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International Brotherhood of Teamsters TEAMSTERS RED CROSS CONTRACT VOTE VOTING NOTICE TEAMSTERS RED CROSS CONTRACT VOTE October 26, 2018 Dear Teamsters Red Cross Member, The Teamsters Red Cross Contract Vote is being conducted by secret ballot using the telephone and Internet, through the BallotPoint Election Services voting system. To vote, please refer to the Voting Instructions given below. You may recast your vote at any time during the voting period, but only your last vote will be counted. If you have any questions, please contact your Local. Beginning Noon (ET) Monday, November 5, and ending 4:00 PM (ET) Thursday, November 8, you may request replacement access credentials. Contact your Local for assistance. Voting closes: 12:00 Noon ET on Friday, November 9, 2018 Votes tallied: 4:00 PM ET on Friday, November 9, 2018 VOTING INSTRUCTIONS You will have about 15 minutes to cast your vote (whether by phone or by Internet) once you have accessed the BallotPoint system. To help you cast your vote successfully, you can prepare your selections before calling or logging in by reviewing the Voting Guide shown on the back of this page. 1. To vote by phone: Call 1.800.238.7077 or 1.800.229.0668 toll-free within the US, Canada, and Puerto Rico. Outside these toll-free areas call 1.503.419.1112 or 1.503.419.1110. Enter the Access Code shown above when prompted. To vote by Internet: Go to: https://es1.BallotPoint.com/IBT or https://es2.BallotPoint.com/IBT – be sure to type the s in https. Enter the Access Code shown above and click LOGIN. 2. Follow the directions to cast your vote. Done! Please exercise your right by casting a ballot. TEAMSTERS RED CROSS CONTRACT VOTE 570 VOTING GUIDE NATIONAL ADDENDUM, American Red Cross and Coalition of American Red Cross Unions • YES, I vote for the NATIONAL ADDENDUM. ........................................... (phone: say or press 1) • NO, I vote against the NATIONAL ADDENDUM. .................................... (phone: say or press 2) Tentative Agreement Between Teamsters Local 570 and American Red Cross Blood Services, Greater Chesapeake and Potomac Region • YES, I vote for the Tentative Agreement. ................................................... (phone: say or press 1) • NO, I vote against the Tentative Agreement. ............................................ (phone: say or press 2) TEAMSTERS RED CROSS NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE October 26, 2018 Dear American Red Cross Teamster, Enclosed for your review and vote is the tentative American Red Cross National Addendum, local agreement and summary of the three-year National Addendum. Please read the voting information carefully and cast your vote via the Internet or by phone (voting instructions are also enclosed). Please submit your vote online or by telephone right away. All votes must be received no later than noon EST on Friday, November 9, 2018. On September 20, 2018, leaders from Teamster local unions that represent American Red Cross (ARC) workers overwhelmingly endorsed the tentative National Addendum. The tentative Na - tional Addendum includes numerous major gains for workers, including: Improved health care benefits. This includes no increase to deductibles and the ability to opt out. TeamCare is no longer mandatory. New hires and current bargaining unit employees may opt out of these benefits. On January 1, 2020, the “medical only” plan will be eliminated and all bargaining unit employees will be eligible to participate in the full coverage plan which includes medical, dental, vision and other benefits (see summary for more details). Voluntary cross-training program. This will allow collections technicians (CTs) hired prior to January 1, 2016 to volunteer to drive DOT vehicles. Mobile unit assistants (MUAs) who cross- train will continue to receive a 3-6% base wage increase upon successfully completing cross- training. At multi-union locations, MUAs will have the option of fully cross-training or cross-train in either phlebotomy or health history, but not both, and will receive the negotiated wage increases (see summary for more details). 8.25% wage increase. Three pay periods after the contract ratification, bargaining unit employ - ees will receive a 2.25% increase in their base wage, as well as a one-time lump sum payment of $400 for full-time employees and $200 for part-time employees; and a 3% increase every year thereafter for the duration of the National Addendum—a total 8.25% wage increase over the course of the contract (see summary for more information). Other major improvements include: • Safety and health protections; • PTO pilot program to increase PTO usage; • Uniform allowance increase; • Late starts for turnaround time violations; • Direct input in Drive Staffing Plan; and • Many more improvements. 