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Escambia County, IAEP negotiators to resubmit tentative agreement after failed ratification
Summary
Negotiators agreed Jan. 28, 2025, to forward a tentative agreement to the county administrator for signature and to ask the IAEP bargaining unit to vote again after a prior ratification failed; discussion focused on COVID-related language, budget constraints and an unpredictable FRS liability.
Negotiators for Escambia County and the IAEP agreed Jan. 28, 2025, to forward a tentative agreement (TA) to the county administrator for signature and to ask the bargaining unit to hold another ratification vote, after an earlier ratification attempt did not pass.
The session centered on language that had been removed from the TA and concerns from members that the change would eliminate a COVID-related pay provision. Nikki Powell, HR director for Escambia County, said the county removed the specific language to preserve flexibility for allocating limited raises, not to rescind pay already approved.
"The intent was not to take that away," Nikki Powell,…
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