#labor-negotiations

#labor-negotiations

The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) are threatening over pay raises. According to Newsday, the MTA wants BLET and unions negotiating with it to take a three-year contract with 3% raises in the first and second years, and a 3.5% raise in the third year. But unions said the 9.5% increase does not keep up with the local cost of living.

Being a school principal in San Francisco was already a job with a stress level akin to diffusing unexploded ordinance or directing air traffic. Or perhaps doing both simultaneously. The district's administrators have already reached an impasse in long-running labor negotiations. Mediation failed. Next comes a "fact-finding" panel. If that, too, fails, the next step is a potential strike vote.

The union is fighting for dignity and respect, stating, 'This fight is about dignity and respect for the workers who kept our communities going.'

After almost a year of negotiations, DHL Express Canada has tentatively agreed with its union to resume operations, pending a ratification vote in the coming days.

Thomas Chang, OCEU's vice-president for Toronto, said the WSIB rejected the latest offer. "OCEU remains available to negotiate, but needs to see a meaningful move by the employer to meet our member core needs," Chang told the rally.

The union is pushing for a meaningful offer on critical issues such as workload, wages and workplace culture, which they believe the WSIB has neglected.

The return-to-office mandate for San Francisco city employees has been pushed back after union negotiations, allowing most to work remotely only one day a week.