In addition to the 70-cent first year wage increase already received, Grafton County employees can look forward to 60 cents an hour the second year and 50 cents the third year. The union s goal was no employee payments. Local 278 drastically reduced the amount of contributions demanded by the County and secured wage increases that more than covered the cost of contributions eventually included in the settlement. Among other improvements, funeral leave is expanded to include step-relations. Employees will now be able to use five days of sick leave for family illnesses and to donate sick days to other employees who have exhausted their sick leave.
Additional time is added to maximum limits in employees sick leave reserve.
The UE-Corrections negotiating committee consisted of Correctional Officer Sue Ingerson , Cpl. Mary Florentine and Cpl. Bob Morin . Local 278 was assisted throughout negotiations by Intl. Rep. Kim Lawson and Field Org.