Dear Fellow Goddard Staff Union Members, There was a Bargaining Meeting between the GC Administration team and the GC Staff Union Bargaining team today. We thought it was important to update you on what the GC Administration team proposed to us as a cost-cutting plan to be effective as of July 1, 2013. The proposal from the GC Administration was as follows: Proposed cost-cutting plan as of July 1, … Continue reading
Dear Fellow Goddard Staff Union Members, There have been 3 Bargaining Meetings between the CG Administration team and the GC Staff Union Bargaining team since our last update to you. On April 15 – The meeting centered on the topic of “ground rules”, and the meeting was not particularly productive, except that the Staff Union Team would not agree to what amounted to a “truce” (Administration’s term) and … Continue reading
Dear Fellow Goddard Staff Union Members, We want to let you know of positive steps forward: the Administration has notified supervisors that “for the time being” staff who spend time “directly in union negotiations” will be paid for that time. This not only means that the Bargaining Team members (including hourly /temp employees) will be paid or get release time for their efforts in the negotiation of the … Continue reading