Este año, nuestro comité de negociación del DOC hizo historia. Por primera vez, pudimos negociar los derechos de arbitraje de intereses en nuestro contrato con el DOC.

This is a major victory for the men and women who work in corrections. 

Having interest arbitration means that if we are unable to reach agreement with the State during contract negotiations, we can move mandatory subjects of bargaining to a third-party arbitrator who will make an unbiased ruling based on objective information.

It means that we have greater leverage at the bargaining table and a chance to make meaningful improvements to our DOC contract.

We owe our gratitude to the incredible work of our Union's DOC bargaining committee for making this a priority.

You can view a short video about our Union's long path to achieving interest arbitration below: