Title
Collective Bargaining Agreement 2021-2025 with American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
Body
Agenda of: July 27, 2022
Item No.: 2022-282
Amount: N/A
TO: The Honorable
Board of Directors
Great Lakes Water Authority
FROM: Suzanne R. Coffey, P.E.
Chief Executive Officer
Great Lakes Water Authority
DATE: July 11, 2022
RE: Collective Bargaining Agreement 2021-2025 with American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
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 Chief Executive Officer to execute a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) for a term ending June 30, 2025; and authorizes the CEO to take such other action as may be necessary to accomplish the intent of this vote.
BACKGROUND
AFSCME and GLWA were parties to a collective bargaining agreement covering the period from July 1, 2018, through June 30, 2021. AFSCME and GLWA reached a tentative agreement on a CBA covering the period July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2025. AFSCME has since ratified the tentative agreement on that CBA.
JUSTIFICATION
The following aspects of the CBA are highlighted:
1. Ratification Payment. AFSCME members will receive a $750 annual Ratification Payment. After the initial payment following approval by the Board of the CBA, the CBA allows GLWA's subsequent payments to be made anytime between June 1 and July 31, 2023, and between June 1 and July 31, 2024.
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...
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