AEU members made the trek to Visalia yesterday despite the weather and holiday season and unanimously rejected ED Low's "0,0,0" package proposal as a TA.
Following a thorough presentation of where bargaining stands today including accurate cost of the economic items and the status of four ULP's by Chief Co-Spokespersons Platten and Koenig, the membership engaged in a spirited discussion and emerged reinvigorated toward collectively achieving a fair contract loyal to the union values we deeply hold.
The membership further gave the bargaining team strike authorization with the safeguard that 2/3 of the full officership (Bargaining Team, Executive board and all office Stewards on behalf of the members in their jurisdictions) must agree on the timing before a ULP strike action is called.
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