Congratulations EmpRes Workers!

Earlier this week, our bargaining team reached a tentative agreement on our contract! Here are some of the highlights:

• Wages: All workers will be getting an $0.80 increase retroactive to October 1, 2017.
• Credit for experience: New hires will now get credit for up to 3 years of relevant experience in order to help with recruiting experienced workers. We added language that no current employee will be paid less than a new hire with equal experience to protect against compression.
• Health Care: We reached an agreement at the Central Table to explore a healthcare trust that could result in long-term improvements to our healthcare. In the meantime, we agreed to phase out the PIB and PILM programs, which resulted in an increase to the employer contribution to our premiums from 75% to 80%. Workers currently using PIB/PILM will be grandfathered in so no worker will suffer a loss of benefits.
• Paid time off: We will now have the option to cash out up to 40 hours of PTO once per year in your anniversary month.
• We improved our contract language around training, grievances and other articles in our Central Table agreement as well.

We will be scheduling a ratification vote in your facility soon! Be on the lookout for more information around the vote date and connect with your CAT for more details about the agreement!