Though SCD has yet to answer our requests for information on the budget realities and their reduction plans, last week our negotiations co-chairs sent administration our official demand-to-bargain notice on furloughs. With this notice, we officially opened up negotiations on the “offer” SCD presented on May 2 to reduce hours as a way to avoid a reduction in force.
We do not know when these negotiations will begin, but the strategy is to keep them separate from our CBA negotiations. Our negotiations co-chairs, Dave Ellenwood and Cristóbal Borges, will be coordinating these negotiations.
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