Unfortunately, our negotiations with Management today were short, as they did not have “the authority” to go beyond their first proposal offered to us 13 days ago.

Our Bargaining Committee has already offered a counterproposal to the Employer and we didn’t want to bargain against ourselves; so instead, we used the time to draft proposals for the County’s “Telecommuting Policy” and issues with FMLA leaves, which we will be presenting to them at our next bargaining session. When that is depends on when the Employer’s representatives have "the authority" to make us a counter offer beyond what they initially put on the table.

In the meantime, we are preparing to take action so stay tuned for the next bargaining update!

“We all have jobs to do, and it is surprising that the employer came to the table today unprepared to bargain with us.  What they gave us could have been delivered in an email!” —Susan O’Brien, Jefferson County Nurse Practitioner