The local is made up of 10 counties within the Western New York area. The consolidation of Craig DDSO, Monroe DC and Newark DDSO created Local 436. The local consists of Community based homes, developmental center, Regional Intensive Treatment Center, Intensive Treatment Center and a Crisis Unit in Elmira.
Local 436 has also developed some new programs that are member driven. Each worksite has the availability to them to develop their own local agreements at their worksite or cluster. Many of the agreements they have agreed to are: vacation time off, holiday's, schedules overtime rosters, ect. The local has agreed to their agreement along with management and have copies printed on OMRDD news so that all members are aware of the agreements before bidding on those work locations. The members take pride in their area's and make sure that the agreements are followed because they have invested their time and have ownership.
The local's labor management committee is made up of our stewards and contact members of the worksites. They are able to bring direct information to the table because they are hands on at their jobs, majority of the day to day issues are resolved at the cluster meetings, major issues are discussed on a monthly basis.
