Like most UFCW Local 400 members, the contract covering employees at the Clinton Healthcare Center in Clinton, Maryland requires scheduling to be based on seniority.
But shortly after Clinton was purchased by CommuniCare Health Services, a for-profit company that operates 50 health care and rehabilitation centers in five states, scheduling started to change. “The new management wasn’t looking at our contract or our needs, it was just doing whatever it wanted,” said Local 400 shop steward Tawanna Gray. “I told them, ‘we have seniority and you have to follow our collective bargaining agreement.’ But they didn’t listen.” After Local 400 filed a grievance, a new general manager worked cooperatively with the union to put things right, restoring nearly $1,500 to five employees. Gray credited both the company and her union, calling the result “a real morale booster.” For the latest local labor news and calendar postings, check out our website at dclabor.org, where you can also subscribe free to “Union City,” our award-winning daily newsletter. Here’s Jordan Biscardo, communications director at the Seafarers Union, with today's labor history (audio) On this date in 1946, a general strike began across U.S. maritime industry, stopping all shipping. The strikers were objecting to the government's post-war National Wage Stabilization Board order that reduced pay increases negotiated by maritime unions Today’s labor quote is from the slogan popularized during the push for the 8-hour workday, and carried on banners at the first Labor Day parade in New York City in 1882: “8 hours labour, 8 hours recreation, 8 hours rest”
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