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On Monday at 5:30pm there will be a public hearing on DWSD's plan to build a sludge dewatering and drying facility across the street from the Detroit Sewage Plant. This facility would be designed, built, operated and maintained by the N NEFCO Corporations for at least the next twenty years. Be there to say HELL NO!

We must make it clear that we will not let our jobs be privatized. Don't let the formal nature of the hearing or the technical jargon they throw around intimidate you. Don't let bought-off so-called community representatives that will be paraded out to support the project make us feel isolated. Don't let the presence of the recently imported DWSD big wigs silence you. All we have to remember is this: we will not let DWSD, our jobs and our city be sold off like so much scrap metal.

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AFSCME Local 207 Members Reject DWSD Contract Offer - 301 NO to 36 YES.

Thanks to All the Members.

• The 5 year contract would require Local 207 to withdraw our federal legal appeal of Judge Cox's orders and the 10% pay cut/CET (our appeal is at the 6th Circuit Federal Appeal Court in Cincinnati awaiting decision). NOTE: Local 207 was just granted hearing on April 30th with Michigan Employment Relations Commission on our charge that the imposition of the CET was an illegal! We now have a chance to get the CET overturned and win retro pay for the 10% cut!
• Management Could Reopen Contract on the Following Issues starting July 2013 (if there is no agreement in 30 days, Management allowed to impose changes):
  • Wages
  • Health Insurance (active and retired workers)
  • Pensions
  • Sick & Vacation Banks
  • Unemployment Compensation
  • Supplemental Unemployment Benefits
  • Workers Compensation, Shift and Location Preference
  • Shift Premium.
• Management would collect union dues.
• Tuition refund reinstated
• The 10% pay cut would be eliminated (no retro pay for money we lost).
• A $700 bonus would be paid to each member (minus taxes). Management would pay that when their payroll system could make it happen, no earlier than May.
• Shift Premiums restored to 0.70 afternoons, 0.75 night shift (Management may change this in reopener).
• There are no raises. Step increases would be at management's discretion.
• Health Insurance & Pension Formula: the same current concessions as under CET (Management may change this in contract reopener).
• Current workers must 5% of all your earnings to stay in Defined Benefit Pension Plan (Management may change this in contract reopener).
• New Defined Contribution Pension Plan for workers hired after contract is ratified:
  6% - DWSD contribution. Up to 3% voluntary employee contribution. Up to 3% DWSD matching or employee voluntary contribution. The CET Defined Contribution Plan has 5% DWSD contribution & 5% employee contribution.
• Retiree Optical & Dental Benefits restored (Management may change this in contract reopener).
• Out-of-Class: back to 2 consecutive, or 4 days in calendar month (but now Management has sole discretion over who is qualified).
• Judge Cox's Order Would Become Permanent, Including Management's Right To:
  • Contract our jobs without limitations
  • Change our classifications
  • Choose who to give overtime to
  • Grant promotions based on Management's discretion (regardless of seniority)
  • Assign anyone to 10 or 12 hour days
  • Eliminate past practices
  • Limit excused union time to grievance hearings & contract negotiations
  • Restrict meeting with steward to worker's and steward's breaks or after work
  • Maintain discipline on your record for 36 months (was 14 months).
• Mediation eliminated for resolving older grievances.
• Promotional trial period (probation) expanded from 3 months to 1 year.
• Shift and Location Preference no longer in effect for life of contract.

RUNOFF RESULTS:

President
John Riehl - 97
James Williams - 158 (Elected)

Vice-President
Michael Mulholland - 137 (Elected)
Willie Collins - 116

Secretary-Treasurer
Lekita Thomas - 145 (Elected)
Kendra Bridges - 106

Recording Secretary
Susan Ryan - 99
Keisha Ford - 152 (Elected)

Sergeant-at-Arms
Tanya Glover - 145 (Elected)
Michael Jimmerson - 102

Operators Unit Chair
Janice Dowdell - 34
Jujuan Moore - 40 (Elected)

Trustees
Marcel Coleman - 117 (Elected)
Allen Raybon - 85
Amber Strickland - 97
Edward Collins, Jr. - 111 (Elected)
Ken Gray - 108
Larry Carson - 117 (Elected)

Total Ballots Cast - 258
Spoiled Ballots - 2
Challenged Votes - 0

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