700 Oklahoma AFSCME Members Win First Contract and More Bargaining News

[Omaha Steve]

by May Silverstein, Apr 28, 2008

Some 700 AFSCME members in two Oklahoma cites won first contracts and more news from “Bargaining Digest Weekly.” The AFL-CIO Collective Bargaining Department delivers daily bargaining-related news and research resources to more than 900 subscribers. Union leaders can register for this service through our website, Bargaining@Work.

Settlements
AFSCME, Enid & Lawton, Okla.: Some 700 municipal workers in Enid and Lawton, Okla., represented by AFSCME locals 1136 and 3894, respectively, won first contracts, after the passage of a 2004 state law that requires cities of 35,000 people or more to recognize non-uniformed workers’ unions. Enid’s employees won a 12 percent across-the-board wage increase over the duration. The Lawton employees’ new contract includes a 3 percent wage hike through 2009 and improved benefits.

UAW, Ford: The UAW has reached tentative agreements on local issues covering Ford’s Kentucky Truck Plant and Louisville Assembly Plant. Kentucky Truck workers will vote Sunday on the agreement, but the voting date for UAW members at Louisville Assembly has not been determined.

GEU-AFT, Michigan State University: Some 1,400 graduate teaching assistants at Michigan State University, represented by the Graduate Employees Union (GEU), an affiliate of the AFT, reached a tentative agreement with university management. The graduate assistants would get wage increases of 3 percent, 2.75 percent and 2.5 percent over three years.

USW, Fraser Papers: Roughly 200 workers at New Hampshire’s Fraser Papers, represented by the United Steelworkers (USW) Local 75, approved a two-year contract extension.

IAFF, Edison, NJ: Edison, N.J., firefighters, represented by Fire Fighters (IAFF) Local 1197, won a new five-year contract that provides annual raises averaging 3.8 percent.

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