School Custodians Get 2-Year Contract Extension

They will get 2 percent raises for the remainder of this year, and the next two years under the new contract.

Two and a half years after the EG School Committee’s attempt to outsource custodians, both sides said negotiations to extend the contract an additional two years this fall were smooth and amicable, with union members getting a 2 percent raise for the remainder of this fiscal year, and for each of the next two years. Under this new contract, the “sick bank” was abolished; instead union members will now buy temporary disability insurance (TDI). The money will be deducted from their paychecks. “It was very genial,” said School Committee Chair David Green of the negotiations. “The process was fine, everyone was great,” said union representative Joe Machon, an electrician with the district. It was a lot different than the last contract …

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