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SAN FRANCISCO—Employees and management at the Electronic Frontier Foundation have achieved a first-ever labor contract, they jointly announced today. EFF employees have joined the Engineers and Scientists of California Local 20, IFPTE.
The EFF bargaining unit includes more than 60 non-management employees in teams across the organization’s program and administrative staff. The contract covers the usual scope of subjects including compensation; health insurance and other benefits; time off; working conditions; nondiscrimination, accommodation, and diversity; hiring; union rights; and more.
“EFF is its people. From the moment that our staff decided to organize, we were supportive and approached these negotiations with a commitment to enshrining the best of our practices and adopting improvements through open and honest discussions,” EFF Executive Director Cindy Cohn said. “We are delighted that we were able to reach a contract that will ensure the wages, benefits, and protections our team deserves as they continue to advance our mission of ensuring that technology supports freedom, justice and innovation for all people of the world.”
“We’re pleased to have partnered with EFF management in crafting a contract that helps our colleagues thrive both at work and outside of work,” said Shirin Mori, a member of the EFF Workers Union negotiating team. “This contract is a testament to creative solutions to improve working conditions and benefits across the organization, while also safeguarding the things employees love about working at EFF. We deeply appreciate the positive working relationship with management in establishing a strong contract.”
The three-year contract was ratified unanimously by EFF’s board of directors Sept. 18, and by 96 percent of the bargaining unit on Sept. 25. It is e
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