PREPARED BY: REINA SCHWARTZ DATE OF MEETING: 02/19/19
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RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN PABLO APPROVING A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH OPERATING ENGINEERS LOCAL UNION NO. 3, AFL-CIO AND ASSOCIATED SALARY SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2018
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CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Adopt Resolution
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COMPLIANCE STATEMENTS
Future Labor Relations Partnerships is an adopted policy item under the FY 2018-21 Council Priority Workplan, effective November 1, 2017.
CEQA Compliance Statement
This is not a project as defined by CEQA.
BACKGROUND
In March 2017, the maintenance, operations, office and technical employees of the City filed a request to decertify the union representing them at the time, Public Employees Union Local One (Local One) (approximately 33 members). The Local One Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was set to expire on June 30, 2017. Ultimately, the employees were able to vote regarding the potential decertification in April 2018 and the decertification was finalized in May 2018.
Shortly after the employees completed their decertification vote, the City received a recognition petition from Operating Engineers Local Union No. 3 (OE3) for these same employees. Following the recognition process described in the City's Employer-Employee Relations Ordinance, OE3 was recognized as the exclusive representative for these employees in July 2018 and the City and OE3 began bargaining to develop a new MOU. During this period going back to July 2017, the employees had received no cost-of-living adjustments or any other adjustments to their terms and conditions of employment, even though all other employees in the City had benefitted from new agreements beginning July 1, 2017. This is because the City was prohibited from bargaining with the affected employees during the union decertification and certification procedures.
This report brings forward a new MOU between the City and OE3 which has been ratifi...
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