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COMPANY
PROPOSAL 2007 AND IBEW LOCAL 965 NEGOTIATIONS May
3, 2007
1. Duration of
the Contract: June 1, 2007
through May 31, 2011 2.
Year 1 - June 1, 2007 - May 31, 2008
Wages - (Effective 05/27/07 - 05/24/08) Ø
3.25% general wage increase.
401(k) Contribution
For all employees eligible to participate in the Alliant Energy 401(k)
Savings Plan as of June 1, 2007: Ø
Effective the
first full pay period of 2008 and continuing through the term of the agreement,
the company will make a 1% contribution in company stock to each
employee’s 401(k) account on a bi-weekly basis. Health and Welfare Benefits Effective
1/1/2008 all employees will move to the Consumer Driven Health Plan as outlined
under Exhibit 1.
Medical Plan Contributions -
Effective January 1, 2008 Ø
Monthly employee contributions for the medical plan
will be as follows:
Employee
$ 60.00
Employee + One
$125.00
Family
$185.00 Dental
Plan Contributions - Effective January 1, 2008 Ø
Monthly employee contributions for the dental plan
will be as follows: Employee
$ 8.00
Employee + One
$12.00
Family
$16.00 Retirement
Plan – Enhanced 401(k) Ø
Employees hired
after June 1, 2007 will be provided access only to the Company Medical Plan at
the time of retirement and an enhanced 401(k) Plan in lieu of the WP&L
Retirement Plan B as follows:
Retirement
Plan – Enhanced 401(k) (Continued) Ø
Employees in
Retirement Plan B will have a one-time option during a window beginning in the
second quarter of 2009 to terminate
participation in Retirement Plan B thereby freezing their current defined
benefit and electing the enhanced 401(k) as outlined
above. The election of this
option will not impact eligibility for retiree medical benefits.
It also will not impact eligibility for benefits for which these
employees would otherwise be eligible on the basis of their vested benefit in
Retirement Plan B. Ø
In the event an
employee hired prior to June 1, 2007 elects the enhanced 401(k) plan prior to
becoming vested in the Retirement Plan B, and subsequently elects early
retirement under the provisions of Article IV. Reducing Forces, paragraph
(6) or Article XXVII. Partially Disabled Employees, paragraph (6), such
employee will receive a lump sum payment comparable to the benefits outlined in
these provisions that may be in effect at the time of the employee’s
retirement. Premiums - Effective First Full Pay Period Following
Ratification Provide
the following premium pay increases effective the first full pay period
following ratification: Ø
Evening shift
premium increased from 66¢ per hour to 70¢ per hour for all hours worked. Ø
Night shift
premium increased from 78¢ per hour to 82¢ per hour for all hours worked. Ø
Sunday premium
will be increased from 95¢ to 99¢ per hour for all hours worked. Ø
Maintenance
evening premium increased from 75¢ per hour to 79¢ for Ø
Maintenance night
premium increased from 78¢ per hour to 82¢ for Ø
Section IX
welders’ premium increased from one dollar and ten cents ($1.10) per hour to
one dollar and fourteen cents ($1.14) per hour for all hours paid. Ø
Chief Gas
Technician and Chief Corrosion Technician Welding premium increased from
fifty-two cents (52¢) to fifty-six cents (56¢) for all hours paid.
Ø
Fire Brigade Premium – Generating Station employees
who volunteer and are selected for the fire brigade shall receive a fire brigade
premium of seventy-five (75¢) per hour for all hours worked.
(Exhibit 2) Ø
The idle time premium was increased from 50¢ to 60¢
per hour when employees are not returned to headquarters at night because of
distance or other conditions. The
idle premium when working beyond 1-1/2 hours from headquarters on non-commodity
work outside the franchise territory was increased from $1.00 to $1.20.
(Exhibit 3) Vacation
Carry Over
– (Exhibit 4) Ø
The parties agreed to extend the one-week vacation
carryover provision through the month of March.
Absent From Work –
(Exhibit 5) Ø
The bereavement language was expanded allowing
employees time off from work not to exceed one (1) day in case of death of the
employees’ nieces and nephews.
