March 12, 2009

RE-NEGOTIATION OF GENERAL GOVERNMENT CONTRACT RECESSES UNTIL LATER THIS MONTH

Renegotiation of the 2009-2011 General Government contract because of the tough economic times started Wednesday. After more than 12 hours of hard bargaining, the negotiations recessed at about 10:30 Wednesday night. Talks will resume later this month.

A provision in the current contract allows discussion of full details only when final agreement is reached. But it is realistic to say the Federation’s General Government Bargaining Team went to the table to balance the sobering reality of a projected $8 billion budget deficit with protecting the integrity of the collective bargaining process.

We’ll let you know when the next bargaining date is.

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