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Well, good morning everyone, the committee on Workforce
Development will now come to order. Today, we have two
items on the agenda. First your approval of July's meetings
rule, 45 report and its second is an ordinance 02. 02 3000
3884 transmitted from the budget director in the
corporation counsel, the office of budget Management,
Department of Law, authorizing. The execution of a
collective bargaining agreement between the city of Chicago
and the Illinois, nursing association association,
Illinois, Council police, and the Coalition of unionized
employees, 30 different, aliens and several name, trade,
unions. Included there. Before we begin, I'm, I will
conduct the roll call to establish a quorum.
Alderman Yancey.
Albany a presence. All the person Hall has presents on
reveal Alderman, Chico alderwoman Ramirez. Ramirez is
presence, album. Quinn, Quinn is presents. Vice-chair
Gutierrez Gutierrez is present alderwoman Coleman Alderman.
Curtis, I am here, chairperson Rodriguez is here.
Alderman's pesado.
Alderman Vasquez, other person Vasquez. Thank you. And all
the women play.
All right, we have nine members present. We have a quorum
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Sally Farrell.
Element Ali, pharaohs present Alderman, am Rosa, not here.
So we still have nine members. We have a quorum also
presents. I heard the illustrious Alderman of the 27th.
Ward Burnett. I also do believe, we may have some folks
online. If I remember correctly,
well, we have a quorum
Seguin.
Well, by rule 39 online. Okay, so 59 alderperson Coleman of
the committee has requested to attend the meeting, by
remote means unrelated emergencies again, according to rule
59, now again, is she online
No.
No, chairman lonely old woman Rosanna Rodriguez was here,
but she dropped off. Okay, well, if someone could let us
know, once all the women Coleman gets on and then we will
present this motion at that time, if it meets the bodies,
Okay, affirmative Frugal will take that up when she gets
on, thank you.
Move.
Moving on, we will go on to non committee members present
again, Alderman Burnett's year. At this time, we'll begin
the public comment period of a comic. Is 30 minutes out of
respect for everyone's Time. Each beakers, limited 3
minutes, I do not believe we have any public speakers.
very,
Very well out there being no more speakers. Our first order
of business is approval of the rule, 45 report from July,
17th 2023. I remember the committee should receive a copy
in your email last week. Also, we have copies for you if
you need one, can I have a motion to approve, the rule, 45
report, Alderman, Quinn. So moose all those in favor of
passing the resolution. Please respond by saying I and you
post say, nee any Penny, the chair, the eyes have it. Thank
you. The second item before the committee today,
Old.
02, 02 3000 3884 transmitted from the budget director and
the Corporation Council as well as the office of budget
Management Department law.
Authorizes. The execution of collective bargaining
agreements, between the city of Chicago and Illinois,
Nurses Association, only Council, police the Coalition of
unionized employees, and several named trade unions. Before
we begin, I want to knowledge of letter sent from liuna.
Urging passage of this ordinance, a copy of that letter is
in your packet and was also emailed the best of my
knowledge. We have with us the city of Porter Adams, from a
law, to answer any questions. You may have a
A collection of collective bargaining agreements. And also
to present them to us here today,
Good morning, German Rodriguez members of the committee. My
name is Cecily Porter Adams. And on the city's chief, chief
labor negotiator from the Law Department here with me today
is in a mini oakapple, Lupo from the mayor's office, and we
are very thankful to have the opportunity to present
various collective bargaining agreement between the city of
Chicago. And several of our partnership agreement for today
or with a city in Illinois, Nurses Association often
referred to as I N A, the city of Chicago in Illinois,
Council Solis. Often referred to as I cop and the City of
Chicago and the Coalition of unionized public employees,
often refer to it, or Trade union. There are 30 individual
humans who were part of the coop agreement.
The cool.
The coop.
The cuckoo.
The cooking is collectively. Represent approximately 7,000
employees in 16 different City Department. Illinois,
nurses. The Nurses Association represents approximately 40
employees of the Department of Public Health and the Office
of Public Safety Administration. And finally, icot
represents approximately 30 employees in the city's
Department of Aviation, these Agreements are the result of
approximately one year of collective, bargaining agreement
on average, something a little longer, some, a little
shorter, but we believe that each of these agreement
represents the best deal.
For the city.
For the city of Chicago.
For the city of Chicago, the employees represented in the
city as an employer.
The.
The terms of the agreement were very similar to help
describe them together, but to the extent their difference
is I would highlight those for you. So the term for all of
these agreements runs from July one 2022 through June 30th
2027 to be effective upon final ratification by the
bargaining unit and by the city council, all of the Union's
a tissue have ratified, the agreement. So the next and
final step will be for city council ratification with
respect to wages, all the wage, the waves packages, the
same protocol Union and consists of his followers
effective. July one 2022, still be a 3%. Percentage
increase effective January 1st of 2023. Another 3%,
increase effective January. One 2020. For the percentage
increase will range between 3% and 5%. Depending on what
the CPI you is, if the cpi-u is 3% or less, the employees
will enjoy a 3% increase. If it is 5% or more employees,
will receive a 5% increase and
It is between.
it is between 3 and 5% of. The increase will be equal to
what the CBI is rounded to the nearest tenth.
