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MORE GOOD NEWS – MEA HAS SECURED AN ADDITIONAL 10% SPECIAL SALARY INCREASE FOR WATER PLANT OPERATORS – TO BE ADDED TO THE 21% GENERAL SALARY INCREASE IN NEW 3-YEAR CONTRACT

As a follow up to MEA’s earlier E-blast regarding contract negotiations, MEA’s Tentative Agreement (TA) with the City includes an additional 10% special salary increase for Water Operations Supervisor, Senior Water Operations Supervisor, and Water Production Superintendent job classifications. Accordingly, if this TA is ratified by MEA’s membership tomorrow, employees in these job classifications will receive the following general and special […]

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MORE GOOD NEWS – MEA HAS SECURED AN ADDITIONAL 10% SPECIAL SALARY INCREASE FOR WASTEWATER PLANT OPERATORS – TO BE ADDED TO THE 21% GENERAL SALARY INCREASE IN NEW 3-YEAR CONTRACT

As a follow up to MEA’s earlier E-blast regarding contract negotiations, MEA’s Tentative Agreement (TA) with the City includes an additional 10% special salary increase for Wastewater Operations Supervisor, Senior Wastewater Operations Supervisor, and Wastewater Treatment Superintendent job classifications. Accordingly, if this TA is ratified by MEA’s membership tomorrow, employees in these job classifications will receive the following general and special […]

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MORE GOOD NEWS – MEA HAS SECURED AN ADDITIONAL 10% SPECIAL SALARY INCREASE FOR SUPERVISING CUSTODIANS – TO BE ADDED TO THE 21% GENERAL SALARY INCREASE IN NEW 3-YEAR CONTRACT

As a follow up to MEA’s earlier E-blast regarding contract negotiations, MEA’s Tentative Agreement (TA) with the City includes an additional 10% special salary increase for the Supervising Custodian job classification. Accordingly, if this TA is ratified by MEA’s membership tomorrow, Supervising Custodians will receive the following general and special salary increases over the 3-year term of this agreement:   Year […]

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MORE GOOD NEWS – MEA HAS SECURED AN ADDITIONAL 10% SPECIAL SALARY INCREASE FOR PURE WATER PLANT OPERATORS – TO BE ADDED TO THE 21% GENERAL SALARY INCREASE IN NEW 3-YEAR CONTRACT

As a follow up to MEA’s earlier E-blast regarding contract negotiations, MEA’s Tentative Agreement (TA) with the City includes an additional 10% special salary increase for Pure Water Plant Operations Supervisor, Senior Pure Water Plant Operations Supervisor and Pure Water Treatment Superintendent job classifications. Accordingly, if this TA is ratified by MEA’s membership tomorrow, employees in these job classifications will receive […]

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UPDATE –5% SPECIAL SALARY INCREASE FOR CLAIMS CLERKS – TO BE IMPLEMENTED ON JULY 1, 2023

As a follow up to MEA’s earlier E-blast regarding the special salary increase for the Claims Clerk job classification, the implementation date has changed.  Now the Claims Clerk job classification will be receiving their 5% special salary increase on July 1, 2023! This means that all Claims Clerks will be receiving a total increase of 15% in the first seven […]

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CONTRACT RATIFICATION VOTE FOR MEA MEMBERS IS SET FOR TUESDAY MAY 2 – MAKE SURE YOUR VOICE IS HEARD!

As a follow up to MEA’s announcement this week of a Tentative Agreement for a new 3-year contract with the City, MEA members must vote to ratify the Tentative Agreement during an in-person vote this Tuesday, May 2 at various locations around the City. A summary of the Tentative Agreement, including a 21% general salary increase for all MEA-represented employees, […]

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MORE GOOD NEWS – MEA HAS SECURED AN ADDITIONAL 5% SPECIAL SALARY INCREASE FOR ASSISTANT RECREATION CENTER DIRECTORS – TO BE ADDED TO THE 21% GENERAL SALARY INCREASE IN NEW 3-YEAR CONTRACT

As a follow up to MEA’s earlier E-blast regarding contract negotiations, MEA’s Tentative Agreement (TA) with the City includes an additional 5% special salary increase for the Assistant Recreation Center Director job classification. Accordingly, if this TA is ratified by MEA’s membership next week, employees in this job classification will receive the following general and special salary increases over the 3-year […]

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MORE GOOD NEWS – MEA HAS SECURED AN ADDITIONAL 5% ICC FIRE INSPECTION VOLUNTARY CERTIFICATION PAY

As a follow up to MEA’s earlier E-blast regarding contract negotiations, MEA’s Tentative Agreement (TA) with the City includes a 5% Voluntary Certification Pay that all Inspector job classifications (Combination Inspector I, Combination Inspector II, Senior Combination Inspector, Life Safety Inspector I, Life Safety Inspector II, Senior Life Safety Inspector, Mechanical Inspector I, Mechanical Inspector II, Senior Mechanical Inspector, Electrical […]

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MORE GOOD NEWS – MEA HAS SECURED AN ADDITIONAL 5% FOR ELECTRICIAN CERTIFICATION

As a follow up to MEA’s earlier E-blast regarding contract negotiations, MEA’s Tentative Agreement (TA) with the City includes a 5% Certification Pay that all Electrician Supervisors and Plant Process Control Supervisors will be eligible for. If you obtain, or already have obtained, Electrician Certification from the State of California you will be eligible for an additional 5% in pay. […]

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