From The National Executive Director

By Cathy Repola There are times when words are inadequate. This is one of those times, as I struggle to […]

Now, all these months later, we have new contracts overwhelmingly ratified by members, which I am confident will improve pay and working conditions for our union members. More than 76% of Local 700 members voted, and of those, 92% voted to ratify the new contract.

We have a lot of issues on the table, including wage increases, pension and health contributions, residuals, AI protections, and more.

There is momentum now for us to achieve some tangible changes for our members and we must come in willing to fight and hold our ground.

I do hope that by the time you read this, production has restarted as we hoped it would earlier this year. Still, there is a lot of concern about what the volume of work will look like this year and into the future. Business models are changing and talk of mergers continues.

The goal is to build a platform that will provide members with an opportunity to make sure your priorities are identified and to help engage and educate all of you around the detailed facets of those issues, as well as building alliances with other locals who share in our goals.