UPSEU Columbia County membership approved a new four year contract on December 19th by a better than 3 to 1 margin. (252 accepted, 72 rejected)
The new contract will:
- increase wages
- provide a bonus
- reduce health costs with a change to a self-insured health plan that keeps all co-payments and prescription costs unchanged
- provide a new maintenance drug program which will eliminate the employee co-pay for brand named formulary drugs
Additional gains were also reached in on-call pay, uniforms, equipment allowances and shoe allowances. Highway Department members will see increases in DTO accumulation and a new snow season on-call program and all DPW employees will now enjoy an increases snow bonus program.
UPSEU President Kevin E. Boyle, Jr. commended the negotiating team of Patricia Abitabile, Betty Bednar, Donald Coons, Jr., Jane DeGennaro, Ann Delaney, George Filipovits and Chris Inman, Josh Gaylord, Patricia Moskaluk, Cindy Tipple and Barbara Stedge for their terrific efforts in achieving a solid agreement for our members.
"Thanks as well go to UPSEU Regional Coordinator Kathy Wright-Muzio for her excellent work throughout the process," stated Boyle.
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