September 2018

The time has arrived for the Bargaining Team of local 4911 to sit down at the table to negotiate our 7th contract.  As we all know the attacks on Labor are prevalent. They can be outright fierce.   At other times they are very subtle, sliding in under the radar slowly eroding away gains won by our unions, and at the same time crippling our unions (such as RTW) making it difficult if not impossible to make worthy gains. By the time you have an opportunity to read this article we will have had several bargaining sessions with Sparrow Health Systems which commences on September 13th.   My hopes are that the partnership between the UAW and Sparrow proves to be one of value and respect, which results in a contract that betters the lives of the 2300 members of Local 4911 and allows Sparrow to thrive as the premier unionized Health Care Facility in Michigan.  To quote our Director Gerald Kariem - “WE ARE--- UNION!”