The Marin County Board of Supervisors has approved tentative agreements with two labor unions who will now take the agreements to their members for a ratification vote.
The agreements approved by the board at its June 24 meeting are with the county’s Deputy Sheriffs’ Association and Teamsters Local 856’s Deputy District Attorney Unit. If the union members ratify the agreements, they will return to the board for review and final approval.
Marin County is negotiating with all of the 10 employee labor groups that represent over 2,000 county workers. The agreements include cost-of-living adjustments — up to 11% over three years — as well as continued health care and other benefit enhancements.
Tentative agreements were also reached with the Sheriff Staff Officers’ Association, the International Association of Theatrical Stage Employees Local 16, the Probation Managers’ Association and the Marin County Management Employee’s Association. The county expects to review and approve those at its July 8 and July 15 meetings.
County Executive Derek Johnson said the new agreements are important for the county to remain an employer of choice in the region.
“The bottom line is that we need to make sure that the county can both afford agreed-upon salary market adjustments and that they enable the county to attract a qualified workforce,” Johnson said.
