Local18.Lowell

Today we won union security!

We wouldn’t have been able to do this without your support. We hope this signals a collaborative and restorative path forward for finishing our first contract.

Solidarity!

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Tomorrow is LTC’s board meeting. We are sending a member to advocate for the union and call mgmt back to the table. You can support by attending and making your profile picture our graphic.

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UPDATE:

Since delivering our petition, we have not heard a response from the Board regarding coming back to the table.

In response, we advocated for ourselves and collected signatures from our entire state delegation calling for the board to resume negotiations. Thank you so much to representatives Tara Hong, Vanna Howard, Rodney Elliott and Senator Ed Kennedy for supporting workers at LTC!

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Or Sign out Petition At
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/ltc-backtothetable/

Over two years ago, the staff of LTC voted to unionize. On February 2023, the National Labor Relations Board recognized our union and our rights to collectively bargain.

Since then, LTC Management has:
Held a captive audience meeting which is now unlawful
Hired famous anti-union law firm Littler Mendelson
Targeted union members with disciplinary action
Mandated that workers provide weekly reports
Spread rumors and misinformation through the community
Cancelled Folk Fest coverage instead of bargaining with the union
Frozen wages for over two years

The LTC Union has
At every instance tried to extend an olive branch
Gained overwhelming community support
Filed three Unfair Labor Practices against LTC
Worked with community members and volunteers to independently cover the Folk Festival for free
Continued to work every day to provide media services to the city

Now LTC Management is continuing to stall, while workers’ rights continue to be deteriorated at a national level. It has been over six months since our last bargaining session. We have two main points we need to reach.

WAGES
All we are asking for is a living wage.

UNION SECURITY
We want union security so that LTC management does not work to dissolve and undermine the union.

We are asking that the community show up again to demand that the board come back to the table. LTC is a community organization that should be accountable to the community.

In solidarity,
LTC Bargaining Unit

https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/ltc-backtothetable

Over two years ago, the staff of LTC voted to unionize. On February 2023, the National Labor Relations Board recognized our union and our rights to collectively bargain.

Since then, LTC Management has:
Held a captive audience meeting which is now unlawful
Hired famous anti-union law firm Littler Mendelson
Targeted union members with disciplinary action
Mandated that workers provide weekly reports
Spread rumors and misinformation through the community
Cancelled Folk Fest coverage instead of bargaining with the union
Frozen wages for over two years

The LTC Union has
At every instance tried to extend an olive branch
Gained overwhelming community support
Filed three Unfair Labor Practices against LTC
Worked with community members and volunteers to independently cover the Folk Festival for free
Continued to work every day to provide media services to the city

Now LTC Management is continuing to stall, while workers’ rights continue to be deteriorated at a national level. It has been over six months since our last bargaining session. We have two main points we need to reach.

WAGES

All we are asking for is a living wage.

UNION SECURITY

We want union security so that LTC management does not work to dissolve and undermine the union.

We are asking that the community show up again to demand that the board come back to the table. LTC is a community organization that should be accountable to the community.

In solidarity,

LTC Bargaining Unit

CLICK THE LINK FOR THE FULL STORY

actionnetwork.org

On February 13th, the NLRB recognized LTC staff's vote to unionize. We are still in the process of negotiating our first contract.

This has taken long enough. It's time for LTC management to get back to the table and agree to a fair contract.