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NYC-HHC & Mayoral Agencies Bargaining Survey and CAT Team
Doctors Council Starts Preparations For Next Round of City Bargaining

We are about to embark on an exciting process at Doctors Council, looking to build upon the success of our last City contract .  We have greatly expanded our Bargaining Committee for our members employed by the New York City HHC or Mayoral Agencies.  Our goal is to have increased participation by our members, as well as more overall representation.  To continue to build upon our successes, we need more informed and involved members.

Our Bargaining Committee is a mixture of long-time members, Delegates, Representatives 
and newly involved members.  The Committee went through training August and helped craft the Bargaining Survey.  The Survey's goal is to elicit from our members what you want to see addressed in bargaining, and what your priorities are.

Members of the Doctors Council NYC-HHC & Mayoral Bargaining Committee at training 

Further, we are creating a CONTRACT ACTION TEAM (CAT).  The CAT is for members who want to be informed and involved in bargaining.  It is not enough to simply state what we want to achieve in bargaining; we have to stand together as one and fight for our goals.  It cannot just be the Bargaining Committee that does all the work; the CAT will assist the Bargaining Committee in communicating with our members and with any actions that may be necessary to achieve a successful contract.  If you want to be involved, we encourage you to become part of the Contract Action Team (CAT).  The first step is completing and returning the Survey, especially the last page, and checking off what you are willing to do.

The outreach to our members now being undertaken is something we can be proud of and we want to hear from you.  We want all our members to complete and return the Bargaining Survey.  Please return the Survey by Friday, September 30, 2005.  You may return this Bargaining Survey by any of the following methods:

1) mail it back to our Doctors Council office
2) fax it back to Doctors Council at fax # 212-481-4137
3) bring it to your worksite membership/CAT Team meeting in September
    (see Events Calendar)
4) bring it to the CAT Team meeting at Doctors Council on Thursday, September 22nd
     at 6:00 PM
5) give the survey to your Delegate or a Bargaining Committee member

There will be worksite membership meetings in September for where you work (see Events Calendar). In the event you cannot make your facility meetings, you can drop off your survey and participate in our union-wide CAT team/membership meeting for all doctors on Thursday, September 22, from 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. at our Doctors Council office at which time you can return the Survey and we will discuss the issues.

If you have any questions, please call your Contract Administrator at 212-532-7690.  You should also regularly attend the membership meetings at your worksites.

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