After more than a year of intense negotiations, the Alliance- AFSCME-SEIU Local 888 Unit 2 has come to an agreement with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on a new 3-year contract from July 1st, 2020 to June 30th, 2023.
Ratification will take place on
Tuesday, July 27th
(See locations and times below)
Unit 2 FY2020-2023 Contract MOU Highlights:
- 3 Year Contract (FY 2021, 2022, 2023)
- Raises
- Year 1- 2.5%
- Year 2- 2.0%
- Year 3- 2.0%
- Full Retro from July 1st, 2020 to Date of Ratification
- 1.5% or $1,000 (whichever is greater) COVID-19 RecognitionPayment for all employees
- Additional COVID-19 Hazardous Duty Payment
- $2,000 Full-Time Employees Directed to Work In Person
- $1,000 Full-Time Hybrid Employees
- $1,000 Part-Time Employees Directed to Work In Person
- $4,000 (on average) Per Member Bonus and Retro Payments
- Juneteenth Holiday Codified in Contract
- Class and Compensation Study to help with recruitment andretention issues to start within 45 days of ratification andrecommendations made within 180 days
- Joint Labor Management MAP Committee to identify andremedy MAP issues
- After 2.5 years, written warnings will not be counted againstemployees if there is no further discipline
Polling Locations:
- Templeton 212 Freight Shed Road Templeton, MA 01436 6:30am to 4pm
- Holyoke Soldier's Home 10 Cherry Street Holyoke, MA 01040 7am to 3:30pm
- WRCH 309 Belmont Street Worcester, MA 01604 6:30am to 4:30pm
- Hogan Regional 450 Maple Street Hawthorne, MA 01937 6:30am to 4:30pm
- State Police Headquarters 450 Worcester Road Framingham, MA 01702 7am to 3:30pm
- Tewksbury State Hospital 365 East Street Tewksbury, MA 01876 6:30am to 4pm
- Shattuck Hospital 170 Morton Street Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 6:30am to 4pm
- Wrentham Developmental 131 Emerald Street Wrentham, MA 02093 6:30am to 4pm
- AFSCME Council 93 Boston Office 8 Beacon Street-9th Floor Boston, MA 02108 9am to 3pm
- Taunton State Hospital 60 Hodges Avenue Taunton, MA 02780 6:30am to 4pm
- Pocasset 830 County Road Pocasset, MA 02559 7am to 3pm
- Corrigan Mental Health 49 Hillside Street Fall River, MA 02720 6:30am to 4pm
- Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital 3 Randolph Street Canton, MA 020216:30am to 4pm
- Chelsea Soldier's Home 91 Crest Avenue Chelsea, MA 02150 7am to 3:30pm
- Western Mass Hospital 91 East Mountain Road Westfield, MA 01085 6:30am to 4pm
- Berkshire Community College 1350 West Street Pittsfield, MA 01201 7am to 4pm
*Members can vote at any polling location.