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Labor & Worker Rights Wed Nov 04 2009
Contract Negotiations Update
Some updates on union contract negotiations around town:
[CTA Tattler]: CTA bus drivers union weighs strike to protest layoffs
The union president, Darrell Jefferson, goes on to insist the CTA's budget deficit is actually $500 million, not the $300 million cited by the CTA. But the union will continue to resist any givebacks, including furlough days.
[Chicago Tribune]: Hotel workers authorize strike at downtown Starwood hotels
Chicago hotel workers voted Wednesday evening to authorize a strike at five downtown Starwood hotels.
A union spokesman said if contract negotiations drag on, similar votes could occur at downtown Hyatt and Hilton hotels. Union contracts covering 6,000 workers at 31 hotels in downtown Chicago expired Aug. 31, and the union has said a settlement is far from sight.
[AFSCME Local 3486]: Contract Negotiations Update: Running in Place
With a federal mediator in place at the end of the table, the Union and Management traded barbs as the contract stalemate continues. AFSCME continues to demand that management provide us with an updated wages proposal, which the county will not as the tax issue continues to drag on before the county board.
Roland S / November 7, 2009 2:22 AM
Transit union: ACTUALLY, the CTA needs twice as much money as they claim, but we're STILL unwilling to make concessions of any kind.
Their behavior is blatantly self-serving at a time when unemployment is at 10.5% and workers in every sector are taking pay cuts and furlough days. These union members would rather keep their meager pay raise and stick us regular Chicagoans with the bill, in the form of fare hikes and reduced service.