1. Healthcare

PRESIDENT GEORGE MURPHY
FROM THE DESK OF
Players’ Fight to Unionize At
Northwestern Should Inspire Us All
Unionism is at a crossroads today. Arguably, with the growing wealth divide,
unions are more important than at any time since the Great Depression. Yet
the assault on unions by the wealthy and corporate elites, and by their paidfor political allies, has never been greater.
There’s a struggle by courageous athletes at
Northwestern University that shines a light on the forces at
play these days. After a landmark National Labor Relations
Board regional director’s ruling that allowed scholarship
football players to vote on unionization, an election was
held among the Northwestern players on April 25.
But the results are not
yet known, with the ballots
impounded pending a ruling on
the university’s challenge of the
vote to the full labor board in
Washington.
The university has vowed to
battle the players’ right to organize all the way to the Supreme
Court, aided of course by the
mighty National Collegiate
Athletic Assn. (NCAA), which
collects literally billions from TV
contracts and other sources that it
shares with the schools.
Like nearly all union drives,
this one was never about money
– at least from the players’ standpoint. Even though Northwestern, a private school in
the Chicago area, is in the football-powerhouse Big Ten
Conference, it’s known more for its academic reputation
than its success on the playing field.
Most Northwestern players don’t expect to land huge
NFL pro contracts or product endorsements. But they put
in long practice hours, and risk serious injuries, all for a
scholarship worth about $60,000. And their efforts bring
the university millions of dollars – some $235 million the
last 9 years.
Why did they seek to unionize? Led by former quarterback Kain Colter, players sought bargaining rights to
discuss issues like a reduction in demanding practice hours
to devote more attention to school work, and for health
insurance to cover injuries both during and after their college careers.
Former Notre Dame All-America wide receiver and
current major league baseball pitcher Jeff Samardzija summarized it well: “A lot of no-name kids have back surgeries
and neck surgeries and hip surgeries. Guys that you don’t
hear about. With all the money that is being produced it
would be nice to see if they did a little bit more to try to
help these guys in the long run.”
Sounds reasonable, right? But the Northwestern players’ drive was met by strong opposition – and the reason, I
firmly believe, was the “U word.”
They wanted to be union.
(You know the typical rightwing/employer response to that:
Unions mean third parties meddling in our affairs. They mean
strikes and turmoil. They’re a
thing of the past.)
Are unions still needed
today? Well the young athletes at
Northwestern and other schools
are catching on: they understand
that banding together for bargaining rights isn’t a thing of the past,
it’s thing for today and for the
future.
Are unions still needed? You
can draw a graph that shows the
gradual decline in union bargaining power the last 20 years
precisely matching the reduction in employer-paid health
coverage and pensions and the growing chasm between the
middle-class and super-rich.
Are unions still needed? Look at the work hours, vacations, wages, benefits, and grievance protections in your
own contract and ask yourself – were we given these things
out of the goodness of the employer’s heart? And don’t we
have to fight to keep them every time we bargain?
Yes, unions are at a crossroads as the union haters
gain political clout and attack us on all fronts. We need to
rebuild our movement. Let’s draw inspiration from those
kids at Northwestern University and join with them to
create a new generation of union builders to restore the
American middle class.
“Let’s draw inspiration
from those kids at
Northwestern University
and join with them to
create a new generation
of union builders to
restore the American
middle class.”
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GENERAL
MEMBERSHIP
MEETINGS
V o l u m e 6 ISSUE 1 Baltimore, MD
All meetings are held at the Towson
American Legion Post #22, Blue Room,
125 York Rd., Towson, Md., between
Susquehanna Ave. and Burke Ave. (The
driveway to the American Legion Post is
located directly next to the entrance to
Papa John’s.) Meetings begin at 7 p.m.
and will be held on the following dates:
July 16, 2014
October 15, 2014
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2014
Local 27 Negotiators
Fight to Protect Benefits
In a Big Bargaining Year
Rocky Gap Casino
Employees Join Growing Ranks
Of Gaming Industry Members
SE L BY V I L L E , D E
Note: Our office formerly in Millsboro,
DE, has relocated to 3 Mason Drive,
Selbyville, DE, 19975. Our
membership meetings will be held
at this new location beginning at
7 p.m. on the following dates:
July 22, 2014
October 21, 2014
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NE W AR K , D E
(Note: Meetings are at a new location.)
