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| Union proposes to amend Corrections Officer's contract |
| By Mike Ferguson The Muscatine Journal , muscatinejournal.com |
| Published: 11/18/2011 |
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MUSCATINE, Iowa — Unions representing Muscatine County sheriff’s deputies and corrections officers delivered proposals to amend their existing two-year contract Thursday morning to county officials. The contracts between the county and both unions, part of Teamsters Local Union 238, began July 1, 2011, and end June 30, 2013. Both contracts provide the the unions can reopen bargaining on wages and one other item. Sheriff’s deputies seek a 6 percent increase in their wages for the 2012-13 fiscal year, which begins July 1, 2012. They did not seek to reopen another item. Currently, sheriff’s deputies receive $19.73 per hour when they start and earn 5-percent raises each year for each of the next four years. On his or her fourth anniversary, a deputy currently earns $24.66 per hour and can also earn 15-20 cents per hour in shift differential pay and extra pay for handling canines (73 cents per hour) or for being assigned criminal investigations (40 cents per hour). Full-time corrections officers — who are now paid $16.58 per hour plus longevity pay that adds, for example, $1 per hour to a five-year employee — seek $17.85 per hour to start and $19.12 per hour for officers with one year’s experience. Under the union proposal, corrections officers serving in their 20th year would receive $29.84 per hour. Under the current contract, a 20-year corrections officer receives $20.58 per hour — $16.58 per hour plus $4 per hour longevity pay. Corrections officers also receive shift differential pay for working second and third shifts at the Muscatine County Jail. Second shift officers receive an additional 15 cents per hour, and third shift officers an additional 20 cents per hour. In addition to wages, corrections officers want to explore changes in rules governing how they may use their two personal days each year. Nancy Schreiber, the county’s director of administrative services, said that county officials — with the help of the attorney hired to negotiate with the unions, Jim Hanks of the Des Moines firm Ahlers and Cooney — plan to submit a counter-offer to the unions by the end of the month. When a deal is reached, the plan first must be approved by the unions, then goes to the Muscatine County Board of Supervisors for final approval. “The goal,” Schreiber said, “is to have [bargaining] completed before the budget process so that we can budget accurately.” Read more: http://muscatinejournal.com/news/local/article_28d0632a-119e-11e1-b0eb-001cc4c002e0.html#ixzz1e4TPak91 “click here for more information” . |
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