July 2010 Negotiations
VOTE RESULTS
The voting results for the first APECS Contract Extension
were as follows: 60 in favor, 29 opposed, and 19 additional
votes excluded for non-membership (in both catagories,
maintaining the same ratio).
While these votes were being counted, the County Labor
Relations Office contacted APECS with information about other
union offers being reached. These offers are being taken to the
Board of Supervisors on July 13th, in closed session, for
approval. These offers include one-year extensions (with the 2%
deferred COLA), two-year extensions (with the 2% deferred COLA),
and at least one three-year extension (LEMA) with an additional
COLA during the extension period as well as the deferred 2%
COLA. Labor Relations asked if APECS would be interested in
exploring any modifications to our concession agreement prior to
July 13th. A critical component of the other offers, and the
reason the County wanted us back at the table, was language to
accept a newly defined retirement tier for new hires. As these
contract extensions have started to push out two and three
years, the County is encountering their future agenda for
benefit reductions. We agreed to return to the table to discuss
possible options.
We met last week and negotiated a Tentative Agreement (TA)
for a three-year extension to our current contract. TA means
that both parties agree to seek approval of the agreement from
their respective authority. APECS members must vote on this TA,
AND the Board of Supervisors must approve the offer before it
can be put into effect. As the first offer was approved to defer
the COLA, we agreed to suspend the implementation of the
immediate 2% COLA until the TA could be voted upon. The
Replacement Offer is attached here, and summarized as follows:
REVISED CONTRACT EXTENSION PROPOSAL
- Defer the immediate 2% COLA, with restoration in June
2012, same as previously proposed.
- No additional COLA's during the term of the contract.
NOTE: This would constitute a loss of three COLA's, June
2011, June 2012, and June 2013. This would put us in the
typical situation to negotiate the start-up COLA at the
beginning of our new contract to begin July 2014.
- (2) Paid Administrative Days for each of the four years,
for a total of (8) Paid Administrative Days.
- Extension of the re-employment lists from two years, out
to three years. NOTE: This extends the time the County must
re-employ those that have been laid off, if re-hiring occurs
during that timeframe.
- Language to accept a new retirement tier, should the
County successfully negotiate terms with all the other
bargaining units covering miscellaneous members. This is
preliminarily described as 2% at 60.
Please see the Draft
Replacement Offer for APECS Contract Extension for exact
language. We will be holding two lunch time discussion sessions
as follows:
DISCUSSION SESSIONS
- Thursday, July 8th, 12:00-1:00 pm, Downtown, 827 7th
St., American River Room, Rm 250
- Friday, July 9th, 12:00-1:00 pm, Branch Center, 9660
Ecology Lane, Garden View Conference Room, First Floor
ADDITIONAL VOTE
An electronic vote will be conducted between Friday, July
9th, 1:00 pm and Monday, July 12th, 5:00 pm. We will close the vote and tally on Monday, July 12th at 5:00
pm. Results will be announced on Tuesday, July 13th, via email.
PLEASE NOTE: If this Proposal fails to gain APECS approval
through a majority vote, the APECS Board will accept the
original offer of a 1-year extension.
Please direct questions to the APECS Board. |
