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Report regarding a resolution to approve one-year extensions to the Memorandums of Understanding between the City of South San Francisco and AFSCME Local 829, Teamsters Local 856 (Confidential Unit and Mid-Management Unit), and IUOE Local 39, including a three percent (3%) wage increase effective July, 2020 (Leah Lockhart, Human Resources Director)
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Staff recommends that City Council approve a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute agreements with AFSCME Local 829, Teamsters Local 856 and IUOE Local 39 to provide for one-year extensions of the respective Memorandums of Understanding and a three percent (3%) wage increase effective July, 2020.
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BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION
The City's full-time workforce is organized into seven (7) represented bargaining units, and one unrepresented unit for at-will executive management employees. The City negotiates and administers Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with each represented unit to provide for wages, hours, and terms and conditions of employment in accordance with the Meyers-Millias-Brown Act (MMBA). Last fall, City Council gave direction to City staff to commence negotiations with the four labor groups whose MOUs were scheduled to expire on June 30, 2020. Under the parameters set by Council, the City began negotiations with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 829 ("AFSCME"), Teamsters Local 856 Mid-Management unit and Confidential unit, and the International Union of Operating Engineers ("IUOE") Local 39. These units represent the vast majority of the City's non-public safety workforce across ten operating departments.
Several meetings were held with labor groups between December and March. However, in the course of negotiations, the COVID-19 pandemic crisis evolved rapidly, dramatically altering conditions for both the City's finances and the ability of staff and labor representatives to conduct meaningful, comprehens...
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