*****BARGAINING UPDATE****** UAW Local 6000’s bargaining team has reached a tentative agreement with the state of Michigan in contract negotiations regarding wages and benefits for the two-year period beginning Oct. 1, 2017. The tentative agreement for the UAW members working for the state of Michigan includes wage increases in both years of the contract. In addition, there is no increase in costs or loss of any benefits in their insurance. UAW Local 6000 members will receive a 3 percent wage increase on Oct. 1, 2017, and a 2 percent wage increase on Oct. 2, 2018, pending ratification. Complete details will ...
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Marquette, Michigan ̶ UAW Local 6000 members today held an informational picket to bring attention to management problems that are creating a mass exodus of talented state employees at the Marquette Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) facility. “Our members are well-trained, care about this community and report to work wanting nothing more than to do a good job. Instead they are subjected to a barrage of conditions that not only prevent them from performing at optimum levels, but threatens consistent care to Marquette area families and costs taxpayers due to such high turnover,” said UAW Local 6000 President ...
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