NEW CITY — Rockland County
Executive Edwin Day and the bargaining teams for the CSEA and the Rockland
Association of Management, representing 1,500 county employees, have reached
tentative agreements.
If approved by the rank and file and the county legislature, the agreements
would extend through July 31, 2016 previous contracts that expired on
December 31, 2013.
Key provisions of both agreements, which are the same, include four vacation
days added to eligible employees’ vacation leave balance on March
18, 2016; a $750 lump sum wage payment to eligible employees for 2015;
and wage increases – for 2016, an increase range of four percent
for the lowest paid workers, currently at an hourly rate of $13.45, to
less than 0.5 percent for the highest paid workers, effective January
1, 2016 and July 31, 2016.
County unionized workers have not received a wage increase since 2010.
Day called the workforce “dedicated [and] committed to providing
essential services for the people of Rockland County.”
“CSEA Labor Relations Specialist Larry Sparber said the last several
years “have been difficult for the public employees of the county.
CSEA members have always stepped up to do the right thing for both the
county and its taxpayers.”
