Fairfield's Union Contracts
Fairfield has contracts with many unions. There are eight unions representing town employees and six representing employees in our school system. Each has their own three-year contract that is renegotiated when it expires.
The table below, summarized the benefits (not wages) for each of the unions whose members are employed by the town's (ie non-school employees).
FAIRFIELD TAXPAYER’S TOWN LABOR CONTRACT SUMMARIES
Any town’s budget is determined by the quantity and quality of the services it provides, and by the cost of providing those services. Most of the cost of providing public services is labor, which is determined primarily by wages, benefits (for both active and retired workers) and work rules.
In order to help Fairfield's residents and public officials evaluate the cost of labor in the town budget, Fairfield Taxpayer has created a summary of the terms of the seven union contracts (plus the agreement that applies to Department Heads) that determine what our public employees are paid. In progress is a similar summary of contract terms for school employees. We also plan to provide information on how Fairfield's labor costs compare to those of other towns, and on how public employee wages and benefits compare to comparable jobs in the private sector.
We have made every effort to ensure that the information in these summaries is both comprehensive and accurate, but it is quite possible that there are errors, and/or that we have not included everything that would be helpful. If they are not yet perfect, we hope they soon will be with the help of those who review and use them.
See Fairfield Labor Contract data in spreadsheet below. You may also download it by clicking here.
For the country as a whole, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on September 11, 2013 that private industry employers spent an average of $29.11 per hour worked for employee compensation in June 2013 ($20.47 in wages and $8.65 in benefits), while total compensation costs for state and local government workers averaged $42.09 per hour ($27.15 in wages and $14.94 in benefits). As the BLS report cautions, the data for private and public workers is not directly comparable because of differences in the mix of workers, including the fact that professional and administrative support occupations (including teachers) account for two-thirds of the state and local government workforce, compared with one-half of private industry.
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ecec.pdf
Fairfield has contracts with many unions. There are eight unions representing town employees and six representing employees in our school system. Each has their own three-year contract that is renegotiated when it expires.
The table below, summarized the benefits (not wages) for each of the unions whose members are employed by the town's (ie non-school employees).
FAIRFIELD TAXPAYER’S TOWN LABOR CONTRACT SUMMARIES
Any town’s budget is determined by the quantity and quality of the services it provides, and by the cost of providing those services. Most of the cost of providing public services is labor, which is determined primarily by wages, benefits (for both active and retired workers) and work rules.
In order to help Fairfield's residents and public officials evaluate the cost of labor in the town budget, Fairfield Taxpayer has created a summary of the terms of the seven union contracts (plus the agreement that applies to Department Heads) that determine what our public employees are paid. In progress is a similar summary of contract terms for school employees. We also plan to provide information on how Fairfield's labor costs compare to those of other towns, and on how public employee wages and benefits compare to comparable jobs in the private sector.
We have made every effort to ensure that the information in these summaries is both comprehensive and accurate, but it is quite possible that there are errors, and/or that we have not included everything that would be helpful. If they are not yet perfect, we hope they soon will be with the help of those who review and use them.
See Fairfield Labor Contract data in spreadsheet below. You may also download it by clicking here.
For the country as a whole, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on September 11, 2013 that private industry employers spent an average of $29.11 per hour worked for employee compensation in June 2013 ($20.47 in wages and $8.65 in benefits), while total compensation costs for state and local government workers averaged $42.09 per hour ($27.15 in wages and $14.94 in benefits). As the BLS report cautions, the data for private and public workers is not directly comparable because of differences in the mix of workers, including the fact that professional and administrative support occupations (including teachers) account for two-thirds of the state and local government workforce, compared with one-half of private industry.
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ecec.pdf
