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PORT OF SEATTLE MEMORANDUM COMMISSION AGENDA Item No. 4f ACTION ITEM Date of Meeting December 9, 2014 DATE: December 1, 2014 TO: Theodore J. Fick, Chief Executive Officer FROM: Robin Romeo, Labor Relations Director SUBJECT: Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Port of Seattle and the Seattle King County Building Trades ACTION REQUESTED Request Commission authorization for the Chief Executive Officer to execute a new collective bargaining agreement, the Maintenance Agreement Addendum, between the Port of Seattle and the Building and Construction Trades Council. This contract has a three-year term from January 1, 2013 December 31, 2015. SYNOPSIS This agreement follows a protracted period of collective bargaining that culminated in mediation and the rejection of two proposed packages by the union members. The estimated total cost of this agreement is $148,107. BACKGROUND The Maintenance Agreement Addendum is an agreement between the Port of Seattle and the Seattle Building and Construction Trades Council and its affiliated unions. Each union is party to a separate master labor agreement which is negotiated by the Associated General Contractors of Washington. The Port employs members represented by seven (7) of the affiliated unions. Pursuant to a 1965 agreement between the Port and the Building and Construction Trades Council, the Port pays employees of each local eighty-eight (88) percent of the wages in the master labor agreement plus benefits such as vacation leave and holidays. Emergency employees are hired and paid 100% of the wages in the respective master labor agreement but do not receive those benefits. This agreement includes non-wage terms and conditions of employment. It covers seventy-eight (78) regular and thirty-three (33) emergency hire employees who are members of the following bargaining units: Template revised May 30, 2013. COMMISSION AGENDA Theodore J. Fick, Chief Executive Officer December 1, 2014 Page 2 of 2 Unit Regular EH Total Operating Engineers 1 3 4 Laborers 56 18 74 Plumbers 0 4 4 Painters 12 3 15 Sign Painters 5 0 5 Sprinkler Fitters 3 3 6 Sheet metal workers 1 2 3 Total employees 78 33 111 SCOPE OF THE AGREEMENT Term of the Agreement: January 1, 2013, through December 31, 2015. Pension: An increase in the current pension contribution currently calculated on hours worked to include one additional shift per month. Safety shoes: A fifty dollar increase in shoe allowance for the purchase price or repair of ANSI approved footwear from $100.00/year to $150.00/year. Grievance Procedure: A small change was made in the provisions regarding disciplinary time limits. PTO Cash out: Employees will be eligible to cash-out accrued vacation hours provided they preserve a minimum of two weeks in their balance. PTO Scheduling: Paid time off assignments may be made at 6 months of employment instead of one year of employment. Direct Deposit: Employees are required to participate in the Port's direct deposit. FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS The cost impact of this agreement is based on the estimated increase in the pension contribution of $45,469 per year and the increase in the safety shoe allowance estimated at $3,900 per year for a three year total of $148,107. This increase in expense is included in the 2013, 2014, and 2015 budgets of the Marine Maintenance Department and the Aviation Maintenance Division. ATTACHMENTS TO THIS REQUEST The collective bargaining agreement PREVIOUS COMMISSION ACTIONS OR BRIEFINGS None
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