Thought readers might be interested in the “Collective Bargaining Agreement” that outgoing Algonquin Township Road Commissioner signed with Local 150 of the International Union of Operating Engineers.
I’ll run a couple of pages a day.
The comments should be interesting.
The Illinois Labor Relations Board (ILRB) website has an archive of:
– Board Decisions
– Bargaining Unit Certifications
– Recommended Decisions and Orders
– Interest Arbitration Awards
http://www.illinois.gov/ilrb
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Reading a few of those documents, coupled with the collective bargaining agreement, quickly reveals the level of detail and complexity in Illinois collective bargaining labor law.
Seems very reasonable for all.
So far Bob has done a great job.
Cal must be quite upset at the lack of outrage
Arbitration law needs a tad of adjustment.
Arbitration/Mediator’s awards should not be allowed which forces tax increases by almost always taking the union’s side in contracted wages.
Gov employees and elected have live with what we are willing to give them, not what they think it should be.
Changing that and giving us the vote on property tax levies, really all spending, would go a long long way to correcting our gov taxation problems.
Speaking of outrage, I no longer read the comments section.
Mark has rendered them useless. (The whole point of the site has been negated by chasing away any back and forth by real people with common interests. It has also been proven recently that pols don’t care and don’t listen at all. Nothing has been accomplished recently; with the exception of Mark climbing on his own pedestal.)
An even bigger problem is arbitration / mediation does not take into account unfunded pension liability and unfunded retiree healthcare / OPEB liability.
After he was defeated by Andrew Gasser in the April 4, 2017 election for Algonquin Township Road District Highway Commissioner, Bob Miller signed a collective bargaining agreement with a new bargaining unit (IUOE Local 150 – Highway Worker, Laborer, Foreman, Mechanic).
The Illinois Labor Relations Board certified the bargaining unit on April 10, 2017.
Collective bargaining negotiations presumably would have started that day or after.
Mr. Miller could have allowed the new Highway Commissioner to negotiate the final agreement.
I appears Mr. Miller signed the agreement prior to departing office to protect two of his relatives who worked in the Algonquin Township Road District and were covered by the new bargaining unit.
Mr. Gasser took the oath of office as new Highway Commissioner on Monday, May 17, 2017.
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Northwest Herald
New Algonquin Township Highway Commissioner Fires Predecessor’s Sons-in-law in First Minutes on the Job
May 17, 2017 (there is no time stamp on the article)
by Kevin Craver
“The Illinois Labor Relations Board on April 10 certified the union membership of the 10 employees officially under the highway commissioner, and their contract took effect May 1.”
http://www.nwherald.com/2017/05/15/new-algonquin-township-highway-commissioner-fires-predecessors-sons-in-law-in-first-minutes-on-the-job/axxh4bp
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The collective bargaining agreement was thus negotiated between April 10, 2017 and May 1, 2017.
That is 22 days.
That is a very fast negotiating time frame for a newly certified bargaining unit.
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The public does not know how the collective bargaining agreement compares to the prior policies in place for the covered bargaining unit employees.
Thank God Cindy wont be reading the comments section does that mean she wont be posting either. Your idea of back and forth with common interest is my way our the highway.
The Northwest Herald article includes quotes from former Highway Commissioner Bob Miller, but not state any attempt was made to reach new Highway Commissioner Andrew Gasser.
Oops, the Northwest Herald article does state,
“He could not be reached for comment Monday.”
Mark, unionization was directly related to drain the swamp comments.
Other townships have some of the same mind set but aren’t facing the same deal as in Alg, yet!
Depending on team Anderson’s actions, watch for McH twh to act next.
Self preservation is a mighty tool esp when your highered legally and did what was asked of you.
Political BS shouldn’t reach regular employees.
Did the Township retain a lawyer to assist in negotiating this long-term, multi-million labor contract?
Still no meat being shown this, all the standard language of a municipal 150 contract.
Where’s the wages and benefits?
Can’t compare it to what was paid previously without all the info.
Paying employees in a multi million deal.
Rabine doing all the work (why were they measuring the township roads) would cost a lot more as they would be required by law to pay prevailing wage.
1. Are the Township workers getting paid less than prevailing wage? Or more?
2. Can a 3rd party contractor complete a job in the same number of hours as an employee? Or less?
These are basic Cost Accounting 101 questions.
https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes474051.htm
Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2016
47-4051 Highway Maintenance Workers
Maintain highways, municipal and rural roads, airport runways, and rights-of-way. Duties include patching broken or eroded pavement, repairing guard rails, highway markers, and snow fences. May also mow or clear brush from along road or plow snow from roadway. Excludes “Tree Trimmers and Pruners” (37-3013).
