MORE GOOD NEWS – MEA Has Secured An Additional 15% Special Salary Increase for Building Maintenance Supervisors
As a follow up to MEA’s earlier E-Blast regarding contract negotiations, the Tentative Agreement (TA) MEA has reached with the City now also includes a 15% special salary increase for the Building Maintenance Supervisor job classification.
Accordingly, Building Maintenance Supervisors will receive the following pay raises over the two-year term of this agreement:
- 4% (general salary increase) on July 1, 2021
- 7.5% (special salary increase) on January 1, 2022
- 5% (general salary increase) on July 1, 2022
- 7.5% (special salary increase) on January 1, 2023
These pay increases compound upon one another, which means that by the middle of the second year of this MEA contract your pay will be 26.2% higher than your pay today!
Both the general and special salary increases are also “pensionable” meaning that (1) they count toward increasing the future lifetime pension allowances for employees in the SDCERS defined benefit pension plan; and (2) they count toward increasing the City’s contribution to the 401(k)-style retirement benefit for those hired after July 19, 2012 under “Prop B.” Of course, because of MEA’s successful legal challenge to Prop B, all MEA represented employees will soon be enrolled into the SDCERS defined benefit pension plan.
These pay increases are the product of a multi-year advocacy campaign for more competitive pay and benefits for MEA-represented employees. MEA’s entire leadership team, its staff and legal counsel have all been single-minded in their focus to get general and special salary increases like these implemented by the City. MEA also wishes to recognize and appreciate the leadership of Mayor Todd Gloria and the City Council for their support of these well-deserved pay increases.
If you have any feedback or questions, please contact MEA at 619-264-6632 or email us at info@sdmea.org.