Meetings will be held at the Embassy
Suites-Newark, 654 S. College Ave.,
Newark, DE, 19713 beginning at 6:30
p.m. on the following dates:
July 21, 2014
October 20, 2014
Notice Regarding Member
Status Under Union
Security Agreements
Chartered in 1982 by the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, AFL-CIO
Cumberland, MD
All meetings are held at the Western
Maryland Central Labor Council,
52-154 North Mechanic St.,
Cumberland at 6:30 p.m. on the
following dates:
July 8, 2014
October 7, 2014
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2010
Maryland Live! Dealers
Cap Organizing Drive
With Solid 1st Contract
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George Murphy, Jr.
Eric W. Masten
P re s i de n t / e di tor
S e c re ta ry- T re a s u re r
Tim Goins
Bernadette Williams
E xe c u ti v e Vi c e P re s i de n t
R e c ordi n g S e c re ta ry
Vi c e P re s i de n ts
P os tm a s te r
Jason Chorpenning
Frances Davis
Michelle Eubank
Jim Freeman
Gary Gatewood
Donna Gray
Bill Hamilton
Tom Hipkins
Harry Manley, Jr.
Keven McAleer
Beverly Moyer
Fernando Natareno
Makeba Smith
Dawn Stammer
Angela Summers
Send address changes to
UFCW Local 27 Voice,
21 West Road, 2nd Floor, Baltimore, Maryland 21204-2304.
VOLUME 6 – ISSUE 1 – 2014
E D IT O R IA L O F F IC E S
UFCW Local 27, 21 West Road, 2nd Floor, Baltimore, MD 21204
(410) 337-2700 • WATS: 1-800-338-UFCW
www.ufcw27.org
Meeting the Health Care Challenge
LOCAL
VOICE
Local 27 Fights for Fair Contracts
In a Big Bargaining Year
A report from Local 27 President George Murphy
T
he past year has been a remarkably busy – and challenging –
collective bargaining season and we are dealing with more of
the same in the coming months.
While every employer and bargaining unit has its own unique issues and circumstances, each set of talks today is made more complicated by changes and uncertainties
related to health benefits under the new Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Questions about the impact of the ACA led to the first contract extension in over
20 years in our largest bargaining round last year with Giant and Safeway, covering
about 8,000 Local 27 members. The prospect of higher employer costs provoked the
employers to take a tough stance in demanding contract concessions.
Because of Local 27 members’ active support of the bargaining team, our union
together with UFCW Local 400 in the D.C. area finally reached an agreement fully
protecting health coverage as well as retirement security, and providing significant wage
Each one of those negotiations presents its
own challenges, and each one is vitally
important to the members involved
and to our local’s officers and staff.
George Murphy
Local 27 President
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increases, which was overwhelmingly ratified in mid-
achieved first contracts at Maryland Live and Rocky Gap
December. The contract was widely considered a model
casinos and a new settlement at Hollywood Casino that
for the retail food industry nationwide.
rival any in the country.
We faced similar issues at Acme and Shop Rite in
Delaware and Pennsylvania, where we also were able to
protect our benefit packages and improve living standards in new settlements.
We also had to fight for our benefits in negotiations
at major meat processors on the Eastern Shore (see story
page 7) as well at any number of other bargaining units
where contracts expired in recent months.
