Bargaining Victories (August 2024)

CWA Local 1101 - Berlin Rosen

FIRST CONTRACT! Newly organized workers at Public Relations firm Berlin Rosen, who joined CWA Local 1101 in April, have ratified their first union contract. The contract includes:

• Raises each year over the life of the contract
• One time ratification bonus
• Language codifying their healthcare and retirement benefits
• Expanded short-term disability insurance and new long-term disability insurance 
• A new labor-management committee that will meet once every quarter to discuss significant issues facing the company and bargaining unit

And more!

CWA Local 1111 - Arnot Ogden Medical Center

Last week CWA Local 1111 members at Arnot Ogden Medical Center (AOMC) overwhelmingly ratified their new contract after a tough bargaining fight that spanned most of the year. 

The frontline healthcare workers at AOMC mobilized like never before, holding rallies, press conferences, signing petitions, and delivering hand-written postcards to management explaining the importance of better working conditions and staffing. 

Highlights of the new contract include:

• Raises each year over the life of the contract
• Improved language around mandatory overtime, including more protections for workers and increased pay for mandated workers, and agreement for continued joint labor/management discussion to improve mandatory overtime regulations even further
• Increased hours for part-time workers
• Strengthened grievance and arbitration language