davemcsjr posted on June 22, 2011 02:57
NOTICE OF CONTRACT RATIFICATION MEETING
OPEIU Local 453 will hold a contract ratification meeting, starting at 5:00pm on Tuesday, June 28, 2011 in Conference Rooms 1-3 at 10 Park Plaza (State Transportation Building). All members of the bargaining unit are invited to attend this meeting to discuss the details of the proposed collective bargaining agreement, covering the period of July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2015, prior to calling for a vote.
Copies of the proposed agreement will be made available at the meeting.
The ratification vote by secret ballot will commence after discussion of the agreement and will continue until 8pm. The voting will then be closed and the ballots will be counted publicly at the meeting and the results of the vote announced.
In accordance with the Bylaws and Constitution of Local 453, a member can only vote if they have been in the bargaining unit for 30 days as of the date of the vote and must also be a regular member in good standing (good standing is the status assigned to a member of the Union when he or she has remained current on dues and initiation fees). In order to vote, you must be present at the ratification meeting. Any person in the bargaining unit who is an agency service fee member and has paid their agency service fee will also be permitted to vote. There will be no proxy voting. The Union will also have its most recent financial statements available I the form of a balance sheet for review showing income, expenses and other disbursements.
The proposed agreement continues the Local’s agency service fee provision, which is the same amount as union dues or ___ per month. If the agreement is ratified, the agency fee will require each bargaining unit member who elects NOT to join or maintain membership in the Union to pay to the Union the agency service fee as a condition of employment.
Any questions or concerns prior to the meeting can be directed to a member of the Executive Board