{"id":22871,"date":"2013-12-26T20:07:43","date_gmt":"2013-12-26T20:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/?p=22871"},"modified":"2013-12-26T20:07:43","modified_gmt":"2013-12-26T20:07:43","slug":"peb-244-issues-recommendations-in-lirr-dispute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/peb-244-issues-recommendations-in-lirr-dispute\/","title":{"rendered":"PEB 244 Issues Recommendations In LIRR Dispute","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_22872\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22872\" style=\"width: 148px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22872 \" style=\"border-width: 1px;border-color: black;border-style: solid;margin: 4px\" alt=\"anthony_Simon_web\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/anthony_Simon_web.jpg\" width=\"148\" height=\"150\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22872\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Simon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Presidential Emergency Board 244 issued its recommendations Dec. 21 for settling a dispute between the Long Island Rail Road and its unionized employees represented by the SMART Transportation Division and several other labor unions.<\/p>\n<p>The board\u2019s recommendations are non-binding and the parties now have 120 days to reach agreement based on the recommendations.<br \/>\nThe three board members recommended that the LIRR pay wage increase totaling 18.4 percent over six years (2.9 percent per year) and employees begin contributing to health insurance premium costs. After factoring in the recommended employee health insurance contributions, the board\u2019s recommendations would still produce net wage increases of 2.5 percent per year.<br \/>\n\u201cObviously, I am satisfied with the board\u2019s findings,\u201d said SMART TD GO 505 General Chairperson Anthony Simon. \u201cThe Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Long Island Rail Road management had been demanding three years of \u2018net zero\u2019 wage increases and larger contributions to our health and welfare plans. They were also seeking numerous work-rule changes to our contract, which the board rejected. This is a \u2018home run\u2019 for the employees we represent.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cAll unions on LIRR will accept the board\u2019s recommendations \u2013 although they\u2019re not everything that we bargained for \u2013 so we can avoid any inconvenience to the riding public,\u201d Simon said. \u201cWe hope the MTA will do the same.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cI thank SMART General President Joe Nigro, SMART Transportation Division President John Previsich, Vice President John Lesniewski, Vice General Chairperson Vinnie Tessitore Jr. and the entire negotiating committee from GO 505 for their support and guidance during this process.\u201d<br \/>\nIn its report to the President Barack Obama, the board stated that, \u201cIt simply cannot be concluded that the MTA\u2019s current financial position is one in which it is unable to pay for wage adjustments that are otherwise warranted.\u201d<br \/>\nThe board\u2019s wage recommendations are retroactive to the first year of the contract dispute, which has been ongoing for more than three years. The board rejected MTA\u2019s demand that workers accept three years of net zero wage increases, followed by two, two-percent increases over five years.<br \/>\nThe board also rejected MTA\u2019s demand for major concessions in pensions, including a permanent five percent employee contribution.<br \/>\nThe PEB also rejected MTA\u2019s demand that retirees begin paying for health insurance and that railroad retirement disability pensions be offset by LIRR\u2019s pension payments.<br \/>\nPEB recommendations include that employees begin contributing to health insurance premium costs, beginning at one percent of 40 hours straight-time pay, at the contract\u2019s opening date of June 16, 2010, and increasing by .25 percent increments each year thereafter. MTA had proposed larger employee contributions, while the affected unions had proposed no contributions from current employees.<br \/>\nIf no agreement is reached, the company or the governor of New York can ask for a second PEB to be appointed, whose recommendations would also be non-binding. If no agreement between LIRR and its unions is reached following the second PEB\u2019s recommendations, the unions would be free to strike.<br \/>\nSimon said he did not expect that a second PEB\u2019s findings would be much different from that of the first.<br \/>\nThe board\u2019s recommendations come after holding hearings for a full week that began Dec. 2.<br \/>\n\u201cAfter an intensive and relentless week of deliberations, I can say that our organization left no stones unturned during these proceedings,\u201d Simon said at the time. \u201cWe presented an excellent case before the board and we are determined to fight for our members in order to obtain a fair and well-deserved agreement for all,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nThe board\u2019s members included chairman Ira F. Jaffe, Roberta Golick and Arnold M. Zack.<br \/>\nTo view the complete PEB report, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/PEB_244_Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presidential Emergency Board 244 issued its recommendations Dec. 21 for settling a dispute between the Long Island Rail Road and its unionized employees represented by the SMART Transportation Division and several other labor unions. The board\u2019s recommendations are non-binding and the parties now have 120 days to reach agreement based on the recommendations. 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