As reported on pages 5 and 6, Local 27 is represent-
Yes 2013 was a huge bargaining year in terms of
the numbers of members affected, but in fact Local 27
LOCAL
VOICE
Giant and Safeway workers leafleted in front
of stores in support of a fair settlement
is negotiating for our members every single day of every
year – and we’re at the bargaining table right now with
more than two dozen employers.
Each one of those negotiations presents its own
challenges, and each one is vitally important to the
members involved and to our local’s officers and staff.
ing a whole new industry in Maryland, casino gambling.
And in every case, the one key ingredient to success
Through the outstanding support of members and hard
is always the activism and support of our individual
work of all union staff involved in these campaigns, we
members.
Shop Rite members at contract
explanation meeting where
they overwhelmingly ratified
their new settlement.
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Rocky Gap Casino Resort Employees
Win Representation and Strong 1st Pact
The more than 400 employees of Rocky Gap Casino Resort in Cumberland, Md.,
parlayed their successful organizing drive last May into a first contract with solid
wage-benefit gains and job protections.
VOICE
Those who had worked for the facility prior to its sale
significant wage increases, plus a $3 per day meal allow-
wage cuts and freezes. When they got a chance to opt for
ance and, for all tipped employees, a stipend rate of $9
Local 27 representation just as casino operations were
per hour for all paid time off.
set to open at the newly refurbished resort they flocked to
sign up.
“More than 80 percent of the unit signed authorization
cards in just the first five days of the drive,” said Jason
LOCAL
The new agreement included a signing bonus and
to Lakes Entertainment in 2012 had endured years of
An important provision for table game dealers is a tip
committee to govern distribution of tips, and agreement
to include employees on paid leave in the dealer tip pool.
Other highlights of the package include health cover-
Chorpenning, Executive Assistant to Local President
age under the same program provided to management,
George Murphy. “People in this area have unions in their
an employer-matched 401(k) retirement plan, grievance
blood and they know what it means to have bargaining
procedure with binding arbitration, seniority and schedul-
rights.”
ing protections, along with other improvements.
Chorpenning and Local 27 Organizing Director Gary
Gatewood led the sign-up effort with assistance from a
The contract runs for six years with a wage and benefit
reopener after three years.
cadre of union business agents and organizers. The local
“This agreement lifts the economic and job security of
was certified as bargaining representative following a card
these workers and their families and it’s also a big boost
count under a neutrality and recognition process negoti-
for the entire community,” Local 27 President George
ated with the state for gaming facilities.
Murphy stated.
The agreement, ratified overwhelmingly last fall, cov-
Murphy cited reports by Allegany County officials that
ers all departments at the resort, which includes table
Rocky Gap and its new casino offerings helped spur a
gaming and slots, a 200-room hotel, spa services, sev-
jump in tourism in Western Maryland last year, and he
eral dining facilities and a Jack Nicklaus signature golf
noted that the resort is hiring more employees for a new
course.
conference facility that it recently unveiled.
Rocky Gap organizing activists and their families are
shown at a Local 27 Members Appreciation Day cookout.
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The first contract for Maryland Live! Casino table dealers delivered an array of
VOICE
Maryland Live! Dealers Win
Pay, Benefit, Security Gains
LOCAL
Maryland Live! shop stewards are shown at their first
training session with Local 27 staff at union headquarters.
improvements in pay, benefits, job security and working conditions for the growing
unit of approximately 1,000.
The agreement was the payoff for a unionization drive
The employees are now covered by the same health
a year ago when table gaming was added to the slots and
benefits plan as management employees and they also have
electronic gaming action at Maryland Live! – the nation’s
access, along with their dependents, to the casino’s onsite
3rd largest casino, located at Arundel Mills Mall.
health and wellness center, staffed by doctors and nurses
Local 27 also represents the 300 electronic gaming
employees, who organized last year.
The 9-year agreement, with wage and benefit reopeners slated every three years, provided bonuses plus major
wage increases for 2014 and 2015 as well as merit raises that
could deliver substantial gains based on job evaluations,
reported Jason Chorpenning, Executive Assistant to Local
President George Murphy.
