Safe Salem 2023 payroll tax
As some of you may have heard, the City of Salem is considering a payroll tax to be applied to nearly all employees working in the city. This payroll tax is part of Safe Salem 2023 and will include state workers. For hybrid workers that work part of their time in Salem, the payroll tax would apply for any hours worked in the city.
If you would like more information, including how to determine the amount of payroll tax to be applied when/if the tax goes into effect, or how to attend or make comments at the July 10 public hearing, additional information is available at the links below:
Answers to your questions about Salem’s proposed tax on worker paychecks
Salem considers payroll tax to fund police, fire, homeless services
Safe Salem 2023
Bargaining Update
To update on contract negotiations, our first bargaining session since December was productive and we were able to reach agreement (TA) on several subjects, resulting in TA’s on 9 proposals during our two days of bargaining last week.
We also continued to work on several other subjects both at the table and in caucus. Our next bargaining session is set for next week, 7/12-7/13 and we are in the process of confirming dates for August.
As of last week’s proposal activity, we now have 36 proposed Articles that have TA’d. These subjects include:
- Accredited Service
- Benefits Coordination
- Break Periods
- Contracting Out
- Employee Assistance Program
- Employee Training
- Employment Orientation
- Equipment and Devices
- Family and Medical Leave
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Health Insurance
- Holidays
- Inclement Weather
- Jury Duty and Witness Leave
- Labor-Management Committee
- Mobile Work Agreements
- Other Benefits
- Other Types of Leave
- Paid Leave Oregon
- Pay Day
- Personnel Records – Employee Access
- Preamble
- Professional Development
- Re-hired Employees
- Recruiting
- Responsibilities of Employees
- Selection Process
- Separation of Employment
- Severability
- Sick Leave
- Travel Expenses
- Union Access and Bulletin Boards
- Union Security
- Vacation
- Work Out of Class
- Workers Compensation
The remainder of the bargaining subjects, including some of our key issues, are still in progress. While some of these subjects are reasonably close to reaching a TA, others still have work ahead before we have an agreement. These remaining subjects include:
- Corrective Action and Discharge
- Exclusive Bargaining Agent/Recognition
- Grievance Procedure
- Management Rights
- No Strike Clause
- Non-Discrimination
- Retirement
- Safety and Health
- Respectful Workplace
- Union Stewards
- Parking
- Salary/Wages
- Term and Duration of Agreement
The Employer and Union bargaining teams each have proposals to work through as we prepare for the next round of negotiations. We are confident that the Union will have additional TA’s to report after our negotiations next week.
In Solidarity,
IBEW Local 89