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Opa-locka approves 3% pay increase for union employees; commission raises timing and pay-scale questions
Summary
The City of Opa-locka commission voted 5-0 to approve a 3% pay increase for ASME-represented employees, non-retroactive, while several commissioners pressed for a comprehensive pay plan to be completed in June and raised concerns about impacts to non-union staff and budgeting.
The City of Opa-locka commission voted 5-0 Wednesday to approve a 3% wage increase for employees represented by ASME, with the raise not applied retroactively.
The increase was authorized as part of a reopening negotiation under the parties' collective bargaining arrangement; the commission vote followed discussion about the timing of the adjustment while a citywide pay plan is under development.
City staff described the agreement to the commission as a reopening negotiated between the city and ASME that allocated a 3% increase and a non-retroactive clause. “The city the city and ASMI enter into a collective collective bargaining agreement, which allocated for a…
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