From Lois.M.Harrup at state.or.us Thu Nov 20 10:47:19 2008 From: Lois.M.Harrup at state.or.us (HARRUP Lois M * DAS HRSD) Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:47:19 -0800 Subject: [OPEUreppms] FW: Update #1 - 2009-2011 State/SEIU Successor Negotiations Message-ID: <8A8CF693A3BB294DB354A999D49CF818058B186F@exchnode01.ad.state.or.us> TO: Human Resource Managers (SEIU Represented Agencies) RE: 2009-2011 SEIU/State of Oregon Successor Negotiations It is that time of year again to begin negotiations over the terms and conditions of the 2009-2011 successor collective bargaining agreements. The State's management team members are on the attachment to this message. We will begin negotiations with SEIU Central Table on December 8, 2008 and additional dates for future negotiations sessions will be scheduled over the course of 6 or more months. SEIU Coalition tables will be scheduled once the SEIU Central Table agrees to ground rules. The review process involves several layers of analysis that results in some decisions being made by DAS, Governor's staff or management team representatives. On November 14 we began, and will continue to up to the final day to submit initial proposals, review agency bargaining concepts, including classification/compensation, received from agencies that affect various bargaining units' represented employees. It is important to say that not all concepts will result in proposals or that the proposals developed from the concepts will be agreed to for the successor collective bargaining agreements. If a bargaining concept isn't moving forward in the State's initial proposals, we will do our best to notify the affected agency in advance of the deadline date for submitting any initial proposal. For those that do move forward, we will try our best to negotiate necessary changes in the language based on issues that you identified as concerns that affect your agency's operating needs. These operating needs proposals are generally at the coalition level while most compensation or statewide related issues are negotiated at SEIU Central Table. You will soon receive the traditional letter that we ask your agency administrator or designee to send to the management staff. This communication is essential to maintaining good labor relations by advising management not to engage in conversations with represented employees about management or union bargaining positions or proposals before and during the bargaining process. If you have any concerns or questions, please contact me or Art McCurdy or Central Table agency representative identified for the Coalition for your agency. You may also contact the Labor Relations Manager that is temporarily identified (subject to change once the LRU vacancy is filled) as spokesperson for the Coalition Table. Thank you for your support during the negotiation and contract administration processes. Cordially, Eva M Corbin Deputy Administrator, Labor Relations unit DAS - Human Resource Services Division Office Number (503) 378-8321 Facsimile Number (503) 373-7530 *****CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE***** This e-mail may contain information that is privileged, confidential, or otherwise exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the addressee or it appears from the context or otherwise that you have received this e-mail in error, please advise me immediately by reply e-mail, keep the contents confidential, and immediately delete the message and any attachments from your system. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 09-11 SEIU CT Mangement Team Members.doc Type: application/msword Size: 23040 bytes Desc: 09-11 SEIU CT Mangement Team Members.doc URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: LRU 09-11 Barg Assign 10-14-08.doc Type: application/msword Size: 82944 bytes Desc: LRU 09-11 Barg Assign 10-14-08.doc URL: