ADT Bargaining Report #3 November 1st 2024
Friends & Union Family at ADT,
We met with ADT Labor Relations Director James Nixdorf over two long sessions – in person this time - in south Minneapolis Thursday, October 24th , and Friday October 25th.
We opened our meeting confronting the company with new data confirming what we had previously warned them about: ADT’s Minnesota pay scales were causing enormous turnover in the bargaining unit. 40% of ADT Techs in Minnesota had left the company in the last 90 days!
We later presented our 7th compromise wage proposal, further moving the rates in the company’s direction – but also including a $600 signing bonus for every MN ADT Tech upon ratification of the contract.
ADT remained unmoved – instead of a serious response to our reasonable offer, Nixdorf climbed down some rabbit holes researching how many ADT Techs who quit, later come back to the company. He tried to minimize the turnover issue by claiming that 269 Techs had come back to the company in the last 4 years. An impressive number – but when we pressed him on the total number of Techs who quit in the last 4 years he had to admit that the returning 269 represented only 1% of those who had left!
While 90% of the contract is agreed to – including big wins like Overtime pay after 8 hours, and a members’ grievance process – the minimum salary wage scale remains a sticking point. Nixdorf’s position is unreasonable and insulting – we will need to up the pressure on the company to see some movement. More to come . . .
Solidarity,
CWA Bargaining Committee
Jesse Selin, ADT Tech and CWA 7250 Steward
Marvin Wells, CWA District 7 Representative
Kieran F. Knutson, CWA Local 7250 President
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Activision Workers to Rally for WFH Accommodations
Time: 12 Noon-1:00pm

This Friday employees at the Activision quality assurance department in Eden Prairie MN will rally for the right to Work-from-Home accommodations. Since January of this year Activision and its new parent-company, Microsoft, have enforced a strict Return-to-Office policy despite more than two years of successfully working from home entirely or in hybrid with in-office

Media Contacts:
Allen Junge,CWA 7250 Steward, Activision employee 507-993-4065
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Results are in! CWA 7250 US Presidential Poll



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Rove Pest Control Bargaining Report #37 - 09/27/24
Rove Pest Control Bargaining Report #37
September 27th 2024
Well, it seems the company has discovered the fine art of reading our bargaining reports spending as much time at the table on reviewing bargaining reports as was spent talking about proposals. It's nice to know they’ve got time for some light reading, but maybe they could take a break from being our biggest fans and invest more time focusing on and responding to our biggest issues. If only their dedication to reading was matched by a dedication to fairness and
progress. But hey, at least we know we have an audience!
In the latest twist of our ongoing saga, it appears the company’s hired promoters can't even get our name right. While customers call us rose, promoters call us grove - maybe they think we’re selling trees now, who knows? The continual misnaming is emblematic of the carelessness and lack of attention to detail that has plagued these negotiations.
Despite the ongoing identity crisis, our team remains laser-focused on securing a contract that reflects who we really are: Rove Pest Control, not Grove, not Glove, not "Whatever-Else-They-Make-Up-Next" Pest Control.
Respectfully Submitted,
CWA 7250 Bargaining team at Rove
Co-Chairs: Bruce Nielsen & Shari Wojtowicz
Members: Greg Bute, Hector Capote
Alternate: Zach Sager
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