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We are urging all our glazing contractors to use our grassroots advocacy page, UnionContractorVoice.com, to send a preformulated email to Governor Newsom and CA legislators asking that they oppose SB 365. This bill would limit the rights of union construction contractors and their employees who collectively bargain wages, hours, and working conditions by circumventing the arbitration and grievance procedures within industry collective bargaining agreements (CBAs).
Why SB 365 Hurts the Union Construction Industry:
Construction employers who are signatory to industry CBAs depend on the certainty those agreements provide relating to costs and efficiencies. Arbitration and grievance procedures provided for within industry CBAs play an important role in the industry’s ability to compete in an open market and yet provide larger pensions, better healthcare, and significantly higher wages than their nonunion competitors. These negotiated wages and benefits take into account other efficiencies, such as arbitration procedures that expedite resolution to disagreements and grievances. If passed, SB 365 would require employers to defend trial court claims during the pendency of an appeal of an order dismissing or denying a petition to compel arbitration. Even if arbitration is part of the grievance process agreed to and authorized in a CBA.
Final Take:
SB 365 weakens the effectiveness of industry CBAs and subjects union signatory employers to increased legal costs; making the bill a “LOSE/LOSE” for the union construction industry. Act today and voice your opposition to SB 365.
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