After nine rocky months of negotiations, Local 615 members at Boston College voted six to one on February 17 to approve a new six-year contract that will give most of the 270 facility workers a no-layoff guarantee that is rare in any industry. While the agreement allows BC to contract out work to reduce overtime, the union will have opportunity to review and discuss beforehand the University’s proposals to contract out. The contract prohibits BC from replacing in-house jobs with outside contractors. The union also won raises totaling 4 percent by June 2010, with future raises to be negotiated. Students, alumni, legislators, and faculty all helped the union win a fair contract.
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