Omnitrans bus driver, union contract may be decided
By Ryan Hagen, San Bernardino County Sun, Calif. | |
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services |
The transportation agency's board of directors will hold a final public hearing today to review the recommendations of an independent fact-finder and possibly to impose a "last, best and final offer." Union members voted in March to authorize a strike if that contract were imposed.
But a meeting between union and
"The situation that's somewhat different now is there's a fact-finding report that's been issued,"
Next week will be the pivotal moment, said
"This is the end," Uribe said. "We've gone through negotiations, fact finder, all the steps. If they give us something we can work with -- since we haven't had a raise since 2009 and the benefits are not good, that's all we're asking for."
The union and
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The union, pointing to raises for other unions and management and to static wages as the cost of living increased by 9.5 percent, asked for a 2.3 percent increase effective in
"The Chairperson does not believe it fiscally prudent under the present economic and budget situations to impose this significant cost increase on the Employer," according to the fact-finding report. Instead, he recommends a 3.4 percent increase retroactive to
On benefits, too, the fact-finder recommends a "bucket" of health, dental and vision insurance, as well as contributions to the
Other items included sick leave, overtime pay and uniforms, with the fact-finder landing on
"If you look at the fact finding report on its whole, it sided with
The meeting is at
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