HomeMy Public PortalAbout7/1/2013-6/30/2016 Town Hall Associates MOAMEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
TOWN OF WATERTOWN
AND
WATERTOWN TOWN HALL ASSOCIATES, SEIU, LOCAL 888
July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2016
The Town of Watertown and Watertown Town Hall Associates, SEIU, Local 888 hereby
agree, subject to appropriation by the Town Council, to a three (3) year collective bargaining
agreement effective July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2016 which shall contain the same terms and
conditions as the parties' agreement which expired on June 30, 2013, except as modified by the
following:
1. ARTICLE 4, SECTION A (WAGES)
Increase base wages as follows:
2.5% - Effective July 1, 2013
2.5% - Effective July 1, 2014
2.5% - Effective July 1, 2015
2. ARTICLE 4, SECTION A (WAGES)
Effective July 1, 2014, add a new 8 step wage grid applicable to all employees hired on
or after July 1, 2014. Said grid is to be established by taking the current top step rate for
each classification and creating 7 equally spaced steps below that which are 3% apart
from one another.
3, ARTICLE 4, SECTION D (WAGES)
Add the following new section: "Effective upon execution of this Agreement, all
employees shall have their checks directly deposited."
4. ARTICLE 17, SECTION A (WORK WEEK)
Add new paragraph at end of section to read as follows:
"The work schedules of the full-time custodians in the Library shall include a half
(1/2) hour unpaid lunch with the exception that any shift worked by a full-time
custodian on a Saturday shall include a one (1) hour unpaid lunch. For day shifts,
said lunch period shall commence between the hours of 11:00am and 1:00pm."
ARTICLE 18, SECTION D (DISPATCHERS HOURS OF WORK)
Add new Section D which provides for an annual shift bid for dispatchers. In order to be
eligible to bid, a dispatcher must have completed his/her probationary period at the time
that the shift bidding takes place. In addition, no more than one (1) dispatcher with less
than one (1) year of full-time service as a dispatcher with the Town can be assigned to a
given shift as a result of the shift bid.
6. ARTICLE 25 (LONGEVITY)
Effective July 1, 2014, increase existing longevity levels by the following amounts:
5-9 years:
$250.00
10-14 years:
$200.00
15-19 years:
$100.00
20-24 years:
WHO
25-29 years:
$100.00
30+ years:
$100.00
7. ARTICLE 25 (LONGEVITY)
Effective January 1, 2015, issue longevity on annual basis in January in a separate direct
deposit.
8. ARTICLE 28 (TRAINING DIFFERENTIAL)
Retitle existing Article as "Dispatch Supervisor and Dispatcher Training Differential"
and add new paragraph as follows:
"The employee designated as the Dispatch Supervisor by the Chief of Police shall receive
an annual stipend for the duties associated with said assignment which is to be paid in
two equal installments of $500,00 at the end of each six (6) month period during the
fiscal year, i.e. December 315t and June 30t". In the event that the person so designated
does not work the Rill six (6) months of a given period, he/she shall only be entitled to
receive a prorated portion of the payment for that partial period."
9. ARTICLE 29, SECTION B (SHOE ALLOWANCE)
Effective July 1, 2014, increase shoe allowance by $100.00 and add Tree Warden and
Sanitarians to list of positions to receive allowance. In addition, entire shoe allowance to
be paid in July beginning in July 2014.
W. ARTICLE 37 (STORM EVENT CONTINUOUS WORK)
Effective upon implementation of this Agreement, replace existing paragraph with the
following:
"Whenever the Town requires Rather event coverage and an employee works twenty-
four (24) consecutive hours, he/she shall accrue six (6) hours storm leave; an employee
who works thirty-six (36) consecutive hours shall accrue ten (10) hours storm leave; an
employee who works forty-eight (48) consecutive hours shall accrue fourteen (14) hours
storm leave. Said storm leave may be used immediately upon working the twenty-four
(24) hours or more, but will be used within fifteen (15) days of the accrual, following the
final day of the weather event, unless operationally impossible. Storm leave shall not be
used in less than 4 hour increments."
11. ARTICLE 43 (DURATION)
Adjust dates to reflect (3) year Agreement effective 7/1/13 to 6/30/16.
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