Chorpenning headed the bargaining effort along with
members of a rank-and-file committee.
The dealers count on pooled tips for a substantial por-
who provide a full range of medical services.
Other highlights include a 401(k) retirement plan
with 50 percent company match, fully paid life insurance
and disability benefits, grievance procedure with binding
arbitration, a seniority system governing scheduling, job
bidding and other job conditions, and more.
Most of the table dealers won their jobs after undergoing an intense 12-week training and selection process,
which they undertook with no compensation. “That tells
you a lot about the competition for good jobs in our region
and around the country,” President Murphy commented.
The dealers organized very quickly last spring with the
tion of their income, and the new contract established a
help of a “labor peace agreement” and a majority card check
tips committee to oversee the distribution of tips. Following
recognition process that Local 27 Executive Vice President
ratification, the employees voted to allow workers on paid
Tim Goins negotiated with the state after voters approved
leave to participate in the tip pool.
casino gaming in Maryland.
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LOCAL
VOICE
Settlements Bring Pay and Benefit Gains To Delaware Processing Employees
In addition to a busy bargaining season for retail grocery members at Giant and Safeway – as well as ongoing
talks for Acme employees on the Eastern Shore – staff at
Local 27’s Millsboro, Del. office also have handled tough
negotiations with several Delaware meat and poultry processors in recent months.
Every set of talks was made more challenging because
of changes and questions surrounding implementation
of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), according to Local 27
Secretary-Treasurer Eric Masten. “However, with the
determination and the unwavering support of our membership, we successfully negotiated the following settlements:”
n Ralph and Paul Adams Inc. (RAPA) of Bridgeville, Del.
employs some 30 Local 27 members who produce
scrapple and other products. They overwhelmingly
ratified a new 5-year agreement that boosts wages by
$1.80 per hour over term and provides overall gains
in health and welfare benefits as well as contract language improvements.
n The approximately 1,000 members at Mountaire
Farms of Delmarva in Selbyville, Del., a poultry pro-
ducer, resoundingly approved a new 5-year agreement
calling for wage increases of $1.25 per hour over term
along with overall improvements in health and welfare
benefits.
n At Allen Harim Foods, a poultry producer in Harbeson,
Del., the approximately 600 members won a new
agreement calling for hourly wage hikes of $1.25 over
the 5-year term, overall health and welfare improvements and improved contract language. The employer
also agreed to cover the administrative costs of payroll
deduction for additional voluntary health coverage.
Members ratified the new contract overwhelmingly.
n K & H Provision Company Inc. (Kirby and Holloway) of
Harrington, Del. produces scrapple and sausage products and employs about 20 Local 27 members. They
overwhelmingly approved a new 5-year agreement that
raises pay by $1.60 per hour and calls for a substantial
stipend in lieu of employer-sponsored health and welfare benefits.
The Millsboro, Del. office handles bargaining and daily
representation for more than 5,000 Local 27 members
altogether.
Local 27 Hosts Unionists from Belarus
Local 27 officials were pleased to host a visiting group of union leaders from the Republic of Belarus last year, who
were in the U.S. for a study of “Best Practices of American Trade Unions.” After a discussion of how Local 27 operates in the areas of servicing, organizing and collective bargaining, the group visited the Spectera facility in Dundalk,
Md., for a tour led by Executive Board Vice President Angela Summers, Business Agent Mike Nelson and a Spectera
management team. Shown here with the Belarus delegation are Executive Assistant to the President Tom Hipkins (3rd
from left) and retired Executive Vice President Bruce Drasal (2nd from right).
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AROUND THE TOWNS
RETIREES
Maryland Live Casino: Zina
Gross (shown at right).
Maryland Jockey Club: Tammy L. Batt,
Michael Cherowitzo, Russell Gilliam, Robert
Quietmeyer, James Wilson.
