We have a tenative contract

Hello to all the sisters and brothers of the bargaining unit.  As many of you probably know, we have a tenative agreement.  At 4:15 am March 4th, the negotiation team came to an agreement with the City of Duluth.  I do not have a hard copy at this time; however, we have a clear and percise definition of part-time and temp workers plus NO 4-day furloughs.  As soon as we have a clean copy of the agreement, we will be setting up site visits to let everyone know what is in it.  The vote date on this tenative agreement will be scheduled for March 17th (St. Patrick's Day) from 7:00am to 6:00 pm.

Every person in the City of Duluth Bargaining Unit should pat themselves on the back for the excellent work achieveing this agreement.  Our unit came together like never before and our solidarity is what brought the city back to the table and beat back all of the union busting laguage that was shoved at us.  We need to keep up the good work and build on our solidarity because we were only able to get a one year contract.  Three months from now, we will have to elect another negotiating team and start the process all over.

This round of negtiations proves our voice is strong ,loud, and a force to be reckoned with!  Stay strong and congratulations to everyone and I will  see you next Tuesday, the 9th, at our regular unti meeting.

Thanks again everyone,

Nick Economos

City of Duluth Bargaining Unit Chair