Schools
Board Ratifies New Four-Year Support Staff Contract
The four-year pact calls for a wage freeze this year, a 2.5 percent raise next year, and a cost-of-living increase of no more than 3 percent in the last two years.
and its support staff union have come to terms on a new four-year contract.
The school board on Tuesday approved the agreement, which was ratified by the Plainfield Association of Support Staff (PASS) on Oct. 5.
The union represents about 1,200 non-certified staff, just under a third of the district’s 3,100 employees.
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Board President Roger Bonuchi said the agreement was beneficial for both the employees and the district and thanked the union for its hard work and commitment to serving district students.
Recognizing the district’s budget deficit, the pay for PASS members will be frozen in 2011-12.
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The new contract gives PASS members a 2.5 percent raise in 2012-13.
In 2013-14, PASS members will receive cost of living raises, but no less than 2 percent and no more than 3 percent.
In 2014-15, PASS members will also receive cost of living raises, but no less than 1.5 percent and no more than 3 percent.
Bonuchi said that PASS also helped lower the district’s health insurance costs by agreeing to increases in deductions and increases in co-pays for prescriptions.
The district is still negotiating with the Association of Plainfield Teachers on its new contract.
