance Committee

• Community Support and Membership Activities 

• Picket Captains

Look for more information coming soon about how you can step up to show KP we are serious about going on strike if movement isn’t made at the table. In the coming days and weeks, they will ask us about our plans. The best answer is, “Yes, I’m ready to strike.”

At the Table

A strike is a last resort. The best outcome would be to secure the strongest possible agreement without having to strike. Our vote was a collective action with real results:

• We secured additional bargaining dates continuing into next week

• We are finally beginning to make slight progress on our contract

In recent days, we’ve won tentative agreements at the table that invest in us, including Ben Hudnall funds that will allow us to continue our education and advance our growth. However, Kaiser Permanente continues to drag its feet on meaningful staffing improvements while insisting on its dangerous two-tier wage scheme in the midst of a national health care worker shortage and refuses to engage in meaningful discussion over Inland Empire Wage Justice. In order to continue to provide high-quality patient care and prevent erosion of standards, KP must keep industry-leading jobs.