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The ballots are in the mail for 603 & 604
Los Angeles County Fire Fighters, IAFF Local 1014, Executive Board reached a Tentative Agreement (T/A) on a successor Memorandum of Understanding (MOUs) for Bargaining Units 603 and 604, which include Health Haz Mat (HHM), Fire Protection Engineers (FPEA), Dispatchers and Forestry Technicians. If ratified, the T/A will then proceed to the LA County Board of Supervisors for approval, triggering a retroactive pay increase to December 1, 2015. The new contract will expire at midnight on September 30, 2018.
In addition, the County has agreed to analyze the inequity adjustment evaluation information provided by Local 1014 for employees in the FPEA Series and the Forestry Technician classification. If the County agrees with the information we provided them, they will recommend an inequity increase to the Board of Supervisors no later than June 30, 2016.
On behalf of the Local 1014 bargaining team, we believe that this is a good contract and we recommend a YES vote. While we did not get every item we wanted or fought for, it is a fair agreement with good general salary movement and additional gains. We are proud of our members who stood tough and allowed us to fight it out to secure the other items in addition to general salary. It has not been an easy road and we had to fight the Department and the County on many proposals they had on the table to protect our package.
The T/A contains the following items and agreement that will enhance our current MOU:
GENERAL SALARY INCREASE:
| 10% Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA), keeping us ahead of inflation. |
| 12/1/15: |
+3% |
| 10/1/16: |
+3% |
| 10/1/17: |
+2% |
| 4/1/18: |
+2% |
DISPATCHER BONUS ENHANCEMENT:
12/1/15: Bonus increases to 6.5% from the current 5.5% for employees in the Fire Dispatcher Series for EMD certification.
6/1/15: The County will introduce a Tiered Dispatch Program. Dispatcher bonus will increase to 7.5% for EMD certification.
SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL:
Shift differential pay for employees in the Fire Dispatcher Series will increase to $1.00 per hour from the current .55 cents per hour on 10/1/17. The first increase in over 8 years.
STANDBY PAY/CALL-BACK PAY:
Standby pay for employees in the HMS I, HMS II, HMS III, & SHMS classifications will increase to:
12/1/15: $3.10 per hour (+$0.60 per hour). The first increase in over 8 years.
10/1/17: $3.25 per hour (+$0.15 per hour)
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS DIVISION – EMERGENCY OPERATIONS SECION ASSIGNMENT BONUS:
HMS II employees assigned to work in the Emergency Operations Section shall receive a 5.5% bonus. Replacing the current temporary ARB.
OVERTIME:
SECTION 2.
Employees in the FPEA I, FPEAR II and SFPEA classifications may:
Elect to receive compensatory time off (CTO) in lieu of pay at the rate of 1 ½ hours for each hour worked over forty in one workweek.
Accrue CTO to a max of 120 hours. CTO in excess of the max cap will be compensated as provided by FLSA.
Elect to receive CTO in lieu of pay, at the straight time rate for all non-FLSA overtime worked.
SECTION 3. USAGE OF NON-FLSA COMPENSATORY TIME
Employees shall not be directed by Management to take CTO without at least 10 days’ notice or be denied a timely request to take such time off.
CTO accumulated by employees not used during the calendar year in which they are earned may be carried over one additional calendar year.
CTO time not used in the given time period will be paid at the straight time rate rather than lost.
For 603 & 604 members we will be sending out ballots for your ratification vote on January 6th with votes to be counted January 22nd. After that date the Board of Supervisors will then approve the contract ratification at their next scheduled meeting.
Ballots were snet out by US Mail January 6th and must be returned no later than January 22, 2016.
Any questions please contact either Dave Morse or Andy Doyle by email or phone at (310) 639-1014.
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