HomeMy WebLinkAboutExhibit - MOUMEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
BETWEEN THE MIAMI GENERAL EMPLOYEES, AMERICAN FEDERATION OF
STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES, LOCAL 1907 AND
THE CITY OF MIAMI
This Memorandum of Understanding is entered into this /D day of July, 2014, between
the Miami General Employees, AFSCME Local 1907 ("Local 1907") and the City of Miami (the
"City"), collectively referred to as the "Parties."
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Parties collective bargaining agreement, Local 1907 had a
wage reopener on wages for 2013; and
WHEREAS, after a period of negotiation with the City, Local 1907 declared an impasse
in those reopener negotiations, at which time Local 1907 notified the City and the Public
Employees Relations Commission, and impasse resolution proceedings were initiated in
accordance with Section 447.403, Florida Statutes; and
WHEREAS, to resolve the ongoing impasse, the Parties hereby agree to modify and add
to Article 24 of the existing collective bargaining agreement as it relates to wages as reflected in
the attached document; and
NOW THEREFORE, the Parties agree as follows:
1. Current full time active employees shall receive a one and three quarter percent
(1.75%) increase on their base salary, retroactive to October 1, 2013 or their hire date,
whichever is later.
2. Effective upon ratification of the proposed modification to Article 24, the
approximately thirteen employees who were impacted by the 2009 layoffs by the City
(or whatever employees remaining were actually impacted) and were rehired at a
fifteen percent (15%) reduction will receive a fifteen percent (15%) increase on their
base salary, adjusted for any October 1, 2010 wage reduction had they been employed
at the modified base salary, This increase shall not be retroactive and shall not apply
to an employee that is not currently in the rehired position.
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If Article 24 is not ratified by the bargaining unit members of Local 1907, the impasse
(PERC Case No. SM-2013-027) will be resolved by the City's legislative body at a hearing to be
scheduled by the Parties on a mutually agreeable date.
So agreed between the Parties on this /0 ''day of July, 2014.
ON
pBEHALF OF THE CITY:
City Manager (or Designee)
City of Miami
ON B ALF QF LOC 'L 1907:
Se.. o , esident
Miami Genral Employees, AFSCME Local
1907
Revised Memorandum of Understanding (7 10 2014).docx
24.1
ARTICLE 24
WAGES
Wages will be maintained at the level in existence on September 30, 2012. The
parties agree that, except as otherwise provided for in this Article; there will be no increase or
decrease of base wages for the tel. of this agreement.
Bctwccn March 1, '1013 and June 30, 2013, the Union may reopen Article 24 to negotiate
2 Pursuant to the .Unison's 2013-2014 wage
reopener, current full time active employees shall receive a one and three quarter percent
(1.75%) increase on their base salary retroactive to October 1. 2013, or to the employee's hire
date, whichever is later.
Before a permanent bargaining unit member is laid off, the employee shall have the
opportunity to fill any position held by a temporary employee, provided the bargaining unit
member meets the minimum requirements set forth in the job description. In such cases, the
temporary employee shall be displaced.
Effective October 1, 1998, bargaining unit employees hired on or after October 1, 1998
may be laid off in accordance with Civil Service Rules and Regulations and/or applicable City
policies.
24.2 All changes in salary for reasons of promotion, demotion, or working out of
class, shall be effective the first day of the payroll period following the effective date of the
change.
Employees hired into a classified Civil Service position shall have their date of hire
changed to reflect their commencement as a classified Civil Service position and shall
satisfactorily serve a probationary period of one (1) year commencing with the date of entry into
a permanently budgeted classification and prior to gaining permanent status in the classified
service.
24.3 A night shift differential of $.60 per hour will be paid to bargaining unit
employees who work a regular established shift between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m.
However, more than one-half of the hours of the regular established shift must be within the
hours of 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. Night shift differential will only be paid fox hours actually
worked during the night shift differential period and will not be paid for any overtime hours.
Night shift differential shall not be used in calculating average earnings for pension purposes.
24.4 Bargaining unit members shall become eligible for a five percent (5%) one (1)
step increase for steps 2 through 7; a two and one-half percent (2.5%) one (1) step increase for
step 8.
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
Step 6
Step 7
Step 8
5%
5%
5%
5%
5%
5%
2.5%
There will be no step increases during this agreement.
Employees shall become eligible for longevity increases based upon their most recent
date of hire into the classified service; provided, however, that when the
employee is not in a full pay status, it shall cause the effective date of the increase to be deferred
by the same number of work days. Bargaining unit members shall become eligible for a one (1)
step longevity increase of five percent (5%) for years ten (10), fifteen (15), twenty (20), and
twenty one (21); a two and one half percent (2.5%) for years sixteen (16) and twenty two (22).
Longevity is as follows:
10 years 5%
15 years 5%
16 years 2.5%
20 years 5%
21 years 5%
22 years 2.5%
There will be no longevity increases during this agreement.
24.5 Bargaining unit employees who are hired on or after October 1, 1984 shall
satisfactorily serve a probationary period of one year prior to gaining permanent status in the
classified service.
24.6 Any bargaining unit employee, upon normal retirement from City service, or
separating under honorable conditions, who has served for a period of twenty-five (25) years or
more, shall be granted, at the time of his normal retirement or honorable separation one hundred
seventy-three and three tenths (173.3) hours of pay.
So agreed between the Parties on this / day of July, 2014.
ON BEHALF OF THE CITY: ON BEHALF OF LOCAL 1907:
City Manager (or Designee)
Sean Moy, Pre ident
Miami General Employees, AFSCME Local
1907