The Board of Education today approved a negotiated agreement for Fiscal Year 2020 with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Local 1693 (AFSCME), the bargaining unit which represents school system facilities, transportation, and food services personnel employees.
The one-year agreement with AFSCME provides the following, all of which would be funded in the operating budget as currently proposed by County Executive Steuart Pittman and now being considered by the County Council:
- One full step increase to all eligible Unit III employees.
- A 2 percent cost-of-living adjustment to all Unit III employees.
- A back step for all eligible Unit III employees who were in Unit III in the 2008-2009 school year, have not changed bargaining units or have changed units without an appropriate placement on the salary scale per a bargaining unit agreement, and have not reached the top of the salary scale.
- A back step for all eligible Unit III employees who were in Unit III in the 2009-2010 school year, have not changed bargaining units or have changed units without an appropriate placement on the salary scale per a bargaining unit agreement, and have not reached the top of the salary scale.
The agreement, which expires on June 30, 2020, was approved by AFSCME members on May 25, 2019. It is contingent on adequate funding being appropriated by the County Council in the FY2020 budget.