The Civil Service Employees Association, Inc. Local 1000, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO W e s t c h e s t e r   C o u n t y   E m p l o y e e s   U n i o n - Unit 9200 Jack McPhillips, President

Contract Negotiations Update Published in our Dec 2007 Newsletter

The CSEA Unit 9200 Negotiation Team met with the County negotiator Mike Wittenberg on Nov 1 and Nov 30, 2007.

Nov 1, 2007:    During that day, several sessions with Wittenberg were held in which the County made some effort to negotiate. 
During the Nov 1 sessions, it was mutually agreed that Anthony Zumbolo (from PERB) would be our appointed mediator and a letter requesting his assignment by the NYS Public Employee Relations Board (PERB) was sent.  This letter is on our Contracts Update page of the www.csea9200.com web (as a pdf file).   We are currently waiting for the appointment and subsequent meeting dates to be established with all parties.
Unfortunately, the County is still adamant in suggesting that your CSEA Team accept what was previously rejected and that does not approach the package needed to bring about an agreement.  It was stated to Wittenberg that we cannot accept now what was previously rejected as unacceptable.  Wittenberg proposed a 2 year agreement for 2006 and 2007 and a commitment to continue negotiations for another successor agreement past 2007.  Wittenberg said that all employees would be required to participate in a Wellness Promotion Health Survey/Guidance program.
At another point in the day, Wittenberg proposed a 3 year agreement ending Dec 31, 2008.  This was outlined later on Nov 1 to our President and to our Labor Relations Specialist Larry Sparber.  

Nov 30, 2007: Your Negotiation Team insisted that we meet and see the presentation from the One Care Street staff before any of the Health Care Survey/Guidance is even considered. In addition, the County will meet with and discuss the Canadian Prescription Drug program proposed LAST YEAR BY THE UNION to the County as a means of saving money which in turn would allow more funds for our raises. Your Team internally discussed that IF the Health Care Survey/Guidance program is mandated, that all policies would be from a Joint Labor/Management Committee and not from only County policies.  It was also stated to Wittenberg that all union proposals made on Feb 17, 2006 ARE STILL IN PLAY should the County actually come back with a new counter proposal that is amenable to us.

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