Some UG employees to get a raise

A 5 percent raise has been approved for about 180 union employees at the Unified Government.

Members of the State, County and Municipal Employees, Local 3475 of Missouri-Kansas State Council 72 will receive the raise for Jan. 1, 2015, through Dec. 31, 2017.

Unified Government Administrator Doug Bach told the commission June 4 that the UG has not had a contract with its bargaining units for some time.

He said the group has had only one raise in the past five years. While the agreement has a few step increases, there were very little step increases used in recent years, he said.

The UG Commission voted 8-0 to approve the new agreement. The AFSCME membership voted to ratify the agreement on May 26.