See the attached flier for an update on the ongoing negotiations. UVM is going after the employees who can lease afford to bail out the University. Read more here.
Membership survey of contract priorities of upcoming bargaining.
DIRECTIONS: Please choose "1" to signify the MOST important bargaining priority for you. Choose "2" to signify the SECOND most important bargaining priority; choose "3" for the THIRD most important bargaining priority and "4" for the FOURTH most important priority. Finally choose "5" for the LEAST most important priority. Please do not use any number more than once.
Please feel free to add additional comments and email to uevermont@gmail.com.
UE Local 267 will meet for its monthly membership on Thursday, October 1 in Room 118 of PFG. To find Room 118, go to Patrick Gym and look for the stairs by the loading dock. Go up the stairs and look for Room 118 on the right.
The local will discuss recent developments at the negotiating table including the declaration of impasse. We will talk about what our next steps are, what impasse means and where we are at the negotiating table.
We also have newsletters available in English, Vietnamese and Bosnian. These newsletters are attached.
Click on the links below to distribute the latest UE Local 267 Newsletter available here in English and Vietnamese. Feel free to print, copy and distribute the newsletters.
Also available here are links to various comparisons between the layoff and recall language the UE has proposed and UVM's proposal as well as the current contract language.
Check this site often for updates and news on contract negotiations.
UE Local 267's negotiating committee has begun negotiations with the University. Our contract expires on June 30th of this year. Before wages and benefits are negotiated, the Union and UVM bargain "language" items of the agreement.
Please find attached a copy of the latest newsletter from UE Local 267. In the newsletter you'll find article about how UVM's economic troubles have affected our members, current grievances and more.
Feel free to print and post and distribute the newsletter at the workplace.
UE Local 267 will be represented at the bargaining table by David Barch, Nancy Blow, Mark Gregoire, Dave Hamilton, Tim Maple, Brec Norton, Carmyn Stanko, Mike Wells II and Paul Woodman. Congratulations to all who will serve. This committee will meet on Tuesday,March 24th,1:00pm,at PFG Room 117 to begin preparations.
The heroic members of UE Local 1110 are on a nationwide tour and will be in Vermont on February 3 and 4.
On Tuesday, February 3, the workers will be speaking at 7 p.m. at the North Billings Lounge at UVM. On Wednesday, February 4, at noon the workers will be at the Vermont Workers at 294 N. Winooski Ave in Burlington.
Come hear their amazing story. Also download the attached flier and post it in your workplace.
Please take the take to complete the following survey. Your input is important to the Union. We will use survey results to establish our bargaining priorities in upcoming contract negotiations.