Meals – (Exhibit 6) Ø
The company agreed to increase paid meal allowances as
follows: Breakfast
$10.00 Lunch
$11.00 Dinner
$18.00
In consideration for these increases, the parties agreed to eliminate the
noon meal allowance when the employee is required to work during their regularly
scheduled lunch period and to modify
Article XIV. (1) (c) as follows:
When it becomes necessary for employees to work
unscheduled overtime, excluding overtime worked during their regularly scheduled
lunch period, they shall receive meal allowances per the following:
1. For overtime
work of at least one-half (1/2) hour that occurs during 5:30 A.M. to 7:00
A.M., a meal allowance of $10.00 shall be paid.
2. For overtime of
at least one-half (1/2) hour that occurs during 11:30 A.M. to 1:30 P.M.,
a meal allowance of $11.00 shall be paid.
3. For overtime
work of at least one-half (1/2) hour that occurs during 6:00 P.M. to 7:30
P.M., a meal allowance of $18.00 shall be paid.
Storm Duty Expense Allowance –
(Exhibit 6) Ø
The storm duty expense allowance was increased from
$28.00 to $36.00 per day for each full day that an employee is required to
assist another utility during the period of storm emergency restoration.
Gas Technicians, Line Clearance Technicians and Substation Maintenance
Inspector & Relief Dispatchers Hooking Up Secondary
- (Exhibit 7) Ø
Qualified Gas Technicians, Line Clearance Technicians and Substation
Maintenance Inspector & Relief Dispatchers will be allowed, on a voluntary
basis, to hook up at the pedestal to meter service under 300 volts and will
receive a 75¢ premium for all hours worked during these assignments.
This voluntary annual election will be for the duration of a given
construction season. Ø
It is understood that the company will ask for volunteers from certain
work groups based upon business need and those employees who volunteer for this
work will be trained and provided a fair opportunity to do the work.
Lead Rate – (Exhibit 8) Ø
The lead rate was increased from 55¢ to 65¢ when two
journeyman technicians in substation construction and maintenance, line, gas or
line clearance are working as a crew absent an hourly supervisor. Alternate
Work Schedules - 4-10 Hour Days - (Exhibit 9) Ø
The option to work 4-10 hour days will now be determined by “a simple
majority” of the employees on the crew in order to implement.
Ø
For purposes of a holiday, employees will be paid ten (10) hours of
holiday pay. An effort will be made
to create a schedule during the week of holiday so that employees can celebrate
a holiday on their regularly scheduled work days.
If that is not possible, employees will be paid holiday pay in the manner
that a Saturday holiday is now paid. Voluntary
Job-Site Reporting for Travel Positions – (Exhibit 10) Ø The voluntary job-site reporting allowances for travel positions were increased incorporating: · the annual individual performance true-up under Range 2 of the Job-Site Reporting with Personal Vehicle category, and · noon meal allowances under Ranges 3 and 4 of the Job-Site Reporting with Personal Vehicle categories as follows:
Generation Joint Health and Safety Committee Ø
For the term of
the agreement, the Company and the Ø
The Committee
shall consist of the Environmental and Safety Specialist and an IBEW Local #965
member, who is appointed by the Union, from each of the Generating Facilities
(including one member representing both Hydro Plants) and one management
representative designated by the Company. Other
representatives of the Company and the Ø
The function of
the Generation Joint Health and Safety Committee shall be to advise concerning
industrial safety and health matters at the Generating Facilities, but not to handle grievances. In the discharge of its function, the
Committee may consider existing rules relating to safety, formulate suggested
changes in rules, recommend adoption of new rules, and review safety incidents
which have occurred to make recommendations to the parties to prevent
recurrences. The parties agree that
the sole function of the Committee shall be to advise the Company regarding only
those matters directly relating to employee safety and industrial health.
Safety Toe Footwear Ø
For personnel required to wear safety toe footwear, the company will pay
an allowance match up to $35 per calendar year, beginning in 2007, towards the
purchase of safety toe footwear. Eligible
classifications were expanded to include: Sr.
Customer Field Representative, Customer Field Representative I, Customer Field
Representative II and Meter Reader. Ø
Employees will be allowed to bank the reimbursement allowance for the
term of the contract.
