Employees at the Tennessee Democratic Party are holding the first of many meetings with management Tuesday to create a collective bargaining agreement. Members of the staff chose to unionize in July.
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The party’s digital director Cassie Jackson met with colleagues over the weekend to go over some of their top priorities. Pay equity, cost of living adjustments and job security were some of their top concerns. Another was making sure people are paid for overtime during election season.
“During election season, we raise a lot of money, but then, we also spend a lot of money,” Jackson said. “Just making sure we are able to spend on the organizational needs and then also make sure that workers are paid accordingly, because our hours are ramped up during election season.”
Maintaining a healthy work-life balance during election season also came up.
The meeting will be the first of a series of meetings between the state party, its workers and IBEW, the group they are unionizing with.
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