Read the Contract (Ratified on Sept. 9th)

Read a Summary of the Tentative Agreement

TENTATIVE AGREEMENT HIGHLIGHTS 

HEALTHCARE

Out-of-Pocket Savings: County increases employer contribution to medical insurance premiums. Some plans will have 90%-100% of premiums paid by the County by the year 2020 (see the spreadsheet here for details).

TEAMSTER MEDICAL TRUST FUND

New:  A Trust fund will influence medical carriers and provider rates to benefit the members. Establishing this Trust fund also creates an opportunity to have a Retiree Medical component.

STEP INCREASES

Faster Step Increases: Employees will now be eligible to receive their 2.5% step increases at 6-month intervals (1040 hours).

PAY INCREASES

10.5% Across the Board Increases within the next 3 years: 

2.5% upon ratification

2.5% in July of 2020

2.5% in July of 2021

3% in July of 2022

MINIMUM WAGE RESTRUCTURE

New Salary Ranges:

Effective January 2020, “M ranges” will be established at or above minimum wage

Effective January 2021, five additional “M ranges” will be established

Effective January 2022, employees below the $15 minimum wage will be moved to the next highest step

EQUITIES

Thousands of members will receive an equity adjustment within the next 12 months (see list of equities here)

LEAVE PROVISIONS

Bereavement: “Immediate” family member is no longer required for use of Bereavement leave. Family member definition now includes grandparent, grandchild, and sibling.

DIFFERENTIALS

Thousands of members will receive a new or increased differential.

CLASSIFICATION

New: Time frames now added for classification studies and the requirement to provide Union with status updates.

GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES

New: If a mutually acceptable solution of a non-formal discipline (e.g. memos of counseling, personnel reports, records of discussion, and other such documents) is not reached, a written rebuttal can be submitted to assigned HRO and request a meeting to discuss reconsideration.