CONTRACTS(CBA)-COLLECTIVE

BARGAINING AGREEMENTS

Lets You Know Your Rights

Your Shop Stewards are your first and best source for information

More important than just having and reading a CBA, is understanding it, as well as understanding there are more to your rights as a UNION MEMBER, than stated in the CBA

WEINGARTEN RIGHTS

NEVER go before Management without representation (your steward or deligate)

Your CBA will tell you:

How and when to join the Union

Work rules and conditions

Rights and responsibilities of members as well as limitations of the employer

 Pay and raises for the lenght of you contract

Medical contributions for members and employer

Pension and Welfare contributions from the employer

Benefits such as: holiday pay, sick and/or personal day pay, vacation pay and in some instances severance pay

Seniority and what it means and how it is established

Protective clauses if any

Greivance and Arbitration Proccess

YOUR CBA AND CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TOOLS FOR ALL MEMBERS TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND 

INFORMATION IS OUR BEST WEAPON