2008 Organizing Victories 

• Local 122 brought Quincy Public Schools Security Force into the Union in March of this year.
• Duration – The contract will be up for renewal on 7/1/2009 and this means that the Security Officers will be bargaining at the same time as the other Quincy Teamsters bargaining units. 
• Overtime – new language to protect overtime work for officers
• Clothing allowance – Each officer will receive a clothing allowance for the first time of $75 a year.
• Holidays – For the first time, officers will receive paid holidays – Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.
• Job Description was revised to make it clear and concise 
•  Bereavement – grandchild will be added to the current list of relatives 
•  Numerous other agreements to protect officers rights on and off the job

• Local 122 will assume collective bargaining responsibility immediately and start preparing for negotiations for a successor agreement to the one in place.