At our February RA meeting:
Lew Button (Staff Attorney 3 at SOTS) was nominated and accepted as our new Chief Negotiator.
and
Nicole Godburn (Principal Cost Analyst at DSS) was nominated and accepted as our new A&R Secretary.
Congratulations to both.
Also...the next Telecommuting meeting with the State is scheduled for Feb. 22. There is an arbitration date set for March 27 if an agreement is not reached by that time.
A&R was hopeful that impact bargaining with the State could be completed earlier this week as it relates to the newly unionized managers. Most of the items under discussion were resolved, however, retroactive compensation become an issue that the two sides could not agree upon and resolution was not reached. This is slated for arbitration on Mar. 5th.