Associated Administrators: In honor of our
friend Pat Brookhart, Local 27 offers our sincere and
heartfelt condolences to the Brookhart family and all
those at Associated Administrators on their loss.
A&P/Super Fresh: Nancy Caraker, Margaret
McDaniel, Harry Northcraft, Michael Sharp.
Maryland Jockey Club: Joseph Barbour,
Elizabeth Berardi, Robert Carres, Arthur Dohler, Irene
Ecker, Francis Kelly, David Lyons, Amaryllis Marino,
Phyllis Marx, Jean O’Conner, Michael Ryan Jr., Janet
Saumell, Beverly Westcott, Richard Yarup.
T h e m e
P a r k
Safeway: Ray Frazier, Velma
Parks, Linda Powell on the loss of her Mother Willie
Hardy-Hill.
UFCW Local 27: Patty Gray on the loss of her
Father in-law Raymond Carroll Gray.
CONGRATULATIONS
UFCW Local 27: Dues
Representative Chris Greene on her
son John Honeycutt’s scholarship
to Saint Francis University. John,
who also works at Giant #2304, was
recruited by Saint Francis’s Division
1 football program for his outstanding performance as a linebacker at
Perry Hall High School (see photo).
D i s c o u n t
LOCAL
IN MEMORIAM
VOICE
Rosecroft: Harold Duffy
T i c k e t s
Once again this year, Local 27 has negotiated discount ticket pricing for members and their
families at several popular theme parks around our region.
All tickets are available as “E-tickets” which members may print out from the local’s website –
www.ufcw27.org. Please follow this procedure: First, to obtain a discount code, call the local office
at 410-337-2700 and press “0” for operator. Then go to the website for pricing information and have
your discount code ready when you order tickets and print them out.
Discount tickets are available for these attractions:
Six Flags America • Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom • Dutch Wonderdland
Hershey Park • Kings Dominion
Issue 1, 2013
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Notice to Employees in UFCW 27 Bargaining Units
Who Are Covered By Union Security Agreements
LOCAL
VOICE
Calendar Year 2014
The National Labor Relations Act and the laws in
some States permit employers and unions to include in their
collective bargaining agreements union security clauses to
require employees to become and remain members of the
union as a condition of employment. Under federal law,
employees may satisfy a union security obligation either by
joining a union, with the full rights and benefits of union
membership, or, instead, by electing financial core status.
Employees who are members of UFCW 27 pay dues on a
weekly or monthly basis, and their dues are set by democratic actions of the members. Employees in most UCFW 27
bargaining units who do not become members of UFCW 27
also must support collective bargaining and representation
services by routine payment of a financial core fee. The
financial core fee excludes expenses that are not related to
collective bargaining.
Employees who choose not to become members of
UFCW 27, but, instead, who elect financial core status,
are not entitled to union-member only benefits that are
available only to UFCW 27 members. Among the benefits
that are available only to UFCW 27 members are: the right
to attend and participate in Union meetings; the right to
nominate and vote for candidates for Union office; the right
to run for Union office; the right to be selected to serve as a
Union Shop Steward or as a bargaining committee member;
the right to participate in contract ratification and strike
votes; and the right to participate in the development of
Union policy. Nonmembers also do not enjoy access to discount admission tickets for amusement parks and sporting
events and to participate in the Union Privilege Discount
Program.
The amount of the financial core fee is based on an
annual allocation between chargeable and non-chargeable
expenses of the Union, and the dues and assessments uniformly required of full members of UFCW 27. Employees
who are covered by the Local Union’s union security agreements may request a copy of the Union’s Independent
Auditor’s Report on the annual allocation of chargeable
and non-chargeable expenses. Employees who decide to
be financial core fee payers and object to supporting Union
activities that are not related to collective bargaining may
choose to disagree with the allocations made by the Union
as reflected in the Report. Any dispute about the allocation
of expenses or the amount of the financial core free will be
determined in a binding arbitration administered under the
auspices of the American Arbitration Association, under
the Association’s Rules for Impartial Determination of
Union Fees.