National estimates for this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
Geographic profile for this occupation
National estimates for this occupation: Top
Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:
Employment (1) Employment
RSE (3) Mean hourly
wage Mean annual
wage (2) Wage RSE (3)
143,320 1.2 % $19.01 $39,540 0.3 %
Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:
Percentile 10% 25% 50%
(Median) 75% 90%
Hourly Wage $11.76 $14.69 $18.33 $22.89 $27.32
Annual Wage (2) $24,470 $30,550 $38,130 $47,610 $56,820
Industry profile for this occupation: Top
Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all industries with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.
Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:
Industry Employment (1) Percent of industry employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Local Government (OES Designation) 98,930 1.84 $18.96 $39,440
State Government (OES Designation) 35,430 1.62 $19.39 $40,340
Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction 6,490 1.98 $18.05 $37,550
Employment Services 230 0.01 $16.19 $33,680
Traveler Accommodation 40 0.00 $16.42 $34,150
Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation:
Industry Employment (1) Percent of industry employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction 6,490 1.98 $18.05 $37,550
Local Government (OES Designation) 98,930 1.84 $18.96 $39,440
State Government (OES Designation) 35,430 1.62 $19.39 $40,340
Employment Services 230 0.01 $16.19 $33,680
Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation) 30 0.00 $22.00 $45,760
Top paying industries for this occupation:
Industry Employment (1) Percent of industry employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Remediation and Other Waste Management Services (8) (8) $29.22 $60,780
Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation) 30 (7) $22.00 $45,760
State Government (OES Designation) 35,430 1.62 $19.39 $40,340
Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations (8) (8) $19.25 $40,040
Local Government (OES Designation) 98,930 1.84 $18.96 $39,440
Lots of good comparison wage data on Bureau of Labor Statistics site:
https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes474051.htm
States with the highest employment level in this occupation:
State Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
New York 14,880 1.64 1.60 $21.21 $44,110
Pennsylvania 10,610 1.85 1.81 $19.40 $40,350
Ohio 7,730 1.45 1.42 $18.92 $39,360
Texas 6,570 0.56 0.55 $17.37 $36,130
Illinois 6,510 1.10 1.08 $22.49 $46,790
Top paying States for this occupation:
State Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Connecticut 2,310 1.38 1.36 $25.66 $53,360
California 4,620 0.29 0.28 $25.43 $52,900
Alaska 140 0.42 0.41 $24.71 $51,400
New Jersey 1,690 0.43 0.42 $24.01 $49,930
Washington 2,250 0.73 0.72 $23.83 $49,570
Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in this occupation:
Metropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 2,550 1.34 1.31 $23.49 $48,870
New York-Jersey City-White Plains, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division 2,460 0.37 0.37 $26.99 $56,140
Pittsburgh, PA 1,940 1.71 1.68 $20.05 $41,690
St. Louis, MO-IL 1,910 1.42 1.39 $19.23 $39,990
Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights, IL Metropolitan Division 1,840 0.50 0.49 $23.82 $49,550
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 1,420 3.20 3.13 $20.87 $43,420
Nassau County-Suffolk County, NY Metropolitan Division 1,400 1.09 1.07 $21.83 $45,410
Rochester, NY 1,360 2.66 2.60 $21.59 $44,900
Cleveland-Elyria, OH 1,290 1.26 1.23 $21.43 $44,570
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY 1,230 2.23 2.19 $21.54 $44,810
Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:
Metropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY 330 7.94 7.78 $18.28 $38,030
Glens Falls, NY 380 7.34 7.19 $18.53 $38,550
Binghamton, NY 510 5.02 4.92 $17.92 $37,280
Utica-Rome, NY 590 4.92 4.82 $19.63 $40,840
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL 210 4.92 4.82 $17.32 $36,020
Kingston, NY 280 4.83 4.73 $22.17 $46,110
Williamsport, PA 240 4.66 4.56 $15.88 $33,030
Bangor, ME 280 4.32 4.23 $15.78 $32,820
Gettysburg, PA 130 4.03 3.95 $18.87 $39,240
Michigan City-La Porte, IN 160 4.01 3.92 $16.15 $33,590
Top paying metropolitan areas for this occupation:
Metropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
San Francisco-Redwood City-South San Francisco, CA Metropolitan Division 130 0.12 0.12 $32.34 $67,260
Oakland-Hayward-Berkeley, CA Metropolitan Division 570 0.53 0.52 $30.31 $63,040
Peoria, IL 270 1.56 1.52 $28.18 $58,610
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division 690 0.16 0.16 $27.98 $58,200
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA 80 0.69 0.67 $27.95 $58,140
Elgin, IL Metropolitan Division 110 0.45 0.44 $27.67 $57,550
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 350 0.33 0.32 $27.31 $56,800
New York-Jersey City-White Plains, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division 2,460 0.37 0.37 $26.99 $56,140
Danbury, CT 100 1.29 1.26 $26.66 $55,460
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 430 1.03 1.01 $26.66 $55,460
Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest employment in this occupation:
Nonmetropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area 1,470 7.99 7.83 $19.49 $40,540
Southern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area 1,180 6.24 6.11 $16.91 $35,180
North Northeastern Ohio non-metropolitan area (non-contiguous) 1,100 3.32 3.25 $18.23 $37,920
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area 1,080 7.47 7.32 $18.06 $37,550
Northern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area 1,030 6.37 6.24 $16.91 $35,170
Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:
Nonmetropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
East Central New York nonmetropolitan area 400 11.76 11.52 $18.65 $38,790
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area 560 8.40 8.23 $17.57 $36,550
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area 500 8.13 7.96 $15.07 $31,340
Central New York nonmetropolitan area 1,010 8.08 7.91 $19.34 $40,220
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area 1,470 7.99 7.83 $19.49 $40,540
Top paying nonmetropolitan areas for this occupation:
Nonmetropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Balance of Alaska nonmetropolitan area 100 1.38 1.35 $25.98 $54,040
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area 700 3.08 3.01 $25.13 $52,280
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area 170 5.08 4.98 $25.02 $52,040
Far West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area 290 4.42 4.33 $24.16 $50,250
Northwest Washington nonmetropolitan area 80 1.55 1.52 $23.81 $49,530
About May 2016 National, State, Metropolitan, and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors, all metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, and all states and the District of Columbia.
