Current:Home > InvestBig Pennsylvania state employee unions ratify new 4-year agreements with Shapiro administration-VaTradeCoin
Big Pennsylvania state employee unions ratify new 4-year agreements with Shapiro administration
lotradecoin token airdrop campaigns View Date:2024-12-25 22:50:03
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Members of two large Pennsylvania state employee unions this month ratified proposed four-year contracts with Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration, with the cost of salaries and benefits projected to rise by more than 20%.
One agreement covers about 10,000 members of the Service Employees International Union Local 668 and was ratified last week. Earlier this month, about 27,000 members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 13 ratified another agreement. The Independent Fiscal Office, a legislative agency, estimated that the AFSCME contract will increase salaries and benefits by almost $1.2 billion in the deal’s fourth year, or roughly 21%.
The terms of the contracts are identical, according to Shapiro’s administration.
The contracts deliver pay raises of 20.25% over the four years, including 5% right away. Compounded over the four years, salaries will increase by 22%.
Employee health care contributions will increase from 5% to 6% of salary over the life of the contract, although members can halve the contribution by participating in a wellness program.
The agreements come after inflation spiked in 2021.
SEIU and AFSCME members are coming off a four-year contract that expired July 1 after delivering raises of 16.75% over the contract’s life.
Employees across state government are represented by unions, including nurses, state troopers, corrections officers and social services caseworkers. Shapiro’s administration has said talks continue with 13 other labor unions representing state employees.
veryGood! (8224)
Related
- Trump taps immigration hard
- Reality TV star Julie Chrisley to be re-sentenced in bank fraud and tax evasion case
- Pennsylvania high court asked to keep counties from tossing ballots lacking a date
- Resentencing for Lee Malvo postponed in Maryland after Virginia says he can’t attend in person
- California judges say they’re underpaid, and their new lawsuit could cost taxpayers millions
- The Lainey Wilson x Wrangler Collab Delivers Grit, Grace & Iconic Country Vibes - Shop the Collection Now
- Prodigy to prison: Caroline Ellison sentenced to 2 years in FTX crypto scandal
- 1969 Dodge Daytona Hemi V8 breaks auction record with $3.3 million bid
- Our 12 favorites moments of 2024
- Heather Rae El Moussa Reveals If She’s Ready for Baby No. 2 With Tarek El Moussa
Ranking
- Drew Barrymore has been warned to 'back off' her guests after 'touchy' interviews
- Biography of 18th century poet Phillis Wheatley is winner of George Washington Prize
- Whoopi Goldberg Defends Taylor Swift From NFL Fans Blaming Singer for Travis Kelce's Performance
- Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story Stars React to Erik Menendez’s Criticism
- California judges say they’re underpaid, and their new lawsuit could cost taxpayers millions
- Squatters graffiti second vacant LA mansion owned by son of Philadelphia Phillies owner
- Rapper Fatman Scoop died of heart disease, medical examiner says
- The University of Hawaii is about to get hundreds of millions of dollars to do military research
Recommendation
-
One Tech Tip: How to protect your communications through encryption
-
Philadelphia police exhume 8 bodies from a potter’s field in the hope DNA testing can help ID them
-
Every J.Crew Outlet Order Today Includes Free Shipping, Plus an Extra 50% off Sale -- Styles Start at $9
-
Demi Lovato doesn’t remember much of her time on Disney Channel. It's called dissociation.
-
Stock market today: Asian shares advance, tracking rally on Wall Street
-
Coca-Cola Spiced pulled from shelves less than a year after drink's release
-
In dueling speeches, Harris is to make her capitalist pitch while Trump pushes deeper into populism
-
Hurricanes keep pummeling one part of Florida. Residents are exhausted.