12-17-07 Item 4B Union Agreement

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Union/City Proposals November 28, 2007 Pagel Labor Agreement Between the City of Arden BiJ1s and the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 49 City Proposal 11-29-07 1) ARTICLE X- CALL BACK AND STANDBY Change Section 10.1 to read: 10.1 The Employer will establish a seven (7) day rotating schedule of standby assignments. The employee on standby status will be available during that period for call backs and the Employer will call that employee first should any call backs be necessary. For each twenty-four (24) hour period on standby status, the employee will be paid an amount equal to two hours at one and one-half (1.5) hours ofthe base pay rate. City Response: The union's proposed change would be to increase standby pay from one hour to two hours for each 24-hour period on standby status at 1.5 hours of the base pay rate. As part of our package proposal the City would be willing to agree to one hour at time and one-half on weekdays and two hours at time and a half on weekends/holidays. lUGE Local 49 Response: The Union tentatively agrees to the City's response (November 6, 2007). TENTATIVE AGREEMENT 2) ARTICLE XXVIII - UNUSED SICK LEAVE PAY 27.1 Regular full-time employees who have completed ten (10) or more years of continuous service with the Employer and who leave in good standing will receive 50% of unused, accumulated sick leave upon their separation. Regular full-time employees who have completed twenty (20) or more years of continuous service with the Employer and who leave in good standing will receive 100% of unused, accumulated sick leave upon their separation. To qualify for this benefit an employee must have an established sick leave bank resulting from the conversion to the PTO program. Any benefit paid under this Article shall be paid into the employee's ICMA retirement account. City Response: We made a change in this language when we negoiated the current contract. Previously, employees who completed ten or more years of continuous service were eligible for 33-l/3% of the employee's unused accumulated bank up to a maximum benefit of 320 hours. We agreed for the current agreement on new language that provided for employees of 20 or more years to receive 50% of unused sick leave upon separation. The City would not agree to any further changes in this language. lUGE Local 49 Response: The Union has dropped this request (November 6, 2007).