Examples of kinds of expenses that may be charged to
nonmembers are negotiating, enforcing and administering collective bargaining agreements; meetings between
employer and Union representatives; grievance proceed-
ings including arbitration; and Union administration and
management. Examples of some expenses that may not be
charged to nonmembers are support of political candidates
and ballot questions; general community service; lobbying
and legislation on measures that are not related to terms
and conditions of employment; the affiliation of UFCW 27
with certain other organizations; and members-only benefits.
We ask you to carefully consider the decided benefits
of full membership in UFCW 27, as opposed to financial
core payment, or financial core/Beck objector status. From
our experience, there is a correspondence between union
representation and higher standards of living, and due to
the UFCW=s ability to organize companies that are competitors in the market. Non-Union competition that is
based on lower wages and substandard working conditions,
particularly in the industry in which union represented
workers are employed, can harm the standards of living that
the Union has worked so hard to establish. We believe that
without concerted action, the good jobs and high wages of
all union members and employees in our Region would be
threatened.
The success of union action is supported by the numbers of union members that we can count upon. Organizing
and political action mean dollars in your paycheck and
makes sense for your future. We lobby government executives and legislators to secure more favorable working conditions, and to support the industries in which our members
work.
Where there is a union security agreement, when a
covered worker chooses not to be a member of UFCW 27,
and, instead, selects only financial core status, the worker
still is obligated routinely pay fees to support collective
bargaining and representation activities of UFCW 27. The
next fiscal year for union security administration, based
on the reported chargeable amount, shall begin on July 1,
2014.
The address to contact UFC W 27 for more information about union security rules; for a copy of the
Independent Auditor’s Report; to elect union membership
or financial core status; or file a financial core objection is:
Union Security Administrator
United Food & Commercial Workers Union, Local 27
21 West Road
Towson, Maryland 21204-2325
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Aviso a los Empleados en las Unidades de Negociación de UFCW
27 Que están Cubiertos Por Acuerdos de Seguridad de la Unión
Issue 1, 2014
Ejemplos de tipos de gastos que se pueden cobrar a
los no-miembros son las negociaciones, cumplimiento y
administración de los convenios colectivos; reuniones entre
el empleador y los representantes de la Unión; procedimientos de quejas incluyendo el arbitraje; y la administración y
gestión de la Unión. Ejemplos de algunos gastos que no se
pueden cobrar a los no miembros son el apoyo a los candidatos políticos y preguntas del referéndum; servicios generales
de la comunidad; el cabildeo y la legislación de medidas que
no están relacionadas a los términos y condiciones de empleo;
la afiliación de UFCW 27 con algunas otras organizaciones; y
los beneficios determinados sólo para los miembros.
Le pedimos que considere cuidadosamente los beneficios
de ser un miembro en pleno de la UFCW 27, en comparación con el pago de cuota básica financiera, o la condición de
objetor básico/Beck financiero. En nuestra experiencia, hay
una correlación entre la representación de la unión y mejores
niveles de vida, y debido a la capacidad de la UFCW para
organizar empresas competidoras en el mercado. La competencia sin sindicalización que está basada en salarios bajos y
condiciones de trabajo deficientes, sobre todo en la industria
en la que los trabajadores representados por la Unión laboran, puede dañar el nivel de vida que la Unión ha trabajado
arduamente para establecer. Creemos que sin una acción
concertada, los buenos puestos de trabajo y los salarios altos
de todos los miembros de la unión y empleados de nuestra
Región pueden verse amenazados.
El éxito de la acción de la unión se basa en el número
de miembros con los que podamos contar. La organización y
la acción política significan dólares en su paga y hace sentido
para su futuro. Presionamos a los ejecutivos del gobierno y
legisladores para asegurar unas condiciones de trabajo más
favorables, y para apoyar a las industrias en las que nuestros
miembros trabajan.
