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Oxford Hills Increased pay, scale size reduction, reimbursement increases & more Oxford Hills Support Staff settled a contract that included an 18% pay increase for bus drivers in the first year on the job, a 17% increase for custodians in the first year, and an 8% increase for Ed Tech Is in the first year. No single member of the bargaining unit received less than a 5% raise in year one of the contract, and the average increase across all eleven salary scales was 8.36% in year one of the new contract. The new contract pay scale is now more in line with similar jobs in area school districts. Other contract wins included condensing the salary scale from 25 years to 14 years, access to vacation time sooner, $1.00 pay differential for Ed Tech I's who are Safety Care Trained, increase in meal reimbursements for drivers, tool reimbursement for mechanics, clothing/ shoe reimbursement for custodians and more.
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MSAD 33- Frenchville and St. Agatha Support Staff
Support Staff in MSAD 33 ratified a new contract that provides food service employees with an additional $1/hour in the first year on top of the 5.5% negotiated raise on the scale. The school district initially offered a 1.5% pay scale pay raise, and the union fought back and settled on raises of 5.5%, 4.5% and 4.0% respectively for the three-year contract.
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