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NEW Flex Pack - How Unions Can Push For Worker Controlled Flexibility

Dear Union Sisters and Brothers:

Sally Wright, 67, a greeter at the Wal-Mart in Ponca City, Oklahoma, said she quit in August after 22 years with the company when managers pushed her to make herself available to work any time, day or night. She asked to stay on the day shift, but her manager reduced her schedule from a 32-hour week to an 8-hour week and refused her pleas for more hours.

Unfortunately, this is only one example of “fake flex” policies that force workers to “flex” their lives to fit the job.

Today, more and more workers want their jobs to flex back. And they want more control over their work schedules without risking their wages, benefits or job security. How can unions make jobs more flexible? How easy is it to bargain for flextime programs? And how can unions protect job security at the same time? Get your copy of the Flex Pack – a unique NEW resource for unions from the Labor Project for Working Families – to learn more.

Released on January 22, 2007, the Flex Pack is a valuable toolkit on organizing, bargaining and legislating for worker controlled flexibility. The Flex Pack is organized in a user friendly, fact sheet format and contains FAQs, tips for organizers, legislative examples, case studies, contract language, as well as resources that help unions learn:

• WHY union members want more job flexibility...

• HOW to tell genuine flextime from “fake flex” gimmicks...

• WHAT specific flextime options are worth bargaining for...

• WHEN flextime can be a POWERHOUSE ORGANIZING TOOL...

“The bottom line is that American workplaces today no longer match the lived reality of our working families,” said Netsy Firestein, Executive Director of the Labor Project for Working Families. “Our labor union movement fought for and won the eight-hour day. Now, however, compared to other advanced economies, our working families are locked in a time vise. Something’s got to give. With the Flex Pack, unions are equipped to take action.”

ORDER YOUR COPY OF THE FLEX PACK TODAY!

• Download a FREE copy or purchase a hard copy ($5 each/bulk prices available) today!

• Email info@working-families.org or call (510) 643-7088 to place your order or learn more about this resource.

In solidarity,
Labor Project for Working Families