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CFI NEWS Ralph Spring Issue 2008 Court interpreters face bargaining challenges Court interpreters across the state are preparing for the second round of contract negotiations since the law (SB371) passed that made them employees in September 2002. The law created a first time ever employment system for interpreters and divided the state into four multi-employer regions for the purposes of bargaining and the first contracts were bargained in 2005. While the regional system provides interpreters strength in numbers, it poses some special challenges for the union given that the contracts cover approximately 850 interpreters in hundreds of work sites throughout the state. Minnesota hospital interpreters ratify contract Overwhelming vote for 2-year deal Interpreters at Hennepin County Medical Center and its affiliated clinics voted 95 percent in favor of a tentative agreement on a new two-year contract. More than 90 percent of eligible voters cast ballots. The contract, the unit's fourth since organizing in 2002, is the first with the new public benefit corporation that assumed governance from Hennepin County in 2007. HCMC News Interpreters overwhelmingly ratify new 2-year deal at HCMC In voting occurring from March 27 through March 31, Interpreters at Hennepin County Medical Center and its affiliated clinics voted 95 percent in favor of a tentative agreement on a new two- year contract. More than 90 percent of eligible voters cast ballots. CFI Update Court interpreters gird for big bargaining year Talks due in all four regions of state Court interpreters across the state are preparing for their second round of contract negotiations since they became employees rather than independent contractors under state law. Committees are in place for all four regions of the statewide interpreters unit of the Media Workers Guild. Bargaining starts in Southern California in April. |
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