Week of March 24th Update
Overall, there were many positive moves at the table this week, including a comprehensive counter-proposal from management that moves in the right direction on vacation time, sick days, and health benefits.
However, management would not agree to standalone tentative agreements for these parts of the package, nor have they moved close enough to us on wages. Management still maintains paltry across the board increases of just 1% annually. That’s not enough to keep up with the cost of living, nor is it enough to cover our union dues at 1.74%. Your bargaining team is committed to securing meaningful wage increases for all our members, but it will take all of us to demonstrate our collective power.
Now is the time to show management where you stand. Please turn out to our Art Action from 12-1 PM in front of the Academy on Friday, April 4 to say loudly and clearly that we all deserve a fair contract and to be paid what we are worth. More details and RSVP here.
Below are the hyperlinks to the various counters, TAs, as well as management’s comprehensive package:
CAWU Counters:
We also verbally resubmitted Governance and Financial Transparency. They immediately verbally rejected it.
Management Counters: (The comprehensive package has been segmented out to the corresponding folders.)
The end of their comprehensive proposal included: All previously agreed upon TAs and All other proposals are to be withdrawn.
Tentative Agreements from the entire week include
Week of March 10th Update
CAWU Bargaining Team Countered On:
We received no counters from management.
Your bargaining team and management are discussing bargaining dates for April.
The next bargaining date is Thursday, March 20th.
General Reminders!
Wear your union button always and CAWU shirt on Thursdays
Sign up for membership here and talk with your colleagues about why it matters
Follow the CAWU article tracker, read the proposals and counters and speak to your representative on the bargaining team or a CAT activist about your issues and concerns
Your 1021 Staff field representative is Jessica Inouye. Her contact info is: Jessica.Inouye@seiu1021.org 415-717-8135. Please reach out to Jessica if you have questions or concerns about your working conditions
Week of March 6th Update
CAWU and Management reached the following 3 Tentative Agreements:
Scheduling and Hours of Work: after a revision on their end regarding upholding current practices, we reached a TA
Management Countered On:
CAWU Bargaining Team Countered On:
The next bargaining date is Monday, March 10th.
General Reminders!
Wear your union button always and CAWU shirt on Thursdays
Sign up for membership here and talk with your colleagues about why it matters
Follow the CAWU article tracker, read the proposals and counters and speak to your representative on the bargaining team or a CAT activist about your issues and concerns
Your 1021 Staff field representative is Jessica Inouye. Her contact info is: Jessica.Inouye@seiu1021.org 415-717-8135. Please reach out to Jessica if you have questions or concerns about your working conditions
Week of February 27th Update
Management provided another financial update presentation as a precursor to their wages counter. They claim that because of the percentage rate hikes for health benefits and reduced ticket revenue, they need to lower wages expectations.
BT Countered on:
Statement on budget and transparency
We once again requested the line-item budget for each division, department, cost center, budget code, service line, etc. the Academy tracks expenditure and revenue for the 25-26 fiscal year. While we have requested this multiple times, the biggest takeaway from their failure to provide this information is they don’t care about our opinion on budget priorities.
We don't need to see their secret budget docs. We can see their public 990s that confirm that if CAS can pay Scott and SLT high salaries, they can afford to give everyone a living wage. Scott’s salary for a single year would cover a 3% raise for the entire bargaining unit.
Thanks again to everyone who signed the petition and/or attended last week's action. Calling all artists! Join us at the next CAT meeting on Wednesday, March 5 at 12pm and help us with a creative action.
The next bargaining date is Thursday, March 6th.
General Reminders!
Wear your union button always and CAWU shirt on Thursdays
Sign up for membership here and talk with your colleagues about why it matters
Follow the CAWU article tracker, read the proposals and counters and speak to your representative on the bargaining team or a CAT activist about your issues and concerns
Your 1021 Staff field representative is Jessica Inouye. Her contact info is: Jessica.Inouye@seiu1021.org 415-717-8135. Please reach out to Jessica if you have questions or concerns about your working conditions
Bargaining Updates: August 2024
Bargaining news from August 8
New Article Introduced
Our bargaining team presented a proposal on layoffs, which will be part of Article 7, Seniority and Layoffs.
Tentative Agreement reached on Article 17
Our bargaining team and management reached a tentative agreement on Article 17, Grievance and Arbitration. This article defines and describes processes for addressing problems that cannot be solved with regular, open communication. Additionally, this article guarantees members’ right to union representation during any step of the grievance procedure, and lays out the steps of the grievance procedure.
Discussion on Pay Grades and Promotion Policy
We asked management questions about the current pay grade structure and what, if any, promotion policy exists. We received no clear answers from management.
Personnel Issues
Management accepted our proposal regarding 2 on-call employees and were able to secure the preferred outcome for both staff members.
Bargaining Team Office Hours
The bargaining team wants to hear from you!
Attend office hours Wednesday August 14 12:00-2:00pm in the L3E breakroom and share what is important to you for our first contract. What would a promotion policy look like to you? Do you like our current benefits? Do you have ideas or concerns related to workplace safety? Please share with us!
What else can you do?
Wear your CAWU button every day
Wear your CAWU shirt on Thursdays
Sign up for membership here and talk with your colleagues about why it matters
Follow the CAWU article tracker and speak to your representative on the bargaining team or a CAT activist about your issues and concerns
Share our community letter writing campaign with your friends, family, and community connections
Bargaining news from August 1
New Articles Introduced
Our bargaining team presented the following new proposals on:
Benefits (Article 9)
Seniority (Article 7)
Holidays (Article 11)
Remote work (article number TBD)
Negotiation on Discipline and Discharge
Back and forth counter proposals were made on Discipline and Discharge (Article 16). This article will describe what just cause for termination is, and also describe steps of progressive discipline.
Remember to visit our bargaining proposal tracker here for information on proposals and the pace of negotiations.
Bargaining Team Office Hours
The bargaining team wants to hear from you!
Attend office hours Wednesday August 14 12:00-2:00pm in the L3E breakroom and share what is important to you for our first contract. What would a promotion policy look like to you? Do you like our current benefits? Do you have ideas or concerns related to workplace safety? Please share with us!
Management Rejects Article 6
Academy management rejected our proposal on Selection and Hiring (Article 6). Our proposal includes the following:
Information included in job postings and the minimum amount of time a job posting has to be open
How vacancies are filled
How long a probationary period lasts
A definition of temporary employment
Limits on subcontracting out work typically completed by bargaining unit employees
At this time, management is insisting on unilateral control in all of these areas. Our bargaining team is working on a counter to management and hope to have this ready to present to management on Thursday, August 8th.
What else can you do?
Wear your CAWU button every day
Wear your CAWU shirt on Thursdays
Sign up for membership here and talk with your colleagues about why it matters
Follow the CAWU article tracker and speak to your representative on the bargaining team or a CAT activist about your issues and concerns
Share our community letter writing campaign with your friends, family, and community connections