Good labor relations matter when union members meet with management to negotiate a new agreement. Members of AFSCME Local 1187 work for Sodexo at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (UL Lafayette). Recently, they sat down with the company to negotiate a new four-year agreement. Both sides had their priorities, and when negotiations were completed, the new agreement addressed wage suppression and the retention of newer employees, which was a concern both of the company and of union members.
AFSCME Council 17 member Shante’ Gibbs and analyst John Lacny were in studio with Jim Engster on the Louisiana Radio Network to join the conversation on budget cuts and their support of taking away exemptions from corporations.
