Week of March 24th Update
Overall, there were many positive moves at the table this week, including a comprehensive counter-proposal from management that moves in the right direction on vacation time, sick days, and health benefits.
However, management would not agree to standalone tentative agreements for these parts of the package, nor have they moved close enough to us on wages. Management still maintains paltry across the board increases of just 1% annually. That’s not enough to keep up with the cost of living, nor is it enough to cover our union dues at 1.74%. Your bargaining team is committed to securing meaningful wage increases for all our members, but it will take all of us to demonstrate our collective power.
Now is the time to show management where you stand. Please turn out to our Art Action from 12-1 PM in front of the Academy on Friday, April 4 to say loudly and clearly that we all deserve a fair contract and to be paid what we are worth. More details and RSVP here.
Below are the hyperlinks to the various counters, TAs, as well as management’s comprehensive package:
CAWU Counters:
We also verbally resubmitted Governance and Financial Transparency. They immediately verbally rejected it.
Management Counters: (The comprehensive package has been segmented out to the corresponding folders.)
The end of their comprehensive proposal included: All previously agreed upon TAs and All other proposals are to be withdrawn.
Tentative Agreements from the entire week include
