I am employed at a public school in Hawaii. The public needs to know is that the school kitchens and custodial staff will be running shorthanded due to the Directed leave without pay imposed by UPW. The workers have to take two days a month leave without pay. No substitute workers are allowed to fill in. For each UPW worker at the school, the cafeteria and custodial staff will be working without their full crew. It means that bathrooms, classrooms and lawn area’s will not get cleaned. In the cafeteria it means that the workers will be rushing to get the meals out which may result in unsafe and unsanitary practices. The public should be concerned about this.
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Hawaii Agreement With UPW Includes Furloughs
More than 8,000 state and county blue-collar employees will receive a 5 percent pay cut and cover a bigger share of their health insurance under a tentative two-year agreement announced Thursday.
The United Public Workers union, which represents about 8,500 government workers, has tentatively agreed to furlough days to achieve the labor savings. Employees would be required to take 14 days of so-called "directed leave without pay" for the remainder of the current fiscal year, which began July 1.
Anyone know the details of the UPW's options?Now run along and play, but don’t get into trouble.
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Originally posted by Sayuri View PostIn the cafeteria it means that the workers will be rushing to get the meals out which may result in unsafe and unsanitary practices. The public should be concerned about this.
Originally posted by Amati View PostAnyone know the details of the UPW's options?
With pay cuts, you have to work to negotiate back to where you were. With furloughs, you get "back to normal" as soon as you go back on full-time. From the worker's point of view, with pay cuts, they give and get nothing in return. With furloughs, they get a few days for themselves.
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Originally posted by Amati View PostHawaii Agreement With UPW Includes Furloughs
So, would an option have been to take a 5% pay cut (like many workers have done during these hard economic times, both union and non-workers alike) instead of the furlough days? A cut would have resulted in the budget savings that the state was seeking, but at the same time avoided those "unsafe and unsanitary practices". If so, shame on the UPW for putting itself above the childrens' safety.
Anyone know the details of the UPW's options?
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Originally posted by GeckoGeek View PostThat's a pretty broad statement. I'd have to know more details before I get concerned. There may be other ways to deal with it.
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Originally posted by Sayuri View PostThe concern is that the custodian and cafeteria staff will be running shorthanded for 1 day a month in January, 2 days a month in Feb and April for each UPW worker they have on staff. The same work has to get done so it means the remaining workers will be stressed out and rushing to get things done which can result in unsafe and unsanitary conditions.
If they are down one or two people at a facility for a day or two, with the remaining staff still there, how different is this from covering for a co-worker who is on vacation or sick leave that particular day?
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Originally posted by Sayuri View PostThe concern is that the custodian and cafeteria staff will be running shorthanded for 1 day a month in January, 2 days a month in Feb and April for each UPW worker they have on staff. The same work has to get done so it means the remaining workers will be stressed out and rushing to get things done which can result in unsafe and unsanitary conditions.
What do they do when someone calls in sick?
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Originally posted by Sayuri View PostThey were no options.Now run along and play, but don’t get into trouble.
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Originally posted by Leo Lakio View PostDifferent staff will be gone on different days, yes? Or are all of them gone at the same time?
If they are down one or two people at a facility for a day or two, with the remaining staff still there, how different is this from covering for a co-worker who is on vacation or sick leave that particular day?
When a staff member is on vacation or sick a substitute is called in. Similar to when a teacher calls in sick.
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Originally posted by anapuni808 View PostSayuri - are you a teacher at the school?
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Originally posted by Amati View PostWere options presented by the union for members to vote on? I realize that the final contract states what-is-what now, but didn't members get to vote during decision making? Those choices are what I'm wondering about, and how the members responded. [IF members had the opportunity to have a voice, that is!]
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