Letter of Agreement By and between Chugach Electric Association, Inc. (Chugach) and UNITE HERE Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union Local 878 Representing Beluga Power Plant Culinary Plant Employees RE: Contract Extension
Letter of Agreement
By and between
Chugach Electric Association, Inc. (Chugach)
and
UNITE HERE Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union Local 878
Representing
Beluga Power Plant Culinary Plant Employees
RE: Contract Extension
Incorporation by Reference
The parties agree that the terms and conditions of the current Beluga Power Plant Culinary Collective Bargaining Agreement (“CBA”) between the parties which is scheduled to expire on June 30, 2017 including all attached Letters of Agreement, Letters of Understanding and/or Grievances Resolutions, shall continue in full force and effect until June 30, 2021, except where modified added to or deleted by this Contract Extension Agreement.
Article XII Wages and Job Classification
The parties agree that the wage schedule referenced in Section 1, shall increase in the following manner:
| · | Effective, July 1, 2017, the base wage rates for all classifications shall increase by one and one half percent (1.5%). |
| · | Effective, July 1, 2018, the base wage rates for all classifications shall increase by the Anchorage CPI-U at no less than two percent (2.0%) and at no more than two and one half percent (2.5%). |
| · | Effective, July 1, 2019, the base wage rates for all classifications shall increase by the Anchorage CPI-U at no less than two percent (2.0%) and at no more than two and one half percent (2.5%). |
| · | Effective, July 1, 2020, the base wage rates for all classifications shall increase by three percent (3.0%). |
Article XVI Health and Welfare
The employer agrees to pay the following Health and Welfare contribution amounts (starting from the current amount of $7.25/hour) effective July 1 of each of the following years:
2017- $7.40/hour
2018 - $7.77/hour
2019 - $8.18/hour
2020 - $8.86/hour
Article XVII Pension
The employer agrees to pay the following Pension contribution amounts (starting from the current amount of $6.66/hour) effective July 1 of each of the following years:
2017 - $6.86
2018 - $7.11
2019 - $7.31
2020 - $7.56
No other terms of the current (expiration June 30, 2017) Collective Bargaining Agreement shall be modified by this Letter of Agreement. Upon ratification by the bargaining unit and approval of the Chugach Board of Directors, this Extension Agreement will become effective July 1, 2017.
| /s/ Marvin Jones | /s/ Lee D. Thibert | |||
| UNITE HERE Local 878: Marvin Jones, | For Chugach: Lee D. Thibert | |||
| President 6/14/17 | Chief Executive Officer 3-24-17 | |||
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