Politics & Government
Marin County Employees Agree To Tentative Contract
A three-day strike that was set to start Sunday has been averted.
MARIN COUNTY, CA -- Officials of the Marin Association of Public Employees and Marin County announced a tentative contract settlement that will avert a planned three-day strike to have started Sunday. The settlement, reached about 11:30 p.m. Friday, also meant that employee demonstrations at the Marin County Fair set for today and Sunday were cancelled.
According to numbers posted on the marincounty.org website today, base wages for MAPE workers will go up 2.5 percent this month, 3 percent in July 2019 and 2.5 percent in July 2020.
There also will be one-time payments of $1,000 for MAPE workers who make less than $90,000 a year and $500 for employees who earn more than $90,000 annually. There also will be a one-time $1,500 for certain Sheriff's Office personnel.
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The union also committed to recommend ratification of this tentative agreement to its members. A short message on the MAPE website said a member ratification vote is scheduled for Monday, July 9.
That same message indicated the MAPE bargaining team was to have met at 1 p.m. this afternoon with county negotiators to review and sign all tentative agreements.
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Calls to the MAPE offices for elaboration were not returned this afternoon or evening.
MAPE, the largest group of unionized Marin County employees, represents nearly every Marin County rank-and-file worker except sheriff's deputies, firefighters, nurses, deputy district attorneys and probation officers. It had sought raises of 3.5, 4 and 3.5 percent over three years; the county had countered by offering raises of 2.5, 3 and 2 percent over three years.
County officials announced earlier that tentative agreements had been reached with three organizations that represent 435 other Marin County employees -- the Management Employees Association, the Sheriff Staff Officers Association and the Probation Managers Association. Negotiations continue with labor associations representing deputy district attorneys, probation workers and theatrical stage employees.
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