Letter to membership
Brothers and sister,
In the upcoming weeks as we prepare for negotiations, you are going to be asked what issues are important to you and your family. As you reflect on your answer, we ask that you consider a trial period of the 48-96 work schedule (2 on 4 off). We are not asking you to put this issue in front of items such as health care and wages, but rather make it one of your top 5 items. If we can have language added to the contract granting us a trial period, then many of the hurdles we have encountered in the last several months would be taken down. Again, we do not desire to trade away our raises or any other benefits to have a trial period, but we would like to see the city agree in writing to our pursuit of 48-96.
We have spent the last 2 years educating the department to the benefits of 48-96. A department wide vote was taken and we had a clear majority of over 64% in favor of a trial period. We ask you now to put us firmly on course to 48-96 by listing it as a priority for this round of negotiations.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact any of us listed below or better yet, visit 48-96.com where you can review the progress we have made so far.
Thank you for considering 48-96.
Sincerely,
Perry Oldenburg Greg Womack Greg Briggs