2/23/11:  NTEU Chapter 293 will soon be engaging in important negotiations over its Collective Bargaining Agreement with the SEC. The Collective Bargaining Agreement is the contract that the Union has negotiated on behalf of all non-management SEC employees. It contains the rights and benefits that in many ways define your work life and experience as an SEC employee, including alternative work schedules, telework, credit hours, career ladder promotion rights, the Student Loan Repayment Program, and a host of others. You can review its provisions here.

The term of our current CBA ended in late 2010. Under Article 44, the Union has exercised its right to open negotiations. Union officials and the SEC are currently negotiating a memorandum of understanding concerning the ground rules for those negotiations. We expect that agreement to be executed this week. Thereafter, the parties will name their negotiating teams, and then they will have a month to submit proposed changes. We expect to be at the negotiating table in April. During the pendency of negotiations, the current CBA will remain in force and effect.

Members of NTEU Chapter 293 have communicated their ideas for proposed changes to the contract, including making the Expanded Telework Program permanent. We will be updating you periodically on our progress on various issues.