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Annual General Wage Increase Tier 2 at 5% each year with equity adjustments for the Operator/Technicians and Janitor classifications
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Annual General Wage Increase for Tier 1 at 2.5% each year of the cba
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Opportunities for progression fr om A-2 (lower wage) tier to A-1 (higher wage) over the course of the cba. For example, 1 Operator/Technician will be eligible to transition to the higher tier upon ratification (a $4.00+ hourly increase)
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1 Additional Holiday (President's Day)
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IAM National Pension contributions will increase $.40 per day each year of the cba
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Layoff benefit increase fr om $750 to $1,000 for least senior members and fr om $12,500 to $18,000 for more senior members
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Carry over of annual vacation doubles to 80 hours
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No increase in medical premiums employee contributions
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Annual allowance of $100 for work shoes
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$1,000 ratification bonus.
GLR Maria Santiago Lillis led a Negotiating Committee that consisted of Ernie Ganir, Wayne Kurakake, Russell LaPierre Lori Pooler, Peter Popa, Bryan Randall, Calvin Sato and Gary Spence. According to Santiago Lillis, "This Negotiating Committee met twice a week for about 2 months prior to beginning the actual negotiations. It was a pleasure to work with such a creative, united, and determined group. All of our proposals were mindful of the data that was obtained from the survey of the membership. As a result of the hard work, the Committee was successful in achieving almost all of the items that the members had identified as priorities".
Sister Santiago Lillis would like to extend special thanks to General Vice President Lee Pearson,Administrative Assistant Gary Allen,Neil Gladstein, Peter Greenberg and the rest of the Team at Strategic Resources, andGLR Don Whitaker.
GVP Pearson responded to the news of this contract ratification by saying that this was a true team effort. "The staff of the Western Territory, IAM Headquarters, and the membership at WTS all worked together in a focused effort. Congratulations to GLR Santiago Lillis, and to all who were involved in bringing a first class contract tot he membership".
World Technical Services, Inc. is a subcontractor to Harris; administering a service contract with the Air Force for satellite tracking in the Hawaiian Islands. The contract was formerly held by Raytheon and Arctic Slope. LL 1998 has represented these members for over 30 years.
