New three-year contracts with the county government’s largest employee unions that include a 5% raise in each of the next two years and a 4% increase in 2026 were approved by the Board of Supervisors Tuesday.
Employees will also receive additional contributions toward health care premiums. The bargaining units covered include the county’s two largest unions, the Service Employees International Union Local 521, as well as the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. These unions combined represent 3,690 regular employees and 1,140 extra-help employees, according to the county.
Supervisors also approved new resolutions for unrepresented managers, attorneys and confidential employees not covered by union contracts. These new resolutions closely mirror the changes made in the new union contracts. All workers covered by the contracts and resolutions will receive two wellness days, Cesar Chavez Day as a paid holiday beginning in 2025 and three days of “winter recess” in late December 2024, 2025 and 2026. The contracts approved by supervisors total approximately $57 million in additional expenditures in the first year of the agreements, according to the county.
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