The Guild at Local Progress

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[The Guild at Local Progress @GuildatLP]

We’re so THRILLED to have a ratified contract with @LocalProgress 🎉💜

We can’t wait to share more in the coming weeks!! #1U

[Local Progress @LocalProgress]

LP and @GuildatLP have been in contract negotiations over the past year.

Today, we're excited to share that we have a newly ratified contract!

Our joint statement:

[The Guild at Local Progress @GuildatLP]

Click through to see a selection of signs, including one modeled by Nomi the dog!

[The Guild at Local Progress @GuildatLP]

Last week the LP Guild sent a strong message at our all-staff meeting: the 4 day work week makes our organization stronger. While many staff were out of office or participating in bargaining, the rest of the unit was united in holding up protest signs. 🪧

[The Guild at Local Progress @GuildatLP]

The LP Guild is united:
HANDS OFF OUR 4 DAY WORK WEEK

[The Guild at Local Progress @GuildatLP]

BARGAINING UPDATE: Management has proposed eliminating our 4 day work week, citing capacity, conflicting schedules, and availability to members. Taking away the 4DWW to address workload is like cutting staff to fix burnout—the logic doesn't follow. Here's what management said...

[The Guild at Local Progress @GuildatLP]

Management:
“We wanted to give it time to understand the full implications, and now we’ve had 3 years in a different political context than when we bargaining the first contract, and were a different size.”
We say:
Management is treating the existing CBA as if it was a test run.

[Mikal Goodman (@mikalgoodman.bsky.social) @MikalGoodmanMI]

As someone who was raised in a UAW household, I stand with The Guild.

As a former union employee who spent over 2 years bargaining a contract at a Values-Aligned Non-profit, I stand with the guild.

As an elected who believes in living my principles, I stand with @GuildatLP!

[Mikal Goodman (@mikalgoodman.bsky.social) @MikalGoodmanMI]

As a Local Progress elected official from Michigan, the home of modern day Labor Movement, I stand firmly with our Workers at LP.

Local Progress would not be what is without the workers who lift up and support the important efforts of the elected officials in our organization.

[The Guild at Local Progress @GuildatLP]

We have a long way to go in negotiations. We’ll continue to share updates, introduce you to our amazing unit members, and talk about our actions. Follow us. Talk to us. Together, we can show what’s possible with real worker power and solidarity.

[The Guild at Local Progress @GuildatLP]

Hey! We’re the Local Progress Guild. We’re glad to be here! We’re in the middle of bargaining our new contract and it’s time to tell you all about it as a loud and proud union.

[The Guild at Local Progress @GuildatLP]

We’re not the only union at a progressive org navigating these challenges. Many have experienced the irony of bargaining with an employer that publicly champions workers’ power but doesn’t do so at home.