Request approval of a tentative collective bargaining agreement (hereinafter CBA) between the City of Orlando and the Laborers International Union of North America, Local 678, (hereinafter LIUNA), covering labor, trades and crafts employees.  

A predecessor CBA between the City and the LIUNA expired September 24, 2013.The City and the LIUNA have engaged, since June 27, 2013 in efforts to agree on a successor CBA. The proposed successor CBA is a result of those negotiations.  The CBA is subject to approval by Council and ratification by the bargaining unit. It includes the following changes from the predecessor CBA:

a) Wages – Increases wages 2% effective upon Council approval and ratification of the CBA by bargaining unit employees, 2% effective September 28, 2014 and 2% effective September 27, 2015.  A shift differential increase from $0.80 to $0.90 per hour. 

 b) Lump sum – Each active, full-time, non-probationary bargaining unit employee will receive a one-time, non-pensionable ratification incentive, contingent upon the CBA being ratified, equal to two (2.0%) of the employee’s current base hourly wage rate times 2,080 hours. Part-time employees are eligible for one-half of the calculated amount.

 c) Insurance – Adjusts City contribution for employee-only health insurance from 100% to 95%.

 c) Duration – From the date of ratification and approval to September 30, 2016.

 d) Other – administrative, operational, grammatical, contextual or non-substantive modifications throughout for clarity or to delete expired language.