LOCAL 207 ORGANIZER

OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF AFSCME LOCAL 207

313-965-1601, or 313-796-3376 Issue # 45, July 1, 2003 www.afscme207.com

AFSCME Presidents Agree to Put Contract Offer to Membership Vote

Every Member Should Vote NO!

The AFSCME Local Presidents have tentatively agreed to a terrible contract offer. It is barely better than the one we rejected last March by a 62% margin.

The majority of Presidents have once more caved in to AFSCME Council 25 President Al Garrett. Only Local 207’s John Riehl and Local 2920’s Emily Kunze, voted NO on the tentative agreement.. Now the members must unite and reject this latest insult from Kilpatrick. Voting arrangements will be announced soon. The vote is supposed to be finalized by July 18. Complete contract details will be distributed before then.

Here are the points in the T.A. which differ from the offer we rejected in March (other parts of the rejected contract would still apply):

§ 4-year contract (July 1, 2001 to July 1, 2005) with no retro on anything before July 1, 2003, and with the following base rate raises:

§ July 1, 2001: 0%

§ July 1, 2002: 0%

§ July 1, 2003: 2%

§ July 1, 2004: 2%

§ $400 one-time cash bonus (before taxes)

§ 18 more classifications (4 of which are in Water and PLD) to get 50¢ special adjustments on top of the July 1, 2003 raise.

Local 207 Membership Meeting

Thursday, July 10 – 5 PM – 600 W. Lafayette at Third

Other Important Upcoming Events

Stop Privatization and Contracting Out of Our Jobs!

► Public City Council Hearing on Contracting-Out of Water Dept. Jobs

Thursday, July 24 – 4:30 PM – City-County Building – 13^th Floor

► Picket and Attend Public Hearing on Minergy Corporation’s

New Attempt to Privatize Detroit’s Sewage Incineration

Tuesday, July 29 – 6:30 PM – Delray United Action Council Center

7914 W. Jefferson---Just east of West End (Springwells)