Overview

The effective date of the current contract is April 26, 2022

Highlights include:
 • Annual Wage Increases totaling 16.21%
• Retro Pay
• $3,000 Cash Ratification Bonus
• Benefits relating to annual leave, sick days, and welfare fund and health insurance are preserved

Contact your business agent for more information on your current contract and negotiations.

Pictured are the observers of the vote count,  flanked by Derek Jackson (l) Director of Local 237’s Law Enforcement Division and Donald Arnold (r) Secretary Treasurer of Local 237’s Executive Board and Director of the Citywide Division. Present but not pictured was Curtis Scott, Executive Board Trustee and Citywide Business Agent.

The effective date of the current contract is March 26, 2018.

Highlights include:   

• Wage increase - 7.4% (Compounded)
• Retro Pay
• Longevity Pay
• Recurring Increment Payment (RIP) - Increased annually up to 20 years of service
• Paid Family Leave
• Health and Welfare Fund Benefits, Annual Leave preserved
  
  

City University of New York

Blue Collar Store-Stock Group titles
Effective September 19, 2021

• Wage Increases – 14.95%
• $3,000 lump sum ratification bonus.
• Retro Pay
• Funding to strengthen our welfare funds
• Benefits relating to annual leave, sick days, and health insurance are preserved

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Overwhelming Ratification by CUNY members.  From left -  Local 237 Trustee Curtis Scott,  Local 237 Recording Secretary Jeanette Taveras, Baruch College Grievance Rep. and Shop Steward Luis Sanchez,  Local 237 Attorney Lawrence Bosley, Local 237 Secretary Treasurer Donald Arnold , Local 237 Attorney Martha Bodhnarain, Local 237 Business Agent Kangela Moore and Local 237 Law Enforcement Division Dir. Derek Jackson.

New York State Labor Law Article 8, Section 220 requires public employers to pay their skilled trades workers wages equal to those received by comparable private sector workers in their area. They also must provide the dollar equivalent of the private sector fringe benefits such as health insurance, welfare, annuity, and pension.

The New York City Comptroller in a two-step process determines the comparable private sector wage and benefit package. First, a survey is done of the skills and tasks performed by the Local 237 title. A study is then undertaken of the private sector to find workers with similar duties and responsibilities and identify a labor union that represents at least 30% of these workers. After analyzing the contract covering these workers, the Comptroller sends a letter to Local 237 and the New York City Office of Labor Relations (OLR) setting down the wages and the dollar amount of the entire benefit package.

Local 237 and OLR each apply this outside wage to the 220 title and then calculate and compare the hourly value of the city’s benefits with the private sector total compensation. The total value of the local 237 220-title contract cannot be above that of the outside wage and benefit package. Since health and welfare and pensions are negotiated on a citywide basis – and not for individual titles - the areas of contention in these negotiations often are how to modify other fringe benefits in the package to conform to the private sector’s total dollar value.

Sometimes there have been additional monies remaining that have gone towards improving existing benefits or increasing annual leave days. But until recently the total compensation received by Local 237 220 workers has been greater than in the private sector even though the private sector hourly wage has been higher than the one generated by the citywide pattern. Public sector benefits are usually better and more costly than in the private sector. At these times, to receive the outside wage, Local 237 220 titles have decided to reduce their annual leave or perhaps lower their sick days to make sure they received the higher wage.

When the City and Local 237 finally reach an agreement on wages and benefits the Comptroller then is required to issue a Consent Determination. This becomes the basis for the new collective bargaining agreement.