HomeMy WebLinkAbout#03 - 2023 Labor Agreement with 49ers
DATE: May 16, 2023
CONSENT
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Kristina Handt, City Administrator
AGENDA ITEM: Approve 2023 Labor Agreement with Local 49ers
BACKGROUND: The existing Labor Agreement with the Local 49ers expired on December 31, 2022. Staff and Local 49 entered into negotiations starting in Fall 2022. No tentative agreement was reached, so the City and Local 49 entered into mediation on April 21. A tentative agreement was reached after one day of mediation and the members of the labor union voted to accept the 2023 agreement. ISSUE FOR DISCUSSION: Should Council approve the 2023 Labor Agreement with Local 49? PROPOSAL DETAILS/ANALYSIS: The 2023 contract documents the parties’ agreements related to wages and other working conditions and lays out the process for addressing disputes.
The new contract remains consistent with the contract expired December 31, 2022 except for four alterations; This one year contract provides for an increase in PTO accrual consistent with the Baker Tilly class and compensation study findings with the exception of one long term employee, provides for wage increases consistent with what non-represented employees received in implementing the new
pay plan, increases the probationary period from 6 months to 1 year and removes all references to AFL-CIO. FISCAL IMPACT: These proposed wages increases have been provided for in the 2023 budget. OPTIONS: 1) Approve the 2023 Labor Agreement between the City of Lake Elmo and the International
Union of Operating Engineers Local 49 2) Amend and then Approve the 2023 Labor Agreement between the City of Lake Elmo and the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 49 3) Do not approve the 2023 Labor Agreement and direct someone else to negotiate with the
union.
RECOMMENDATION: If removed from the consent agenda: Motion to approve the 2023 Labor Agreement between the City of Lake Elmo and the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 49 ATTACHMENTS:
• 2023 Labor Agreement