Thursday, February 4, 2010

Dear CSEA Monroe County Part-Time Unit Member,


It has been a long hard road in our struggle to get a fair contract for Part-Time Workers in Monroe County. The Union declared Impasse in the negotiations last year and currently we are going the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) Impasse procedure. PERB has appointed PERB Regional Director Gregory Poland as the mediator in the negotiations between the CSEA PT Unit and Monroe County. The process is painfully slow and the next Impasse Mediation session is scheduled for March 18, 2010.

The County has taken a very belligerent stand in these negotiations and has not even considered extending rights and benefits enjoyed by some other Monroe County Part-Time Employees. Despite the county’s obstinate negotiation stance, your union negotiation team continues to pursue our reasonable goals with tenacity. We will not give up and we will fight on until we prevail.

In other developments, the Union made a legitimate request to the County asking them to provide notice to the Union anytime a Member of the CSEA Part-Time Unit receives a disciplinary action of any kind. The County flatly refused to share this information. If you or other members of the Part-Time Unit receive a disciplinary action, please contact the Union Office at (585) 328-5250 as soon as possible. Due to the short time frame available to us to file a grievance, please don’t delay notifying the union by even a day.

As you see by the attached notice we have scheduled a CSEA Part-Time Unit Membership Meeting. This would be an excellent opportunity to get your questions answered and other information.


Sincerely,

Don Wallace,
President of the CSEA Monroe County Part-Time Unit

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