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Newsline: June 2006

Citywide, Housing Division Members Unanimously Ratify Extended Pact

Local 237’s Citywide and Housing Division members voted overwhelmingly May 16 to ratify a 12-month and 47-day extension to their current contract, which provides for a wage increase of 3.25 percent and a $100 increase to their Welfare Fund.

Ratification votes are counted at the midtown offices of the American Arbritration Association.

“I consider this ratification vote a vote of confidence in the work of the union’s negotiating committees,” said President Carl Haynes. By extending the contracts, negotiators avoided long-term battles with the city administration. “This is the first time in more than 30 years that this union has been able to bring up to date all of its contracts in the city, and that makes me feel proud.”

The contract extension covers the period from Aug. 7, 2005, to Sept. 22, 2006, for 12,000 Citywide Division members, and Nov. 7, 2005, to Dec. 23, 2006, for the 10,000 Housing members. It includes:

A wage increase of 3.25 percent retroactive to Aug. 7, 2005.

A $100 increase in the employer’s annual contribution to the Welfare Fund, effective Aug. 7, 2006, for active employees and retirees in exchange for extending the contract an additional 30 days beyond the 12 months and 17 days

A side letter agreement that allows the union to continue negotiating the possible one percent productivity-based wage increase that is still pending from the current contract, which is worth about $300 to the average paycheck.

Noting the timeliness of the settlement, Haynes said, “Our members are feeling the pinch of the economy and this raise is a nice piece of change that our members can clearly use when they receive their paychecks some time in July.”

The ratification votes were counted by the American Arbitration Association at their midtown offices. The union’s negotiators included 50 rank-and-file members, President Haynes, Secretary-Treasurer Gregory Floyd, Housing Division Director Edmund Kane, lead attorneys Basil Paterson and Barry Peek from the law firm Meyer, Suozzi, English and Klein; and Allen Brawer of Policy Research Group.

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