Long Beach has reached a tentative three-year labor agreement with the union representing 127 trash-collection workers, the city announced Wednesday.
The tentative deal between Service Employees International Union Local 721 and the city — running from Oct. 1, 2023 to Sept. 30, 2026 — would provide a range of wage and equity boosts, along with various lump-sum payments.
Among the deal’s major terms, the city said, are:
- An equity increase of 15% to step 1 of Refuse Operator I-IV, and Refuse Operator I- II Non-Career and salary ranges modified to ensure 5% differential between each salary step.
- General wage increases of 1% in the second year of the contract and 1.25% in the third year.
- One-time lump sum payments of $1,000 for SEIU employees hired on or after June 5, 2023 and who are subject to the city’s Recruitment Incentive Program and $4,315 for other SEIU employees.
- Revisions to bereavement leave, paid parental leave, extension of vacation accrual maximum cap, sick leave, in lieu holiday, seniority of overtime scheduling and training and funding support for the Education Assistance Program.