MFused - Management Low Balled us on Wages
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MFused
Management Low Balled us on Wages
Our Union Bargaining Team met with Management on Tuesday, August 8 to continue negotiations. After over 3 months of meetings, Management finally gave us their economic proposals. They did nothing in their proposals to address equity pay, cost of living, and inflation in the city. In Seattle, while inflation is at 5.0%, they are only offering 3.0% wage increases. We know that pay rates are unequal and are currently all over the place for any given position and that needs to be fixed.
Lastly, Management outright rejected our proposal to separate vacation and sick time and countered with only 2-3 additional PTO days. They are proposing that 2 weeks total for sick and vacation time is more than enough for us all.
In the next few sessions, our Team will have to start making difficult decisions about our wages, benefits and working conditions that will last for years. We need your input before our next session on Tuesday, August 29!