Donde hay un acuerdo de seguridad de la unión, cuando
un trabajador cubierto escoge no ser un miembro de la
UFCW 27, y, en cambio, sólo selecciona el estado financiero
básico, el trabajador sigue obligado a pagar rutinariamente
cuotas para apoyar la negociación colectiva y las actividades
de representación de la UFCW 27. El próximo año fiscal para
la administración de la seguridad de la Unión, basado en la
cantidad exigible reportada, comenzará el 1 de julio del 2014.
La dirección para contactar a la UFCW 27 para
obtener más información sobre las reglas de seguridad de
la unión; para obtener una copia del Informe del Auditor
Independiente; para elegir ser miembro de la unión o el
estado básico financiero; o presentar una objeción a un estado
básico financiero es:
Union Security Administrator
United Food & Commercial Workers Union, Local 27
21 West Road, 2nd Floor
Towson, Maryland 21204-2325
LOCAL
La Ley Nacional de Relaciones del Trabajo y las leyes en
algunos Estados permiten que los empleadores y las uniones
incluyan en sus convenios colectivos cláusulas de seguridad
de la unión para exigir a los empleados a ser y seguir siendo
miembros de la unión como condición de empleo. Bajo la
ley federal, los empleados pueden satisfacer la obligación de
seguridad de la unión, ya sea por pertenecer a una unión, con
todos los derechos y beneficios de la membresía a la unión, o,
en cambio, con la elección de estado básico financiero. Los
empleados que son miembros de la UFCW 27 pagan cuotas
semanal o mensualmente, y sus cuotas son establecidas por
las acciones democráticas de los miembros. Los empleados
en la mayoría de las unidades de negociación de UFCW 27
que no se convierten en miembros de la UFCW 27 también
deben apoyar los servicios de negociación y de representación
colectiva mediante el pago de una tasa de cuota financiera.
La cuota básica financiera excluye los gastos que no estén
relacionados con la negociación colectiva.
Los empleados que opten por no ser miembros de la
UFCW 27, pero, en cambio, eligen el estado financiero
básico, no tienen derecho a los beneficios disponibles sólo
para los miembros de la UFCW 27. Entre los beneficios que
están disponibles sólo para los miembros de UFCW 27 se
encuentran: el derecho a asistir y participar en reuniones de
la Unión; el derecho a nominar y votar por los candidatos
a cargos de la Unión; el derecho a postularse a cargos de la
Unión; el derecho a ser elegido para servir como delegado
de la Unión o como miembro del comité de negociación; el
derecho a participar en la ratificación del contrato y de los
votos de huelga; y el derecho a participar en el desarrollo de
la política de la Unión. Los no miembros carecen de acceso a
descuento en boletos de admisión para los parques de diversiones, eventos deportivos y participar en el Programa de
Descuento Privilegiado de la Unión.
El importe de la tasa básica financiera se basa en una
asignación anual entre gastos facturables y no facturables
de la Unión, así como las cuotas y estimados requeridos
uniformente a los miembros en pleno de la UFCW 27. Los
empleados que están cubiertos por acuerdos de seguridad de
la Unión Local pueden solicitar una copia del informe de
los auditores independientes de la Unión sobre la asignación
anual de gastos facturables y no facturables. Los empleados
que decidan pagar cuotas básicas financieras y objetan apoyar
las actividades de la Unión que no estén relacionadas con
la negociación colectiva pueden optar por discrepar con las
asignaciones hechas por la Unión tal como se refleja en el
Informe. Toda controversia acerca de la asignación de gastos
o el importe de la cuota básica financiera será determinada
en un proceso de arbitraje vinculante administrado bajo las
protecciones de la Asociación Americana de Arbitraje, conforme a las Reglas para la Determinación Imparcial de Cuotas
de la Unión de la Asociación.
VOICE
Año Fiscal 2014
11
UFCW Local 27
21 West Road
Baltimore, MD 21204
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