UPEC proudly represents 3 City of Milpitas bargaining units:  MEA, PROTECH and MIDCON.  Two of the 3, PROTECH and MIDCON have been engaged in negotiations for a successor MOU.  MEA has another year on its term.

After a lot of effort by the respective teams and UPEC Representative Ryan Heron, settlement was reached and the Milpitas City Council approved the new agreements.

Highlights include:

• 4 year term, 2019 to 2023
• COLA's for all classifications of 5%, 4%, 3%, 3% in July of each year
• Increase in CTO max accrual from 80 hours to 160 hours
• Ability to use CTO in lieu of sick leave.
• Extra 40 hours of admin leave for overtime-exempt MIDCON employees
• Tuition reimbursement increase from $1,400 to $2,000 annually
• Increase in boot allowance and safety glasses reimburement
• New 2% certification pay for Building Inspections
• Enhanced Alternative Work Schedule language to encourage AWS implementation
• Bilingual pay of 2.5%
• 3 hour callback to work minimum (was zero)

This was an outstanding result.

Congratulations are in order!