We are waiting for the Company to provide all requested relevant information in order for us to formulate our counter proposal. The Company has proposed eliminating this long-standing side agreement, which allows workers with 25 years or more seniority to be excluded from night work. The Union believes that eliminating this agreement would have an adverse impact on those workers who currently are allowed this accommodation and therefore may meet the legal definition of age discrimination. Union's Successor, Neutrality and Accretion Language proposal The Union's proposal will secure the futures of our members and bring the protections of our Union to those utility workers in southern California who work for SoCalGas and are not protected by a Union contract. Our proposed language would also provide Contract protections for current Gas Company workers should the Gas Company merge, acquire or spin off to become another company.
Successful bargaining is dependent upon membership participation.
See the article below for information on how you can help. Nearly all SoCalGas workers have a vested stake in what happens at the corporate level. Represented workers own a large block of shares in Sempra Energy stock. In order to affect changes, all worker-shareholders need to participate in the corporate process. Local 132 leadership believes this resolution will help restore shareholder voting power.