Saturday, February 6, 2010

MEMBERSHIP MEETING - PLEASE ATTEND

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CSEA MONROE COUNTY PART-TIME UNIT


TIME: 5:00pm
PLACE: CSEA Rochester Satellite Office (off Winton Rd, behind the Winton Plaza)

Rochester Satellite Office
3495 Winton Place, Building E – Suite 3
Rochester, New York, 14623
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DATE: Wednesday March 3, 2010

** FOOD AND DRINK WILL BE PROVIDED**

Find out what is going on with your negotiations and get all your questions answered. Please make every effort to attend.

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

MEMBERSHIP MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT

CSEA MONROE COUNTY PART-TIME UNIT

TIME: 5:00pm
PLACE: CSEA Rochester Satellite Office (off Winton Rd, behind the Winton Plaza)

Rochester Satellite Office
3495 Winton Place, Building E – Suite 3
Rochester, New York, 14623

DATE: Wednesday March 3, 2010

** FOOD AND DRINK WILL BE PROVIDED**

Find out what is going on with your negotiations and get all your questions answered. Please make every effort to attend.

Monday, February 1, 2010

MONROE COUNTY PART-TIME EMPLOYEES DEMAND JUSTICE

It sneaks up on you like a virus, surfacing first in small symptoms -- an extra hour at work here, a weekend worked there. Then suddenly you've got it bad:

Schedule creep.

Schedule creep is the nasty tendency of work to expand beyond allotted hours and fill all available time, with no corresponding increase in your paycheck. It's a big problem for people on part-time schedules in particular, who often find themselves working 100% time for 75% or 80% pay. Worse yet, part-timers are often sidetracked in their careers, on the assumption they aren't dedicated to their jobs.


Signs that your employer's part-time policy is flawed
- Only 3% or fewer of all employees work part- time
- Mostly women work part-time
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Part-timers work full-time for part-time pay
- Part-timers get assignments full-timers don't want
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Part-timers quit at higher rates
Source: The Project for Attorney Retention

Is this an issue in Monroe County: YES IT IS!!

Monroe County Part-Time Employees

This is the new CSEA Monroe County Part-Time Unit Blog. Check back frequently for updates on negotiations and other issues of importance.