As you may already know IBEW 6 and the City & County of San Francisco and the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency reached impasse at the bargaining table.  As a result of reaching impasse we did not have a last, best and final offer to bring to our membership to vote on.  We began the Mediation/Arbitration process as required by the charter.  Prior to the conclusion of the arbitration the parties reached agreement on certain items.  Below is a brief summary of the current status of this round of collective bargaining.

CCSF (not SFMTA)

Term – 2 years

Wages –

 Effective July 1, 2013          1%

 Effective January 4, 2014    1%

 Effective March 29, 2014    1%

Health –

 Employee-Only – Effective January 1, 2014 (no changes before this benefit year)

• “90%-90%” – The City shall pay 90% of the cost of the entire health insurance premium for Kaiser or Blue Shield, respectively, capped at the second highest cost plan (e.g., currently, Blue Shield).
• Employees assigned to worksites outside of the service area will be exempt from the City Plan premium share.
• No change to City contribution formula for Employee plus one and Employee plus two categories.

Floating Holidays – One-time award of two (2) Floating holidays in 2012-13.  Total of seven (7) for FY 2012-13.  Five (5) for FY 2013-14.

Furlough Days - No unpaid furlough days in FY 2012-13, 2013-14

Expediting Arbitration Process – for terminations and long-term suspensions only.  Subject to mutual agreement.

Shift Differential – Four (4) hour trigger (down from 5) and clarification that differential is not a premium (i.e. is included in the base for pension purposes).  Hours worked in increments totaling less than 4 hours not subject to shift premium.

Dental Co-Pays – to mirror other City Unions already paying co-pays.  Approximately $6-$12 per month.

Internal Wage Adjustments – a. Class7480 - 15%

                                                 b. Class 7482 - 15%

                                                 c. Class 7484 - 15%

                                                 d. Class 7488 - 15%

                                                 e. Class 7229 - 15%

                                                  f. Class 7285 - 15%

                                                 g. Class 7319 - parity with Class 7371

                                                 h. Class 7510 - 5%

                                                 i. Class 7255 - 5%

Work Shoes – every 18 months.

SFIA –   All classes except 7318, 9240, 9241 and 9242 may go to 3 shifts a day,

               Monday – Friday work week.

               7318, 9240, 9241 and 9242 may go to 3 shifts a day, any 5 consecutive days in a seven day period.

DPW – DBI – side letters on parking tickets renewed

Lead Pay – no change

Travel Pay – for members who live in San Francisco and travel to SFIA or Sunol, they will receive a lump sum equivalent to their prior year payouts.  Future payouts will cease.

Sunol Travel Practices - No Change

No Cost Parking - No Change

NERC Certification - Not Awarded

Also, we will be mailing out copies of the new C.B.A. once the document has been finalized.