Public Employee Press

Local 1070 starts bargaining

The Local 1070 Bargaining Committee met with management of the state Uniformed Court System May 1 in its second negotiating session. Assistant Director Maria Elena Cortez of the DC 37 Research and Negotiations Dept. is shown presenting the local's demands. Pictured with her are, from left, Chris Wilgenkamp, assistant director of the DC 37 White Collar Division, Local 1070 President and DC 37 Secretary Cliff Koppelman, Local 1070 Treasurer Steve Schwartz and Local 1070 Vice President Fausto Sabatino. The terms of Local 1070's contract with the court system, which expired March 31, 2011, remain in effect as the union negotiates a new economic agreement.