Ranking Contract Priorities

In order to achieve the best contract, we need your feedback. Please provide what proposals are the most important to you. Some of these areas are a little more challenging because we do not have copies of all the current policies at Butter to set as a baseline, but we always start from where current standards are. Please remember – negotiations are a give and take! We will use your feedback to help put together a proposal to present to the company, but there is no guarantee that we will get everything we ask for.

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* 1. Schedule Posting Guarantee: Create a guarantee that schedules will be posted at least 7 - 14 days in advance. Changes made after that time frame must be approved by the employee.
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* 2. Overtime Distribution: Create a clear and fair overtime distribution for all workers.
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* 3. Company Policy Handbook and Notification: Assure that Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) or other company policies are written, kept in one place, and clearly communicated to all employees before being implemented. Allow employees time to request changes or changes to policies before implementation.
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* 4. Clarifying Job Roles: Create clear job descriptions for different roles within the shop and what each job position is responsible for.
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* 5. Longer Rest Periods: Extend 10-minute rest periods to two 15-minute rest periods per 8-hour shift.
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* 6. Progressive Discipline Policies: Assure that an initial infraction doesn't lead immediately to dismissal or a write-up. Start with verbal warnings and build towards write-ups. A defined number of writes up before an employee can be terminated except in extreme situations.
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* 7. Equity in Workplace Discipline: Assure that employees have a right to contest workplace discipline that they believe is unfair or unjustified. Union is able to investigate issues or workplace discipline that may be unfair and requests a meeting with management to discuss and attempt to modify any unfair discipline.
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* 8. Regular Communication Around Workplace Issues Between Management and Employees: Develop a regular meeting schedule where employees and/or union meet with management to discuss on-going concerns. Assure employee's concerns around issues like workplace organization, training practices, etc. are addressed in a pro-active way.
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* 9. Seniority: Assure that seniority within the company is a key factor in considering who will receive opportunities for promotion and scheduling priority.
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* 10. Hours Guarantee: Create a minimum hour guarantee for full-time and part-time employees.
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* 11. Retirement: Having a retirement match for an IRA or other retirement savings account. This means that if employees save a percentage of money for retirement, the company will match those savings. Usually capped around a specific amount or percentage of income.
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* 12. Paid Vacation: Create a pool of paid vacation days available every year. Increase the number of days with additional years of employment. Use paid vacation within the first year of employment.
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* 13. Paid Unused Vacation/Sick Time: Allow for rollover or payout of unused vacation/sick time.
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* 14. Increase Starting Wages: Negotiate to increase starting wage rates.
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* 15. Wage Premiums for Extra Responsibilities: Establish a guaranteed hourly "premium" of additional hourly wages for jobs with additional responsibilities like leads, trainers, or other positions.
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* 16. Seniority Wage Increases: Contract language that provides raises every six (6) months or one (1) year of employment.
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* 17. Holidays: Increase the number of holidays.
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* 18. Holiday Pay: Negotiate to try and ensure that major holidays are paid at overtime rates.
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* 19. Paid Sick Time: Negotiate to increase the number of available sick days. Try to ensure that employees are clear on policies around how much sick time is available to them and how to request those sick days.
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* 20. Bereavement Pay: Paid time off for employees who have a death in their family to grieve and/or attend services.
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* 21. Health Insurance: Allowing employees access to affordable health insurance. A clearer list of benefits, costs, and processes for obtaining coverage.
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* 22. Dental Insurance: Allowing employees access to affordable dental insurance.
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* 23. Employee Discounts: Continue to provide existing discounts and/or improve employee discounts for the length of the contract.
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* 24. Any other concerns or issues you’d like to address?

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* 25. Address

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* 26. Interested in Participating in Contract Negotiations?

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