CCCS Contract Ratified!! 2016-01-11
Monday, January 11, 2016
Dear Sisters and Brothers,
We have, after many months of negotiating, agreed to and signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for the Citrus Combined Cycle Site (CCCS). The MOA will be released in its electronic version as soon as the parties are able to finish compiling the MOA language into a formatted and easy to read final product.
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2016 Annual Benefits Enrollment
Dear Sisters and Brothers,
I received information from the Company today that there are still many bargaining unit employees who have not signed up for their 2016 benefits. If you miss signing up during the annual benefits enrollment period, you will receive the default benefits. Part of the default benefits menu is that you will not get the non-tobacco user (NTU) reduction.
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2015-16 Wage & Benefits Re-opener Ratified!
Brothers and Sisters,
Tonight membership voted to ratify the 2015-16 re-opener for wages and benefits. This agreement secures a 3% general wage increase that will be effective on December 7th, 2015 through December 4th, 2016.
I would like to say thank you to all of the members that took the time out of their busy schedules to come out and vote their voice on the issue.
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2015-2016 Wage & Benefits Re-opener Ratification Vote Date
Sisters and Brothers,
Please be advised that the Wage & Benefits Re-opener proposal ratification vote date will be on Thursday, November 12th, 2015. We will post further information detailing the specific times and locations for the individual Local Unions as soon as those can be determined.
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2015-2016 Wage & Benefits Re-opener Proposal
2015-2016 Wage & Benefits Re-opener Proposal
Dear Sisters and Brothers,
The Union and the Company have negotiated a final wage proposal for the 2015 contract re-opener. Duke Energy Florida presented a last best offer which, if ratified, would be effective from December 7, 2015 to December 4, 2016.
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Hines Contract Negotiations Begin
Today was the first day of the 2014 Hines Contract Negotiations process. Local Union 626.1 will be meeting with the goal of negotiating a contract that is fair to the hard working IBEW Union employees at the Hines Energy Complex. Please show your strong support for your fellow Brothers and Sisters working under our Hines contract. More will be posted as we progress through this process.
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Union Contract Ratified
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
The Contract has been ratified by the membership. I would like to thank all the members that took the time to come out and vote. Many thanks to all of you for your unified support while we were at the table. Thank you to the Local Union officers and members who manned the polling sites.
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Contract Vote is Today
Good Morning Brothers and Sister;
This picture was taken at 07:00 on Friday, February 28, 2014, the morning of our System-wide Contract ratification vote. The parking lot at the System Council office was full, including overflow parking on the side and rear of the property.
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 Voting Day 2014.JPG
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Contract Overview - Power Point
Brothers and Sisters,
Please see the attached Power Point presentation with an abbreviated overview of the proposed language for our new contract. The Full document with all the changes is already posted on this web site. We will be adding a separate document to our web site with the proposed wage increases for 2014 and 2015.
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 Contract Power Point Presentation.pdf
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Proposed Contract Language
Please see the attached document which contains some of the new proposed contract language changes. Additional documents and information will be posted in the coming days along with the dates, times and locations for upcoming information meetings. Please check back with us on a regular basis for the most current information.
Please continue to work in a safe and professional manner.
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Clean Copy - Contract language to be voted on.pdf
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Negotiations Close to Conclusion
Brothers and Sisters,
On Tuesday night (2-11-2014) at approximately 22:00, the Company presented the Union with their final package in an attempt to conclude our 4 month negotiation process. Your Union Committee is verifying the "details" of the agreement at this time and is hopeful a final package can be sent to our members on Wednesday afternoon.
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Negotiations
1-22-2014
Brothers and Sisters:
The purpose of this communication is to reiterate the message that has been communicated to the members at our regular Union meetings. The following is a brief outline of our negotiation process and the current status of our negotiations with Duke Energy here in Florida.
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Duke Terminates Union Contract
My Fellow Brothers & Sisters;
Sixteen months ago Duke bought Progress Energy. On December 5, 2013 Duke sent the Union a letter containing official notification of the Company's intent to Terminate our contract. Our existing Contract will terminate at 23:59 on February 3, 2014 unless the parties reach an agreement for a new contract.
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Duke Termination of Contract Letter.pdf
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Contract Extension Agreement
Brothers and Sisters,
The Union and the Company have mutually extended the February 3rd contract deadline in an effort to allow ample time to continue our negotiations in a productive manner. The parties will continue to meet with the goal of obtaininig an agreement which can be recommended by your Union committee and ratified by the members.
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2013-2014 Wages Exhibit A.docx
