Your bargaining team presented a packaged proposal to the County in a meeting today with some compromise that moves us toward a contract. That package contains COLA increases, a shift in the healthcare premiums, and demand for the Juneteenth holiday among other things.

We proposed the following raises:

• 6% in year 1
• 5.25% in year 2

We addressed shifting healthcare premiums from 80/20 to 85/15. We also decided to settle the language in sections 2 on healthcare language and 7.1 on definitions of part-time and temporary workers. The County responded with zero movement so the team questioned the lack of effort on the County’s part.

The County requested that the team reiterate our priorities, which we did. We had a long conversation about whether this contract will get done expiration date of June 30, then came back to the table with “supposals” we might consider:

• Raises of 5% in year 1 and 4% in year 2
• Juneteenth as an additional floating holiday without any trade

$1,200 one-time money paid on the second November paycheck for every member (so that you can provide a nice holiday for your families)

All this to go along with the already agreed upon longevity increases. The team feels that decent raises, longevity pay, the added holiday, and one-time money makes this a really good two-year contract. We meet again on Wednesday, June 24 and let the County know that we are also open to adding more bargaining dates prior to the end of June. Again, these are just proposals, and until we have an overall signed agreement, nothing is in effect until we ratify by a vote.