Members will receive a minimum of 5% in cost of living adjustments over the life of the contract with 3% in July 2010 based on the December CPI figures.

REMEMBER that while we will get a 1% retro from May 2010 back to July 2009 we will also see an increase in our health insurance costs over that same period. What this means is that many will see a very minimal retro check once the insurance increase is deducted....some could even end up in the RED until the July 2010 COLA kicks in.

We're sorry for the inconvenience..during negotiations we were told that this would effect only 3 members...it now appears that the HR Director's math might have been a little fuzzy.

On a related note....the HR Director has anounced her retirement effective the end of June 2010. -- We wish Her Godspeed !

While it is not what we were hoping for, given the economy I'm pleased to have a 3 year deal with COLA's. Some Locals are agreeing to 1 year contracts that are either level finded or in some cases even contain wage cuts.

Thanks go out to Jeff, Lisa and Mark for the literally hundreds of hours of their own time for this negotiation cycle.

**** A reminder -- Negotiations begin for the 2011/2014 contract in September ! Start thinking about contract items NOW !

GRIEVANCE ISSUES

We dealt with several grievance issues in 2009/2010 including a successful resolution to a matter related to scheduling shift coverage on Holidays. One serious issue went to a termination hearing with the member deciding to resign. NEPBA NH Director Ron Scaccia and the Local 27 team worked with the member and the Town to secure the best severence package possible.

We recently grieved the placing of fulltime employees back onto probationary status as NEPBA and Local 27 feel that this may violate NH Labor Law Statutes. (RSA 273-A:1(9)(d)) Obviously management does not agree. This matter will likely come up again in future negotiations.

Members are welcome to speak to the EBoard members for more details.

"NEPBA Local27 " MERCHANDISE IS HERE !!!

T-Shirts, Polo Shirts, Hats, Fleece Items and Several Styles of Jackets are now available.

(All items have the NH State outline w/blue line and text as seen on the front page of this website)

If you believe you have a reason to file a grievance...YOU MUST PUT IT IN WRITING TO THE EXECUTIVE BOARD - and it MUST be received within 15 business days of the event or the discovery of the event. You may have a GREAT case but if it is not filed within the guidelines of the contract it won't matter because we won't be able to help you.