The FT bargaining team has released its latest update from the table, which you can read in its entirety on the college full time support site here
The team will be holding two online Town Hall meetings tomorrow (Thursday July 10) at 12 noon and 5 PM to discuss the proceedings and update members. If you are able to attend, you must register in advance using one of the links provided by the team.
Thursday July 10 – 12 noon – Register
Thursday July 10 – 5PM – Register
The following is an excerpt from the bargaining team’s update:
On Monday, June 23rd we held our first-ever Bargaining Town Hall – with more than 850 members joining us off the top! We heard loud and clear that attacks on our job security, vacation time, and personal time are unacceptable.
The concessions that the employer is pushing are an attempt to disorganize our membership. They will not only erode hard-fought wins from over the years, but will also make it easier to walk Full-Time Support Staff out the door to fulfill future cuts through lay-offs.
The workers who keep the lights on and power our colleges shouldn’t be the ones paying the price for bad decisions at the top. And if the employer’s strategy to push through these concessions doesn’t work, they might try to give us the illusion of a hollow victory by pulling them off the table and forcing a bad deal.
We’ve made it very clear that we’re not going backwards. And we aren’t going to take any sort of deal that takes us in that direction.
If we don’t see an offer that takes our workforce forward and protects us in precarious times, we will have to use all the tools available to us – including calling for a strike mandate vote.
We’ll be talking through what that decision looks like at our next Bargaining Town Hall on Thursday, July 10th.
