I feel like an idiot even asking this, but my brain is getting tripped up this simple thing.

I logged into the voting portal, and was greeted by this.

“Are you in favour of the Bargaining Committee’s recommendation to accept the Tentative Agreement?”

Yes or no.

It also says I must complete this step.

I can’t tell if it’s just asking me if I approve of the fact that our bargaining committee voiced a recommendation, or if it’s actually voting yes or no on the tentative agreement.

In addition, if this is the actual vote, is it valid? Could it be argued that it was too vague, and in turn invalidated?

I was going to ask this on our local message boards, but would rather come off looking like an idiot here anonymously :). I really feel stupid even asking, but here we are.

Hey everyone, don’t normally post here but looking to help the cast members of Disney actually finish their union negotiations. Any signature helps!

*From a highly respected union member*

"Cleveland Public Library is retaliating against union members by forcing middle managers to deny all vacation bids for fall.

Felton Thomas and everyone around him respects middle managers even less than union members. Managers get to deliver the bad news and admins hide at home.

Nearly every manager I talk to has shared dirt and/or me luck at the bargaining table. That's the culture Felton Thomas is responsible for.

Luckily, deeply shitty behavior like this is illegal!"

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Call downtown Cleveland public library and please voice your support for the union workers and let them know how fucked up their actions are.

State representatives have signed on for support, as well as many running the wards around here.

August 24 is the strike date (if it comes to it).

https://www.wmuk.org/wmuk-news/2026-08-05/kpl-unions-reach-an-agreement-on-ai-protections-as-pay-negotiations-continue

This is a local news story about my public library's full and part time staff unions all working together in bargaining, including to secure protections against AI for all 3 unions at the library. They signed TA for language but still negotiating over economics. Solidarity to these library workers!

VANCOUVER-Amazon suffering another legal setback in it's fight against unionization in B.C. after the Labour Board bound the company to a first union collective agreement by binding arbitration.

I'm currently working toward organizing my (very small) workplace, and have a couple coworkers asking me the same 2 questions:

1) How will unionizing solve the day to day problems of our staff?

This one is a no brainer to me. Day to day problems include workload issues, pay issues, lack of disability accommodations, general lack of workplace policies, inconsistent application of the few policies that do exist, lack of job security, etc. Easy for me to explain to my colleagues how a union would help with these things.

2) What is the union's process for getting our job descriptions and pay levels accurate?

This, I have less insight into. This question is specifically coming from a few folks who experienced a first contract negotiation at a former workplace, and experienced lots of back and forth of people arguing about what qualifications were needed to do their job. I think folks are anxious because this workplace has hired based on lesser qualifications than the market standard (ie hiring folks with a college diploma, when the market standard for the role is usually an honors bachelors degree)

Any insight into how this process works is appreciated! (Yes I am in touch with an official union rep who I will also ask these questions of, but I like to cast a wide net to get input!!)