As our second week at the bargaining table with Kaleida draws to a close, CWA local 1168 and 1199SEIU have reached tentative agreements on standardizing site names in the contract (making sure that articles that mention DeGraff Memorial Hospital will now say DeGraff Medical Park (DMP), for example). We have also formalized the list […]

Standing Up For Dignity & Respect On The Job! March 18. 2022 This week was our first time sitting down with Kaleida. After we spent weeks discussing contract articles, how Kaleida circumvents them, and what changes we believe will be most helpful, CWA and 1199SEIU presented 247 pages of proposals beginning on Wednesday, March 16.  […]

SIGN UP HERE FOR OPEN BARGAINING!: https://www.mobilize.us/cwad1/event/445777/ Standing Up For Dignity & Respect On The Job! March 11, 2022 SIGN UP HERE FOR OPEN BARGAINING!: https://www.mobilize.us/cwad1/event/445777/ Since January, CW and 1199SEIU have been meeting weekly to hone our bargaining strategy. Together, the unions have gone through the contract article by article, categorizing them as economic […]

KICKOFF to Bargaining March 16th, 2022 is the first joint bargaining session between the Unions and Kaleida. Our bargaining team has been working to assemble our proposals, and now Kaleida and the Unions have mutually agreed to start bargaining. Support our bargaining team, support your union brothers and sisters and show your solidarity in the […]

T-Shirt and Union Buttons Kaleida’s previous attempt to deny our right to wear our union shirts and buttons has been abandoned. Our Rank and File members were loud and clear and our voices were heard.  Kaleida has backed off the attempt to change the dress code which would limit our union wear. Congratulations! Retention Proposal […]