[Nfbc-info] Support GDB Training Staff

[Jonathan Lyens]

You'd be hard pressed to find a group of people more dedicated and
passionate about their work than the training staff at Guide Dogs for
the Blind. Together with the canine welfare technicians, resident
attendants, training class specialist, and other members of the training
department, the instructors work tirelessly to build the guide dog
partnerships that have touched so many of us, in ways we could never
have imagined.

But they can't do it alone; they need partnerships of their own. That's
why a majority of instructors and other training department staff have
joined together to partner with a labor union - OPEIU Local 29. 

 

Organizing into a union will help instructors secure fair and safe
working conditions, freeing these dedicated people up to focus their
energies on what they do best - training guides and working with
clients.

Unfortunately, the leadership of Guide Dogs for the Blind is strongly
resisting efforts of instructors to organize into a union. That's where
you come in. If you support the instructors and training staff and their
efforts to win safe, fair working conditions, please call or email Nancy
Gardner, President and CEO of Guide Dogs for the Blind at
1-800-295-4050, or ngardner at guidedogs.com.

If you have further questions about the union, please don't hesitate to
contact me off-list for more information. Thank you for your support!

All the best-

 

Jonathan Lyens

Email: jonathan at lyens.com