1 The vote will be by secret ballot as it always has been, but this time members will vote via the Internet or phone. The vote will be conducted through the BallotPoint Election Services voting system. In the voting information packet you will find the National Addendum and a summary of the highlights. But instead of a paper ballot, you will find an individual access code and sim - ple instructions on how to use the access code to vote by telephone or Internet. BallotPoint is an election services provider which has specialized in electronic balloting and polling since 1999. The company has conducted nearly 4,000 union elections with nearly 2 million votes cast, and have never had an election compromised. Their system is secure and protects the secrecy of each member’s vote. In other words, no one will know how you voted! The Teamsters Union has used BallotPoint extensively over the past three years to conduct con - tract ratifications, including the recent UPS election. All of the ratifications were conducted without incident or challenges. For more information on BallotPoint, visit their website at www.ballotpoint.com. The Teamsters are part of a coalition of unions that negotiated the tentative national adden - dum—nine strong labor unions in all. The coalition represents more than 4,500 vital health care workers in 24 states. In addition to the more than 1,500 ARC workers represented by the Teamsters, the coalition includes members of the Health Professional and Allied Employees of the AFT, AFSCME, SEIU, UAW, UFCW, IUOE, USW and CWA. Every day, you provide an incredibly important service for your communities. You protect the public’s health. You deserve the same kinds of protections in your work lives and we believe this National Addendum achieves that. Thank you for your continued support. Nina Bugbee, Teamsters Lead Negotiator Coalition Bargaining Committee and President of Teamsters Local 332 CONTRACT HIGHLIGHTS • Improved Health Care Benefits including no increase to deductibles and the ability to opt out • 8.25% Wage Increase over the course of the contract • Voluntary Cross-Training for collections technicians and a driver premium • Safety and Health Protections • PTO Pilot Program to increase PTO usage • Uniform Allowance Increase • Late Starts for turnaround time violations • Direct Input in Drive Staffing Plans 2 SUMMARY OF 2018-2021 RED CROSS NATIONAL TENTATIVE ADDENDUM Compensation $110 (full time) and $58 (part time). Employees will also be permitted to In late November 2018, bargaining unit employees will receive a purchase and wear lab coats from a Red Cross-designated vendor . 2.25% increase in their base wages, as well as a one-time lump sum payment of $400 for full-time employees and $200 for part-time Rest Breaks and Meal Periods employees; and a 3% increase every year thereafter for the dura - Collections staff will be provided breaks no sooner than 1.5 hours tion of the National Addendum. after the start of the drive. However, a collections employee may elect to take his or her break within the first 1.5 hours after the start Additionally, a 1% increase will be applied to new-hire starting of the shift, but will not be required to do so. To ensure that bargain - salaries and any local wage tiers during the first year, and 2% every ing unit employees receive meal and break time consistent with the year thereafter. National Addendum, there is a new requirement that these records be retained for every drive. Also, local parties are no longer re - A joint process has been created to address compensation within quired to follow the rest breaks and meal periods language in the Red Cross job markets to ensure that bargaining unit employees are National Addendum, and may negotiate a different arrangement to paid competitive wages. Once the market survey is conducted, it better suit local needs. will be reviewed and discussed by the Senior Partnership Commit - tee (SPC), which will make recommendations to the regions. Local Hours of Work unions will have an opportunity to bargain changes to wages based on the SPC’s recommendations. No changes were made to existing hours of work contract lan - guage, including the Red Cross maintaining grandfathered guaran - Health Care teed minimum hours in local agreements. However, in those regions that are experiencing problems with providing sufficient hours to There are several changes that have been made to health care as full-time or part-time employees, the Red Cross will be evaluating a result of the feedback received from bargaining unit employees. scheduling practices and working with the local union to resolve First, TeamCare is no longer mandatory—new hires and current them within the first year of the new National Addendum. bargaining unit employees may opt out of these benefits. Addition - ally, on January 1, 2020, the “medical only” plan will be eliminated and all bargaining unit employees will be eligible to participate in Paid Time Off (PTO) the full coverage plan which includes medical, dental, vision and Full-time collections employees (including mobile and fixed sites) other benefits. will start to accrue PTO on a 40-hour basis regardless of their loca - tion’s standard work week.