The same.
The same is true for January wine of 2025. It will be a
three to five percent increase if anyone cpi-u, and also in
January one, 2026 Prius will be the same between 3 and 5%.
The final year of the contract, is January, one 2027 and
that increase would be 2.5%.
I just want to know here for Koop unions are trade unions
and number of them are on there, not on the salary
schedule. So they don't receive these percentage increases,
their rates are based on the prevailing wage rates. And we
agreed during collective bargaining to continue to tie them
so that prevailing wage rates. That's one of the
differences between the CVS in. The city will be, providing
a lump sum signing bonus, and then pay bonus in a total
amount of $3,000 to be paid in two installments. One
installment will be paid on 1124 and a second installment
1125. This is to recognize the work of art in units. During
the pandemic, most of them is not all were on the front
line and have the ability to work home. They were out there
are many and making sure Services well-being services are
being provided.
Effective.
Effective 1124. The city will contribute to one $1.50 for
each dollar contributed by each employee up to a maximum of
$750. In negotiations, retiree Health Care with a huge
issue. So what this particular aspect of the agree,
Then, why do we?
Then why do we agreed?
Then why do we agree to create a committee to look into
retiree health care? But we agreed to increase the matching
for deferred compensation to help him for his focus on
saving for retirement. And so with this effective on 124
and I said, we will put in a dollar fifty for each dollar
employee contribute up to a maximum of $750 a year. And
then effective 1127, we will match a dollar 75 for every
dollar in Floyd puts in up to a maximum for $875 per year.
We also made adjustments to the salary, schedules to
provide for retention and recruitment at some of the other
benefits that we agree to a collective bargaining
agreement. As far as prevailing rate employees, which is a
vast majority of who they will now be able to recruit. And
you sick day, I like the rest of the city where employees
receive a keishin days and sick days. This parking unit
only receives vacation days and they have to use vacation
for sick days coming out of a pandemic. This was top of
mind or negotiation. So part of this deal, they will now be
able to occur.
Cast.
Half day of sick, leave, we also extended the paid.
Parental leave all employees in its bargaining unit, as
well as the Juneteenth holiday for our prevailing rate
employees. We also extended the Veterans Day holiday. As
you may know, a really great employees, don't receive all
the same holidays that the rest of the city Workforce that
they received three less. They don't receive President
Washington or better in a number of those employees are
veterans in. This is an important issue for them. So they
are not afforded the bedrooms
Holiday at the park.
Holiday, as a part of this agreement, also agreed to
provide vision benefits to our probationary employees.
Other method lady has turned in are necessarily related to
call and we agree to move, the pay date for our employees
to make a consistent. And it may seem like a small thing
but I need to talk about it for a little bit right now. All
city employees are either paid on the 1st and the 16th or
the 7th and the 22nd the situation we have with paying
employees on the 1st and 16th is it that it requires the
city to engage in the practice of assuming time? For
instance, if payroll has to be submitted by the 13th. So
the city has to assume that some was in a bad as for those
remainder date remaining days. If they're not, the city has
to collect that money, go get the money back because it's
already paid out. The more importantly ever been to the
city from upgrading its time keeping system because there's
not a vendor who will sell us any type of software that
assumes time. Assuming time is not best practices is
frowned upon in the industry. So if this is a city of a
city at a deficit, so moving our employees to that the same
pay rate of something. We did hear of paydays, excuse me,
that's something we did, he
it was an important thing for the
It was an important thing for the same.
It was an important thing for the city to do. We also
develop a plan to move all employees to direct deposit.
There are some employees who still receive paper checks and
also developed a plan to allow employees to receive their
deposit. Advise, the rain slipped, which is electronically
versus the paper version. Them. Other things we did, we
adjusted the hiring process to the extent. The CBA has any
barriers to making a process longer. We cut down those time
frames and unions reached agreement with us on ways to do
that. So, that was something I was important to the stadium
and as I mentioned, we get established a working group to
study. I don't care and we think you are for the
opportunity to present this agreement and we're happy to
answer any questions. You may have. Thank you for all the
online to the committee. Any questions of our presenter on
this item?
Hey.
Hey seen. None. Can I get a motion to recommend approval of
item, to any agenda, passing this resolution, Alder, by
sure, with the address. So moose
All.
all of those in favor of passing this, please respond by
saying, I
Any.
Any opposed say nay?
In.
In the opinion of the chair, the eyes have it.
I will report this vote as a recommendation to pass at the
next city council.
What?
With there being no further business before the committee
may I have a motion to adjourn.
All.
Alderwoman clay, so moose hearing and all those in favor,
say, how to say hi and hippos and the charity eyes have.
It's the meeting of the committee of Workforce Development
is now adjourned. Thank you for being here. Preciate you