RES 19-1059 - Laserfiche WebLink

The City of Livermore and the City of Pleasanton have jointly formed the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department Joint Powers Authority ("JPA") to operate the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department ("LPFD" or"Department"). The International Association of Fire Fighters, Local 1974, AFL-CIO-CLC ("Union"),and representatives of the City of Livermore and the City of Pleasanton have met and conferred in good faith regarding wages, hours and other terms and conditions of employment for employees in the representation unit specified in Section 1, and have exchanged freely information, opinions and proposals and have reached agreement on all matters relating to the employment conditions and employer-employee relations of such employees. This Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") is entered into pursuant to the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act ("MMBA") (Government Code Section 3500, et. seq.)and has been jointly prepared by the parties. This MOU has been presented to the JPA's governing board and to the City Councils of the City of Livermore and the City of Pleasanton. The governing board and the City Councils have approved the salary and employee benefit adjustments for the period commencing July 1, 2018 and ending December 31, 2021. The City of Pleasanton("City"or"Employer")is the employer of all employees represented by the Union and covered by this MOU. "Employees" as used in this MOU shall mean employees of the City. Section 1. Recognition "The Union" is the formally recognized employee organization for the Fire Employees Unit comprised of the classifications of Firefighter, Fire Engineer, Fire Captain, Fire Inspector and Hazardous Materials Inspector certified pursuant to the Employer-Employee Relations Procedures & Resolution No. 97-1 adopted by the JPA on November 21, 1997. Section 2. Union Security 2.1 Dues Deduction A. Bargaining unit employees may voluntarily join the Union and authorize individual payroll deductions for dues, initiation fees, and general assessments, as well as any other membership benefit program sponsored by the Union (hereinafter collectively "dues deductions"). The Union shall be responsible for maintaining records of bargaining unit employees who provide written consent to join the Union and authorize dues deductions. The Union shall certify to the City the identity of such members and the amount of the dues deductions to be withheld from their paychecks. B. The Employer agrees to deduct from the paychecks of each bargaining unit employee who voluntarily authorizes dues deductions as certified by the Union, or pursuant to an authorization form tendered to the Employer by either the Union or the employee. The City shall deduct from each bargaining unit employee's paycheck the total amount of dues certified by the Union per month or per pay period as applicable. The Employer shall promptly remit the total amount deducted, together with a list identifying each employee from whom a deduction was made, to the officer designated in writing by the President of the Union as the person authorized to receive such funds.