ITEM 128-109-R0905

 

TO:������������������ Montana Board of Regents

 

FROM:������������� Kevin McRae, Director

Labor Relations and Human Resources

 

RE:������������������ Approval of Tentative Agreement with the United Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters

 

DATE:�������������� September 21-23, 2005

Attached is a summary of the tentative agreement reached with the United Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters.� This bargaining unit consists of 24 plumbers in Missoula, Bozeman and Billings.� The union-ratified tentative agreement includes revisions to the prior agreement.

 

Revisions include:

�         Wage increases of 3.5 percent and 4.0 percent effective October 1, 2005, and October 1, 2006, respectively.

�         Continuation the Dependent Partial Tuition Waiver.

�         A four-year contract term, with a �re-opener� in 2007 solely for renegotiation of economic issues.

 

I recommend approval of the tentative agreement with the Plumbers and Pipefitters union.