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UPSEU Columbia County Members Overwhelmingly Approve Pact
87.5% of UPSEU’s Columbia County members voting in a recent ratification vote, approved the terms of a new agreement.
Annual wage increases, longevity increases, increased evening/night and weekend differentials and other improvements highlighted the agreement.
A contentious issue, health coverage was favorably resolved for the unit by limiting, and in some cases, reducing the cost to members.
UPSEU President Kevin E. Boyle, Jr. commended the nineteen member negotiating team for their terrific work, stating, “Negotiations are always difficult in Columbia County, with every negotiation having to go through the mediation process. But UPSEU and the unit pushed and prodded to get a fair agreement through the mediation process and once again, we did.”
The negotiating team included Michael Kutsky, Donna Griffen, Gary Gumprecht, Christopher DeGraff, Dorothy March, Eileen Batycki, John Delaney, Phyllis Higgins, Lisa George, Barton Hover, Guy Hughes, Mary Ellen Madison, Kelly McDonald, Pat Moskaluk, Barbara Stedge, Donald Novak, Ann Delaney, Cindy Tipple, and Edward Godfroy.
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