Flame Retardant Clothing Ø
Effective January 1, 2008, the initial allowance for personnel eligible
for the Flame Retardant Clothing Program will increase to $550 and the annual
replacement allowance will increase to $225. Article
XXVII. Partially Disabled Employees - (Exhibit 11) Ø
Employees classified under Article XXVII status and who are age 55 years
or older will be required to be in Article XXVII status for a minimum of one (1)
year prior to electing early retirement under the Retirement Plan B. Ø
For the purpose of clarification, all employees that are covered under
Article XXVII Partially Disabled Employees at the time of contract ratification,
shall be grandfathered (will not be required to meet the one (1) year minimum). Article
IV. Reducing Forces Ø
The parties agreed to modify the Reduction In Forces timelines, allowing
the employee(s) receiving the initial notice 45 calendar days to make their
bumping decision. Each subsequent
employee notified of a bump in a sequence of bumps will have now have 30 (thirty)
calendar days in which to designate a desire to exercise bumping rights by
notifying Management of the classification and/or employee to be bumped.
(Exhibit 12) Ø
Separation pay, under the Reduction In Forces process, was modified to
eliminate the five (5) year service requirement for eligibility.
Employees will receive 1.25 weeks of separation pay for each full
year of service. (Exhibit 13)
Union Membership and Dues – (Exhibit 14) Ø
The company agreed that it will send written
notification to the Local Union Office and Local Chief Steward within a week of
the hiring of a new employee coming under this Agreement.
Seniority – (Exhibit 15) Ø
Seniority group (24)
Maintenance
Items
Ø The Residency Requirement was modified to include the following classifications:
J01206 - Chief Electrician
J01207 - Electrician
J01208 - J01211 - Electrician Apprentices
J03783 - Lead Line Technician For the purposes of adding the Area
Chief Electrician, Electrician and Electrician Apprentices to the residency
requirements, the parties have agreed that employees currently holding one of
these positions would be grandfathered (without residency requirement) as long
as they hold an Area Electrician position or obtain a future Area Chief
Electrician position. (Exhibit 16)
Maintenance items for updating the contract were agreed upon as follows: Ø
Page one of the labor agreement was amended to include
the following gender neutral reference after paragraph two:
“Words used in this Agreement in
the masculine gender shall also include the feminine.” Ø
Article IV. Reducing Forces, paragraph (6) was revised
to reflect the appropriate Retirement Plan
reference. (Exhibit
17) Ø
Article XXIX. Temporary Substitutions, paragraph (2)
and Article XXX. Hours for Clerical Employees, paragraph (4) were revised to
reflect the appropriate wage schedules. (Exhibit
18) Ø
Wage schedules were revised to add new and remove
obsolete positions and to reflect title and pay rate changes.
(Exhibit 19) Ø
The parties agreed to remove the obsolete Appendix 3
– Job Sharing Program from the labor agreement and all references to Appendix
3 within the labor agreement. Ø
A calendar for the length of the contract will be put
in the back of the labor agreement. 3.
Year 2 - June 1, 2008 - May 31, 2009
Wages (Effective
05/25/08 – 05/23/09) Ø
3.25% general wage increase. Medical
Plan Contributions - Effective January 1, 2009 Ø
Monthly Employee Contributions:
Employee
$ 75.00
Employee + One
$140.00
Family
$200.00 Dental
Plan Contributions - Effective January 1, 2009 Ø
Monthly employee contributions for the dental plan
will be as follows: Employee
$ 8.00
Employee + One
$12.00
Family
$16.00 4.
Year 3 - June 1, 2009 - May 31, 2010
Wages (Effective
05/24/09 - 05/22/10) Ø
3.25% general wage increase.
Medical Plan Contributions
- Effective January 1, 2010 Ø
Monthly Employee Contributions:
Employee
$ 90.00
Employee + One
$160.00
Family
$225.00 Dental
Plan Contributions - Effective January 1, 2010 Ø
Monthly employee contributions for the dental plan
will be as follows: Employee
$ 8.00
Employee + One
$12.00
Family
$18.00 5.
Year 4 - June 1, 2010 - May 31, 2011
Wages
Ø
3.25% general wage increase (Effective 05/23/10 –
01/01/11) Ø
1.00% general wage increase (Effective 01/02/11 –
05/31/11)
Medical Plan Contributions
- Effective January 1, 2011 Ø
Monthly employee contributions for the medical plan paid by
employees for 2011 will be based on 20% of the total monthly premium as
calculated annually. Dental
Plan Contributions - Effective January 1, 2011 Ø
Monthly employee contributions for the dental plan
will be as follows: Employee
$ 8.00
Employee + One
$15.00
Family
$22.00 |