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GOOD NEWS – MEA Has Secured An Additional 10% Special Salary Increase for Workers’ Compensation Claims Aides!

As a result of MEA’s existing two-year labor contract negotiated with the City last year, all MEA-represented employees are already scheduled to receive a 5% general salary increase on July 1, 2022. Our current contract also allows for a limited “reopener” to negotiate additional Special Salary Adjustments (SSAs) to become effective in the coming Fiscal Year, and earlier this week MEA reached an agreement […]

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GOOD NEWS – MEA Has Secured An Additional 12% Special Salary Increase for Property Agents!

As a result of MEA’s existing two-year labor contract negotiated with the City last year, all MEA-represented employees are already scheduled to receive a 5% general salary increase on July 1, 2022. Our current contract also allows for a limited “reopener” to negotiate additional Special Salary Adjustments (SSAs) to become effective in the coming Fiscal Year, and earlier this week MEA reached an agreement […]

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GOOD NEWS – MEA Has Secured An Additional 8% Special Salary Increase for Community Development Specialists!

As a result of MEA’s existing two-year labor contract negotiated with the City last year, all MEA-represented employees are already scheduled to receive a 5% general salary increase on July 1, 2022. Our current contract also allows for a limited “reopener” to negotiate additional Special Salary Adjustments (SSAs) to become effective in the coming Fiscal Year, and earlier this week MEA reached an agreement […]

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GOOD NEWS – MEA Has Secured An Additional 24% Special Salary Increase for Refuse Collection Supervisors!

As a result of MEA’s existing two-year labor contract negotiated with the City last year, all MEA-represented employees are already scheduled to receive a 5% general salary increase on July 1, 2022. Our current contract also allows for a limited “reopener” to negotiate additional Special Salary Adjustments (SSAs) to become effective in the coming Fiscal Year, and earlier this week MEA reached an agreement […]

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GOOD NEWS – MEA Has Secured An Additional 10% Special Salary Increase for Claims Representatives!

As a result of MEA’s existing two-year labor contract negotiated with the City last year, all MEA-represented employees are already scheduled to receive a 5% general salary increase on July 1, 2022. Our current contract also allows for a limited “reopener” to negotiate additional Special Salary Adjustments (SSAs) to become effective in the coming Fiscal Year, and earlier this week MEA reached an agreement […]

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GOOD NEWS – MEA Has Secured An Additional 15% Special Salary Increase for Public Works Dispatchers!

As a result of MEA’s existing two-year labor contract negotiated with the City last year, all MEA-represented employees are already scheduled to receive a 5% general salary increase on July 1, 2022. Our current contract also allows for a limited “reopener” to negotiate additional Special Salary Adjustments (SSAs) to become effective in the coming Fiscal Year, and MEA has reached an agreement with the […]

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Special Salary Adjustment Application Deadline is June 1,2022

Special Salary Adjustment (SSA) is a unique process whereby MEA, on behalf of members, can present relevant data and information to the Civil Service Commission to support the need for increasing the salary of a particular classification or series. The justification for an SSA is extremely narrow, and the relevant information needed is often anecdotal or directly pulled from employee […]

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MEA and City Reach Tentative Agreement on “Make Whole” Remedy For Active Prop B Employees

We are pleased to report that MEA has reached a Tentative Agreement with the City over the implementation of a “make whole” remedy for active Prop B employees now that we achieved a court order invalidating Prop B and ordering the City to strike it from the City Charter.  This agreement comes almost exactly 10 years after MEA filed its […]

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Good News! MEA-negotiated Special Salary Adjustments begin to hit paychecks this week

Last year, MEA members ratified the current MOU which includes both general and special salary increases (SSAs). We are happy to remind you that effective January 1, your classification received an SSA, and that increase will begin to be seen in this week’s paycheck. Since January 1 occurred in the middle of a pay period, only about half of the […]

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