3. YOUR CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS

We from FIGHTING FOR THE FUTURE SLATE understand that there are many entities that make up our Union. All of our contracts are different. For example the City of Chicago, CTA, IDOT, Tollway, Cook County Highway, Oak Forest Public Works, Midlothian Police, Calumet City Dispatchers, Oak Forest Hospital, Palos Heights City Public Works, Brookfield Zoo, Cook County Forest Preserves, UIC just to name a few. The present Executive Board’s practice has been not to involve you as Members in your negotiations of your contracts. Our Slate will involve you in every aspect of your contract. One way is by letting you pick Delegates from each of your yards to represent you and your concerns, issues, needs and wants. After getting a proposal together for you, we will then have your Delegates come back to you and explain it, set up a contract meeting and vote on it. After negotiations with Management we will then get all the Delegates together, supply them with copies of what was proposed for your contract and then have another contract meeting to vote on. We do not care if it takes us one meeting or 50 with our Members to negotiate a contract that you want and that is best for you and for our membership. In doing this you will be assured that your voices will be heard. We will also hire the best Labor Attorney that knows how to negotiate contracts not like our present Attorney. We understand that there is give and take in negotiations but it is time to stop all the giving and start taking for our futures.