The most important aspect of union membership is the ability to negotiate a contract, which is a written guarantee backed by federal law, involving every aspect of your work life, including pay, insurance benefits, vacation and leave policies, hours of work and much more.
Your contract is a legally binding commitment that provides predictability, consistency and equity and takes the place of any arbitrary process management might attempt to implement. Download our current contract with TMH.
While the contract is in place, none of its terms, rights or benefits can be altered in any way by management for the life of the agreement.
The Process for Changing the Contract
When the agreement is set to expire, both parties are obligated to begin a process of renegotiating a new “successor” agreement. By law, during negotiation phase, the old contract stays in force even after it’s expiration date until a new successor agreement is reached and ratified by the union members.
All members have the right to nominate, vote for and elect members of the union negotiating committee. All members have the right to submit proposals for changes or additions to the contract. Once an agreement is reached, members vote to ratify the agreement.
Next re-negotiation of our contract will take place in the Fall of 2015. You can start submitting proposals now. Just type your proposals/ideas in Comment Box below.
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