Contract & Negotiations

We are working on building power and pressure to pass contracts through targeted campaigns. Read our most recent contracts here.

Recent projects

• Unit contract negotiations
  • Labor Day 2026 Press Conference
  • July 2026 Press Conference
  • Local 3005 10 unit contract proposals
  • Overview of unit contract bargaining
  • Unit Contract Pizza Lunches
• Member engagement survey

Description

• Collaborate with Membership to recruit a minimum number of members that represent all titles within 3005. Some titles may have more than 1 representative.
• Work with Membership to solicit contract priorities from members
• Research bargaining process, study existing contracts
• Liaise with negotiator (Ben) that has been assigned to our unit contract

Possible subgroups or projects

• Bring in negotiator to explain structure and terminology of our current (but expired) unit contract
• Lead solicitation process to get proposals from members and for prioritization among demands
• Develop strategy for the inevitable pushback from DC37 leadership
• Collaborate with Shop Stewards to hold contract education sessions on specific parts of the contract for members to be educated and to solicit thoughts on how language could be clarified/improved
• Set up article working groups that take charge of 1-2 particular articles in the contract and make proposals to change it
• Outreach to other locals (like 768) who are covered by the same unit contract

How to join:

Meetings are first Tuesday of the month at 7pm. Reach out to crh.local3005@gmail.com.