TRANSMITTAL LETTER FOR BOARD MEETING OF AUGUST 7, 2014
COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Mr. David St. Pierre, Executive Director
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Authority to extend until September 4, 2014, the terms of the collective bargaining agreements between the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago and 1) SEIU Local 1, Firemen and Oilers Division; 2) the Building Trades Coalition; 3) the Teamsters Local Union 700; 4) the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union No. 9 (Electrical Instrumentation and Testing); 5) the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union No. 9 (Electrical Operations); and 6) the International Union of Operating Engineers, Local Union No. 399.
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Dear Sir:
On June 30, 2014, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District's collective bargaining agreements with the following six bargaining units expired: 1) SEIU Local 1, Firemen and Oilers Division; 2) the Building Trades Coalition; 3) the Teamsters Local Union 700; 4) the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union No. 9 (Electrical Instrumentation and Testing); 5) the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union No. 9 (Electrical Operations); and 6) the International Union of Operating Engineers, Local Union No. 399. A total of approximately 760 employees are represented in these six units.
Before, and again after, the agreements expired, the authorized representatives of all six bargaining units signed written extensions whereby they agreed, on behalf of the unions, to extend the terms and conditions of the existing agreements to a date specified in the extensions. Based on the most recent extensions submitted to the District, they seek to extend those terms until September 4, 2014.
Negotiations between the District and these unions are ongoing and it is therefore requested that the Executive Director recommend to the Board of Commissioners that it approve extending the terms and conditions of these existing agreements until September 4, 2014.
It is further requested that the Executive Director recommend to the Board of Commissioners that it authorize and direct the President of the Board of Commissioners, the Chairman of the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations, the Chairman of the Committee on Finance, and the Clerk/Director of Finance to execute written extensions extending the terms and conditions of these existing agreements until September 4, 2014, after they are approved by the General Counsel as to form and legality.
Requested, Denice E. Korcal, Director of Human Resources
Recommended, David St. Pierre, Executive Director
Respectfully Submitted, Cynthia M. Santos, Chairman Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations
Disposition of this agenda item will be documented in the official Regular Board Meeting Minutes of the Board of Commissioners for August 7, 2014