Title
Collective Bargaining Agreement 2020-2024 with
Michigan Building and Construction Trades Council
Body
Agenda of: April 13, 2022
Item No.: 2022-129
Amount: N/A
TO: The Honorable
Board of Directors
Great Lakes Water Authority
FROM: Suzanne R. Coffey, P.E.
Interim Chief Executive Officer
Great Lakes Water Authority
DATE: March 25, 2022
RE: Collective Bargaining Agreement 2021- 2024 with
Michigan Building and Construction Trades Council
MOTION
Upon recommendation of William M. Wolfson, Chief Administrative and Compliance Officer, and Randal Brown, General Counsel, the Board of Directors (Board) of the Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA), authorizes the GLWA's Interim Chief Executive Officer to executive a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) with the Michigan Building and Construction Trades Council (BTC) for a term ending June 30, 2024; and authorizes the ICEO to take such other action as may be necessary to accomplish the intent of this vote.
BACKGROUND
BTC and GLWA were parties to a collective bargaining agreement covering the period from July 1, 2018, through June 30, 2021. BTC and GLWA reached a tentative agreement on a CBA covering the period July1, 2021 through June 30, 2024. BTC has since ratified the tentative agreement on that CBA.
JUSTIFICATION
The following aspects of the CBA are highlighted:
1. Redefined Paid Time Off (PTO). BTC members will now receive 40 hours of PTO frontloaded on October 1 of each contract year with continued (modified) accrual of PTO throughout the year. Use of preapproved PTO will be considered "hours worked" for purposes of calculating overtime.
2. No additional guaranteed or automatic annual pay adjustments. GLWA utilizes a performance-based system of pay adjustment. Consistent with other GLWA CBA's and its Terms of Employment, there are no guaranteed or automatic annual pay adjustments in this CBA. GLWA team members are evaluated on an annual basis and any pro...
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