Classified Bargaining Agreement 2018-2021

Current CSEA Collective Bargaining Agreement
July 1, 2021 - June 30, 2024

2018-2021 CSEA Collective Bargaining Agreement

Memorandums of Understanding (MOU)

 

Negotiations Archive

Summary

June 23: 2022: The District and CSEA met for a ninth negotiation session. During this session, CSEA provided the District with six (6) proposals, including their first proposal on Article 5 – Compensation. 

July 21, 2022: The District and CSEA met for a tenth negotiation session. During this session, CSEA provided the District with one (1) proposal on Article 27. The District provided CSEA with five (5) proposals, which included Articles 2, 4, 6, and 10 in addition to two MOU proposals; Remote Work and Evaluation Pilot Program.

August 4, 2022: The District and CSEA met for their eleventh negotiation session. CSEA presented counter proposals to the District's Remote Work MOU proposal and Evaluation Pilot Program MOU proposal. 

August 19, 2022: The District and CSEA met for a twelfth negotiation session. During this session, the District presented an economics package, consisting of Article 3 - Organizational Rights, Article 5 - Compensation, and Article 7 - Hours of Employment. As part of the proposal, the District extended a proposal with the same salary increases to CSEA as those approved on August 17, 2022 for other employee groups, as follows: 

  • 2021-2022: 5.07% (COLA) + 1%  
  • 2022-2023: 6.56% (COLA) + 0.25%  
  • 2023-2024: COLA + 0.50%  

August 31, 2022: After their fourteenth negotiation session, the District and CSEA were able to reach a tentative agreement on Article 6 Health and Welfare Benefits. As a result of this agreement, all CSEA members will receive the maximum District contributions towards their annual medical premiums listed below. CSEA also presented proposals on Articles 3, 5, and 7. 

  • Fully paid in Year 1
  • Fully paid in Year 2, with the exception of Anthem Blue Cross, Traditional HMO
  • Fully paid in Year 3, with the exception of Anthem Blue Cross, Traditional HMO


September 8, 2022: The District and CSEA Negotiating teams met for their fifteenth negotiation session. The District presented counter proposals for Articles 2 - General Provisions, Article 3 - Organizational Rights, Article 5 - Compensation, and Article 7 - Hours of Employment. The same salary provisions were listed in the Article 5 - Compensation proposal as the District's previous proposal.

The District also sunshined a new subject of negotiation for Article 29 - New Employee Orientation. 

September 16, 2022: Progress was made between the two parties at their sixteenth negotiation session. A tentative agreement was reached on the following articles:

Article 2 - General Provisions
Article 5 - Compensation 
Article 7 - Hours of Employment

The remaining articles of the successor agreement are pending a counter proposal from CSEA, which include: 

Article 3 - Organization Rights
Article 29 - New Employee Orientation 

Update

October 3, 2022: The District is pleased to announce it has reached a tentative successor agreement with CSEA for 2021-2024.

The salary and benefits provisions that were tentatively agreed upon are listed below. 

Compensation:

2021-2022: 5.07% (COLA) + 1%  
2022-2023: 6.56% (COLA) + 0.25%  
2023-2024: COLA + 0.50%  

Retroactive payments will be made to eligible employees within 60 working days of the ratification of the tentative agreement at the November 16, 2022 Board of Trustees meeting.  

Health & Welfare Benefits: 

  • Fully paid in calendar year 2022
  • Fully paid in calendar year 2023, with the exception of Anthem Blue Cross, Traditional HMO
  • Fully paid in calendar year 2024, with the exception of Anthem Blue Cross, Traditional HMO

Fully paid dental and vision coverage for all eligible members employees and their dependents.

Fully paid $50,000 life insurance policy for all eligible employees. 

Next Steps:

CSEA and the Board of Trustees have each completed the process for ratifying the tentative agreement as of November 16, 2022. 

The final copy of the 2021-2024 Collective Bargaining Agreement can be accessed using the link below. Updated salary schedules for 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 have been made available on the Human Resources website.