ALBANY, NY (10/29/2007)(readMedia)-- New York's leading union has reached a tentative agreement with New York State on a new contract covering more than 70,000 state executive branch employees. CSEA-represented Executive branch state employees are in four bargaining units: the Administrative Services Unit; the Institutional Services Unit; the Operational Services Unit; and the Division of Military and Naval Affairs Unit. The previous CSEA-New York state contract expired on April 1 of this year.
"Every round of negotiations is challenging and at times difficult," said CSEA President Danny Donohue. "Our objective is always to get the best deal possible for our members while recognizing the needs of the people of the state. Governor Eliot Spitzer's administration deserves enormous credit for seeing the negotiations through to a positive conclusion. Our negotiating team has worked hard at the bargaining table along with their state counterparts to reach an agreement that we can all support."
The agreement includes enhancements in nearly all major contract areas.
3 percent retroactive to April 2007
3 percent in April 2008
3 percent in April 2009
4 percent in April 2010
Representatives of CSEA's state locals have been briefed on the details of the agreement. Full information will be mailed to the rank and file covered by the contract and will be subject to their ratification and then approval by the New York State Legislature and Governor. Ratification ballots are expected to be mailed in the next few weeks.
CSEA's state contract negotiating team consisted of 23 members from across the state, supported by the union’s professional staff negotiators, led by Chief Negotiator Ross Hanna. CSEA represents 265,000 active and retired members across New York covered under more than 1,100 separate collective bargaining agreements. Additional information about the agreement and CSEA can be found on the union's website: www.csealocal1000.org.
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