Call to Action

As many of you know management put forward an insulting offer of 1% in October of each year, with possible cuts to Healthcare. If you want to leave bargaining to chance doing nothing is the best option. But, if you feel like it is time to put pressure on the State to give a fair wage increase AND fully-paid Healthcare it is TIME FOR ACTION. Worksite actions are the way in which unions put pressure on the boss by showing that workers are united behind a common goal. Here is the challenge: Decide with your crew/coworkers what type of Action you think would be most effective for Tuesdays, carry out the action, and report how it went. For the next week, come up with something new and try it again. It’s already May and the contract expires on the 30^th of June. Some crews are planning on wearing purple shirts on Tuesdays, some folks plan on taking unity breaks, some folks want SEIU picket signs that have messages such as “fair contract now” (or other more clever lines). If you feel like your message won’t make it to management from Estacada or Cascade Locks, take a picture and we can deliver the message to management the following Tuesday (just email the picture or send it to me at the union hall), or write up what happened and send me an email and I will post it to the new ODOT blog. Be creative, get your coworkers involved, and become leaders of YOUR union. If you need any materials or help, don’t hesitate to ask!