In a huge win for custodians and maintenance staff, the HTH CMO has acknowledged that custodians can return to their prior work schedule and that HTH will put an end to rotating maintenance staff from one village to another. As we reported in January, HTH made those changes unilaterally without first bargaining them with the classified unit. Those changes forced our custodians to work later into the evening, while increased travel time and costs for maintenance staff ate into their wages and disrupted their routines.
In response, HTEC asserted our right to bargain over those changes, and the CMO finally acknowledged this week that custodians may elect to work from 1:00 pm - 9:30 pm or 2:00 pm - 10:30 pm. The CMO asks that custodians commit to one of the two options for their regular work schedule and that custodians express their preference in writing to their supervisor. For maintenance techs, the CMO has recognized that employees require greater consistency in terms of their work location. As a result, the CMO has decided to stop rotating maintenance techs away from their primary work site. The CMO has communicated to our union leadership that this change will take effect as soon as they have filled the remaining vacancies in the department and are fully staffed. Both sides will meet at the negotiating table on March 4, and will discuss the implementation of these changes. These wins came about only because of the determined efforts of our custodians and maintenance techs who organized around this issue, rallied our community to their side, and advocated for their rights at work. You have given us all an example of what we can achieve as a union when we stand united around a common demand! In solidarity, HTEC Elected Officers Hayden Gore, President Rose Reiken, Certificated VP Joanna Sandoval, Classified VP Claire Deken, Secretary Michael Chin, Treasurer Comments are closed.
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