Thursday, July 3, 2014

De Blasio reaches labor deal with largest city worker union



Mayor De Blasio struck a tentative deal with the city’s largest municipal-workers union Wednesday, settling on a 10 percent wage hike over seven years.


The agreement with District Council 37 is similar to the contract approved by the teachers union in May.


More than 100,000 workers will tally 1 percent retroactive pay hikes for 2011 through 2013 — the years they worked without a contract.


Their wages will increase the final four years of the contract with a 1.5 percent pay hike in 2014, 2.5 percent in 2015, 3 percent in 2016 and an additional compensation of .52 percent for part of 2017.


The workers will also score a one-time $ 1,000 ratification payment.


DC 37 represents about 60 percent of the city’s work force, including librarians, janitors, civil engineers, police administration aides and school aides.


The contract will cost $ 1.75 billion.


But the mayor projects that with the health savings agreed to by the Municipal Labor Committee, the net cost of the contract agreement to the city will be $ 955 million.


De Blasio has said that he expects all city unions to follow that pattern.





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