{"id":2548,"date":"2025-11-02T16:27:46","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T21:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/locals.ueunion.org\/ue228\/?p=2548"},"modified":"2025-11-02T16:29:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T21:29:05","slug":"strike-to-end-union-busting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/locals.ueunion.org\/ue228\/2025\/11\/02\/strike-to-end-union-busting\/","title":{"rendered":"STRIKE TO END UNION BUSTING!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Yesterday, November 1st, UE 228 members resoundingly voted down LDRM’s so-called “Last, Best, & Final” Offer. Members then authorized a strike action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We voted down the offer because it did not include a return to work for our Chief Steward Shane and didn\u2019t include any meaningful changes to telework. That\u2019s unacceptable. Because LDRM declared this was their “Final” offer, we’ve been forced to take decisive action to get them back to the table to reach a fair deal. On Wednesday at 9:30 a.m., we will commence a twenty-four hour warning strike<\/strong>. UE 728 also rejected the offer and will be heading out at the same time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We didn\u2019t want to strike, but LDRM simply didn\u2019t take our core demands seriously. We are going on strike for two primary reasons:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. We need meaningful progress on telework.<\/strong> LDRM offered us a couple small tweaks to the Situational Telework policy\u2013that theoretically make it slightly<\/em> more difficult for management to deny your reasonable request to work remotely\u2013and then promised to continue negotiations on situational<\/em> telework only after the rest of our contract was settled. Earlier this year, LDRM repeatedly failed to bargain in good faith over changes to telework, so their promise doesn\u2019t mean much on its own. LDRM must do better than a telework policy that works only for them and not for us.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Union Busting at the NVC and the KCC must end<\/strong>. LDRM has refused to bring Shane back to work at the NVC, or to offer a settlement for Tiffany, the illegally fired Chief Steward at KCC. If we allow the Program Manager to lie and say that \u201cthe Customer\u201d directed an employee to be fired\u2013absent any evidence\u2013then no one is safe. If union leaders can be fired based on made-up stories, how will we enforce our union contract? There are many excellent gains in LDRM\u2019s last offer, but they would mean nothing if the company can just keep ignoring our contract and then fire the key union leaders who push back. LDRM must bring Shane back to work immediately.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Organizers are working the phones already to notify members of our strike plans and to provide more specific details and instructions. For now, here’s what you need to know:<\/p>\n\n\n\n