The top employment and wage figures are provided above.
The complete list is available in the downloadable XLS files.
The percentile wage estimate is the value of a wage below which a certain percent of workers fall. The median wage is the 50th percentile wage estimate–50 percent of workers earn less than the median and 50 percent of workers earn more than the median. More about percentile wages.
Wow Mark you have competition.
I cant hold a candle to Mark
But there are other posters I would liker to hold a candle to
The data is hard to read with just a single space as a delimiter.
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Usually in collective bargaining the wages are compared to similar bargaining units in Illinois only.
That is one of the flaws in Illinois collective bargaining, as in some areas one bargaining unit finds a sucker board who agrees to unreasonable hikes, without considering overall taxpayer burden, unfunded pensions, unfunded OPEB, etc. and others tag along.
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If Bob Miller agreed to an off the shelf IUOE Local 150 contract that does not benefit the taxpayers.
IOUE is going to first propose something most advantageous to their members.
We have no clue if that is the case or not.
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The wages in most collective bargaining agreements are found near the end of the agreement or in an appendix.
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If one wants to compare the Algonquin Township Road District collective bargaining agreement to other IUOE Local 150 bargaining units in McHenry County and close to the county:
– Village of Algonquin Public Works Department
– City of Crystal Lake Public Works Department
– Village of East Dundee Public Works
– Village of Huntley Public Works Department
– Village of Island Lake Public Works
– Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT)
– City of McHenry Public Works Department
– Lake County Division of Transportation
– Lake County Facility Operations
– Lake County Health Maintenance Department
– Lake County Public Works
– McHenry County Conservation District Land & Facilities
– McHenry County Conservation District, Land and Facilities Employees
– McHenry County Facilities Maintenance
– McHenry County Department of Transportation
– South Elgin Public Works
– City of Woodstock, Department of Public Works
MoreEducatedVoter on 05/21/2017 at 4:41 pm said:
Monday should be interesting rumor has it Gasser illegally cut all employees wages.
Its no wonder they joined a union
Not a rumor anymore, the Union got a letter from the New guy saying he’s not acknowledging the union contract.
I like openness like my research hero Mark.
Okay who is taking the bets?
$1 says Millers F-you taxpayers contract gets thrown out in the end. Just like Algonquin Township threw him out of office!!!!!!
Just think Andrew has more destruction to come the lawsuits will effect the Algonquin township tax payer
Andrew will not be effect by this at all he owns no Property in the United States
Township employee don’t have that sweet of deal
Andrew and his sweet friend Rachael will be sing he jolly good fellow
More to come later
Time will tell If it gets thrown out I will sing too Joe.
candid Booby Miller cartoon of his golden years of taxpayer flreecing:
http://www.circesfunhouse.com/ew-bigpig2.jpg
This collective bargaining agreement very well might get thrown out in court.
Township road districts are somewhat unique in that they answer to the township in some ways, but also have a fair amount of autonomy.
It’s possible that there is no statute or case law covering exactly how a CBA gets approved for a road district.
It certainly doesn’t pass the smell taste that a lame duck on his way out the door can bind the taxpayers to a costly five year contract with no oversight or recourse.
I doubt it will be thrown out.
IUOE has a slew of Chicago lawyers and an unlimited budget to protect union members.
Prevailing wage for laborers 40.20 plus 26.30 in benefits.
Operating engineers (150) substantially higher for contractors.
The deal that 150 makes with municipalities is much lower.
It’s always cheaper to use your own workforce than to pay prevailing wage rates in Chicagoland.
Employees of the municipality are not subject to prevailing wage law.
But can’t the township outsource all road maintenance to private contractors?