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1986

• 1 st contract negotiations
• 7% pay increase plus $450 bonus
• 1 st grievance /arbitration system
• Seniority established
• Right to refuse unsafe work
• 10 days sick leave
• Occupational Injury Leave (OIL)
• 22 ¢ a mile travel reimbursement
• Portal-to-portal $ for field employees
• Guarantee of 17 weekends off for MH/MR and OVH employees
• End split shifts for fulltime employees
• Standardized system for posting/filling vacancies
• Standardized layoff and bumping system
• Union bulletin boards
• 1 st limits to use of temporary and seasonal employees
• Right to review personnel file
• Create Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Progressive discipline system
• Discipline only for just cause
• Annual eye exam
• Regular breaks for VDT operators
• Asbestos inspections/abatement in state workplaces
• Annual inspection of state vehicles
• Water/restrooms available to all employees
• Guaranteed health benefits and management contribution of 48% of premium
• 1 st contracting out restrictions
• Protections against working out of classification
• 1st AFSCME MasterCard ® offered

1987

• 5% pay increase
• Additional millions in $ increases from 1 st statewide review of job classifications for sex-based wage discrimination
• 1 st OCSEA member-only discounts offered

1988

• 7% pay increase
• Mental Health Act creates SOS program – preventing layoffs

1989

• 4% pay increase
• Health insurance – increase management’s contribution to 85%
• Establish dependent day care accounts and subsidies
• Establish shift differentials of 35 ¢
• 3 weeks of vacation after 5 years
• Hostage leave for all DRC and DYS employees
• Pick-a-post established for DRC employees
• Les Best Scholarships created

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