2017-24 AFSCME Collective Bargaining Agreement

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AGREEMENT A.F.S.C.M.E. LOCAL 268 CITY OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS May 1, 2017 to December 31 2020 This Agreement has been made and entered into by and between the City of Decatur, Illinois (hereinafter referred to as the "City"), and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, Council 31 for and on behalf of Local 268 (hereinafter referred to as the "Union"). PREAMBLE In order to establish harmonious employment relations through a mutual process, to pro- vide fair and equitable treatment to all employees, to achieve full recognition for the value of employees and the vital and necessary work they perform, to specify wages, hours, benefits, and working conditions, and to provide for the prompt and equitable resolution of disputes, the parties agree as follows. ARTICLE I GENERAL Section 1. This Agreement is entered into for the purpose of promoting harmonious rela- tions between the City and the Union, the establishment of an equitable and peaceful procedure for the resolution of differences, and to promote the morale, rights, privileges and well-being of the employees of the city. Section 2. The employees of the City shall regard themselves as employees of the public and are to be governed by the highest ideals of honesty and integrity in all their public conduct and in their personal conduct insofar as the same might reflect upon them or their representation as public employees in order that they may merit the respect and confidence of the public which employs them and which they serve. Section 3. The City recognizes the Union as the sole and exclusive bargaining repre- sentative for the purposes of establishing wages, hours and conditions of employment for all reg- ular, full-time employees in the classifications listed in Exhibit A. Section 4. The classifications or job titles listed in Exhibit A are for descriptive purposes only. Their use is neither an indication nor a guarantee that these classifications or titles will con- tinue to be utilized by the City. Section 5. A regular, full-time employee is an employee who is not a probationary em- ployee, and who works a regular duty week of forty hours or more, excluding temporary or sea- sonal employees, and also excluding those employees whose services are performed as part of an unemployment work-relief or work training program assisted or financed in whole or in part by any Federal agency or an agency of the State of Illinois. 3