In September and October, SHARE held back-to-back half-hour meetings for members, at 12:00, 12:30, and 1:00 on Wednesday September 18th and October 16th . People dropped in on their lunch break. For those who were not able to attend, below are the agenda topics (numbered) and some of the things that came up in discussion (the bullets). Please let us know if you have any questions.

September Meeting Notes:

1. Role of Reps in Negotiations

Next contract negotiations start early 2025
Next raise (July 2025) needs to be negotiated
Want a contact person or two in each department to keep information flowing: opinions about issues, solidarity activities like a poster, photo, song, etc.
Executive Board members will be in the room for negotiations, with the staff, as the negotiating team. They need to represent the views of the whole union, all 300 people.

2. Town Hall Recap – what did we hear?

Volunteer paid time off – making the forms process easier, all 501c3 organizations registered with Guidestar.org are now eligible, tracking and looking for trends, code in Kronos VSL
Great place to work survey – Boston Globe - curious to see what the survey looks like
Cancer Walk Sept 29 at Polar Park. Moving video.
Spent a lot of money on the quad and it’s a flood zone trying to aerate it

3. Anything else you would like to discuss?

DES DC issue – whose hands is it in? With HR Labor Relations. SHARE is waiting to see what is in it. Will share with DCs and discuss response.
Performance review form – needs to be submitted to HR (portal?) overall result? Manager needs to talk to HR.
Glasswashers’ reclass update – trying to come up with a standardized job description

October Meeting Notes:
1. A new SHARE union in the making!

Cambridge Health Alliance providers organizing a union with SHARE
Ready to file in the next couple of weeks

2. Reps and Executive Board elections

Enough positions for all nominees so no voting!
List coming soon of all SHARE Reps

3. Contract timeline

Member Survey coming in December
Summary of survey in January
Meet with management starting in February
Monthly member meetings, to keep you in the loop
Department contact people
Contract campaign
The July 1 “deadline”
Ratification vote