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Council ratifies Teamsters Local 214 collective bargaining agreement covering 2025–2029
Summary
The Committee of the Whole voted to ratify a collective bargaining agreement between the City of Lansing and Teamsters Local 214 covering Jan. 1, 2025 through Dec. 31, 2029; the contract includes about 32% total wage increases over four years and language updates to insurance, domestic partner and bereavement provisions.
Council members voted to ratify a collective bargaining agreement between the City of Lansing and Teamsters Local 214 covering Jan. 1, 2025, through Dec. 31, 2029.
Councilman Garza moved the resolution; the motion passed during the May 5 session. The resolution summarized key contract elements including increases over the four-year term that the council described in discussion as totaling about 32%, changes in insurance language to align with possible state-law shifts away from hard caps, and miscellaneous wording updates that include domestic-partner and bereavement provisions and some sick-leave wording changes.
Background: Earlier in the meeting the council recessed into closed session under MCL 15.268(c) of the Open Meetings Act for strategy and negotiation sessions connected to the Teamsters negotiation. The closed-session attendance list included Dennis Parker and department representatives Elizabeth O'Leary and Kyla Moore.
Ending: The agreement was presented to council as a ratified contract; no additional amendments were recorded during the meeting.
