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Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Caregivers union going back to county with new contract
From today’s paper:
The union representing many caregivers with the Butler County Board of Developmental Disabilities has agreed to a revised contract.
The Developmental Disabilities board unanimously signed off on the new contract Wednesday, Oct. 28. It now goes to county commissioners — who shot down the last negotiated contract — for approval.
The Professional Guild of Ohio union represents roughly 75 Developmental Disabilities employees, most of whom are direct care staff.
The new contract calls for a 2 percent pay raise for union members this year, and no raise in 2010 and 2011. The original contract included 2 percent raises all three years.
“For (the union) to agree to (this) is a big accomplishment,” said Developmental Disabilities Superintendent Chris Hurr. “We had to bargain and go back to the table because we couldn’t get anything approved (by commissioners).”
The new contract would also gives union members an additional day off starting in 2010 — which agency officials say other employees there already get — and allows them to accrue vacation days faster, starting in 2011.
Commissioners voted 2-0 against the original contract in June, then last month rejected a fact-finders report that sided with the union.
Commissioners Donald Dixon and Charles Furmon, who opposed the previous contract, both said Wednesday they needed to review the new contract before deciding if it’s more palatable.
“I’ll have to give it some thought,” Furmon said.
The two opposed the first contract because commissioners have laid off employees, enacted furloughs and cut wages across the county to cope with budget shortfalls brought about by recession. Commissioner Gregory Jolivette sided with the union, saying Developmental Disabilities is funded by its own levy, not the county’s general fund.
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