Unit 9200 The Civil Service Employees Association, Inc. Local 1000, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO W e s t c h e s t e r   C o u n t y   E m p l o y e e s - U n i t  9 2 0 0 Jack McPhillips, President

Wednesday, April 21, 2004

CSEA ratifies new contract with Orange County government

Sixteen months of negotiations paid off yesterday as the Orange County CSEA unit rank and file approved a new four-year contract with the county government.      (Click for Orange County CSEA web site) 
The pact, which is retroactive to January 1, 2003, was approved 1,325 to 174. Over 2,200 county employees are impacted by the contract.

Union spokeswoman Janice Marra said the contract is a “fair agreement”. It provides raises of three percent for each of the first three years and four percent for the last year, maintains current health insurance levels and a fully paid lunch hour for current employees.

Orange County wanted to cut that to a half hour. The compromise was that incoming employees would get an hour lunch, but only be paid for half of that.  
County Executive Edward Diana also (tried to) cut a coffee break from the workers, but the agreement restored that.  
The county legislature must now approve the pact at its May meeting.

Check our website at  www.csea9200.com  for the latest info.

Karen Pecora, 1^st Vice President   Noel De La Cruz, 2^nd Vice President   Ed Magilton, 3^rd Vice President,
P. Andrew Swain, 4^th Vice President   Joanne Castaldo, Secretary   Elio Giuliani, Treasurer   Jim Kelly, Sergeant at Arms
112 East Post Road, Room 428, White Plains, New York, 10601- 3311   Phone (914) 995-2151   Fax (914) 995-5629
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