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*****-sucking contract
It would provide raises to hundreds of Salem-area workers
by ALAN GUSTAFSON

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The state and a union representing about 660 prison
workers have reached tentative agreement on a two
year labor contract. The proposed contract, covering
the 2005-07 biennium, calls for all workers represented
by the Association of Oregon Corrections Employees
to receive 2 percent pay raises retroactively. In the
second year of the contract, nonsecurity employees
would receive 2 percent pay increases. Security workers
would receive 3.25 percent pay increases. AOCE
members will vote Nov. 1 on whether to approve the
contract. Most work at the Oregon State Penitentiary,
the Oregon State Correctional Institution and the Mill
Creek Correctional Facility, all in Salem, and the South
Fork Forest Camp in the Coast Range near Tillamook.
Union president Scott Cantu, a penitentiary corrections
officer, said AOCE leadership is recommending to
members that they ratify the contract.
"I feel good about it," he said. "It's been a rough last
few years. I think we recognize the financial straits the
state's been in. I think there have been some good-faith
efforts by both sides to find something that is pretty
reasonable and respectable."
Other key provisions of the proposed contract:
A new pay step added to the top of each salary range, effective July 1, 2006.
A make-up step, starting in February 2007 or later, for employees who lost two steps
during a two-year pay freeze.
If the contract wins employee approval, it will mark the first time that the state
and the AOCE have settled on a contract without arbitration.
"This agreement not only marks the earliest contract with AOCE in more than a decade,
but it represents a victory for the employees and citizens of Oregon," Gov. Ted
Kulongoski said. "Because of the diligent work of all parties, we have delivered a
contract that is consistent with my guiding principles for Oregon's future by
recognizing the values of state employees today within the context of what's best for
tomorrow."
agustafs@StatesmanJournal.com or (503) 399-6709

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