Grievance
Arbitration Binding — Binding arbitration via American Arbitration Association
If the grievance is not resolved satisfactorily at Step 4, there shall be available an additional step of impartial, binding arbitration. The arbitrator shall be selected from the American Arbitration Association.
Compensation
Ba Min Salary — Building Principal Secretaries entry-level hourly rate
Building Principal Secretaries: $18.34
Other
Bargaining Unit Definition — secretaries, custodians, library technical assistants, library aides, cooks, and food service employees (servers, food haulers and cashiers)
sole and exclusive bargaining agent with respect to wages, hours and terms and conditions of employment for all full time and part time employees employed by the District as secretaries, custodians, library technical assistants, library aides, cooks, and food service employees
Compensation
Base Salary Increase Yr1 — 5.0% hourly pay rate increase
All current employees who are covered by this agreement will receive the following hourly pay rate increases: 2025-2026: 5.0%
Compensation
Base Salary Increase Yr2 — 4.0% hourly pay rate increase
2026-2027: 4.0%
Compensation
Base Salary Increase Yr3 — 4.0% hourly pay rate increase
2027-2028: 4.0%
Compensation
Base Salary Increase Yr4 — 3.25% hourly pay rate increase
2028-2029: 3.25%
Leave
Bereavement Days — Maximum of 3 days of bereavement leave per year
In the case of death of a member of the immediate family (as defined in 22 A.) employees may use a maximum of three (3) days of absence per year at full pay.
Other
Break In Period — Employee awarded job has break-in period no less than ten (10) work days
An employee who is awarded the job shall have a break-in period no less than ten (10) work days in which he/she may decide to return to his/her prior position.
Workday
Breaks — 1/15 min breaks
Building Principal Secretaries: 1/15 min breaks
Other
Clothing Allowance Custodial Food Service — The Board will provide employees three (3) work shirts in their first year of employment. In all subsequent years, the Board will annually provide custodial/maintenance employees with (3) three shirts. In all subsequent years, The Board will annually provide food service employees with two (2) shirts. Employees are required to wear said shirts.
The Board will provide employees three (3) work shirts in their first year of employment. In all subsequent years, the Board will annually provide custodial/maintenance employees with (3) three shirts. In all subsequent years, The Board will annually provide food service employees with two (2) shirts.
Workday
Contract Days Teacher — Normal work hours shall not exceed forty (40) hours per week or eight (8) hours per day
Normal work hours shall not exceed forty (40) hours per week or eight (8) hours per day except as in B.3 below. No guarantee of such work is implied herein.
Other
Contract Duration — Effective through June 30, 2029
This Agreement shall be effective with the commencement of normal business on the day both parties execute this agreement and shall remain in full effect until the close of business on June 30, 2029.
Compensation
Cook Min Salary — Cook entry-level hourly rate
Cook: $16.97
Compensation
Custodians Min Salary — Custodians entry-level hourly rate
Custodians: $16.69
Workday
Daily Hours — Building Principal Secretaries work 8 hours daily
Building Principal Secretaries: Full-time, 8 hrs daily, 7.5 paid hrs daily, 200 paid days
Evaluation
Evaluation Cycle Years — Performance report to be completed by May 1st annually
The supervisor of each employee, in cooperation with the building principal, will complete by May 1st a performance report for the employee in his/her areas of responsibility
Compensation
Food Service Hauling Differential — Additional pay per hour for food hauling duties
Any current or newly hired Food Service Employee who is permanently assigned to fulfilling food hauling duties will receive an additional .50 per hour.
Compensation
Food Service Min Salary — Food Service Employees entry-level hourly rate
Food Service Employees: $15.60
Other
Full Time Definition Hours — nine or more month employees whose work day consists of a minimum of seven hours
Full time employees for purposes of this contract consist of nine (9) or more month employees whose work day consists of a minimum of seven (7) hours.
Grievance
Grievance Steps — Five-step grievance procedure with final arbitration
Grievance procedure: Step 1 informal discussion; Step 2 written to supervisor; Step 3 to Superintendent; Step 4 to Board of Education; Step 5 binding arbitration via American Arbitration Association.
Insurance
Health Employee Premium Share Pct — Employee pays 25% of health insurance premium
The Board and Union ratify, confirm, and approve that the premium insurance costs are to be paid 75% by the Board and 25% by the Employee.
Insurance
Hepatitis Vaccination — District pays cost of hepatitis vaccinations for custodians, cooks, food service employees, library aides, library technical assistants and secretaries. Up to 6 employees per year offered, alphabetical order by last name.
The District shall pay the cost of hepatitis vaccinations for custodians, cooks, food service employees, library aides, library technical assistants and secretaries who choose to receive one, under the following conditions: Vaccinations shall be offered to up to six (6) employees per year.
Other
Holidays Annual — 17 paid holidays for full-time 12-month employees
All full time twelve (12) month employees shall receive regular pay for the following seventeen (17) holidays if such days either fall on or are legally celebrated on working days during the employee scheduled work year.
Compensation
Hours Paid Per Year — Food Service Employees (full-time, 6.5 hrs daily) paid 1,157 hours per year
Food Service Employees: Full-time, 6.5 hrs daily, 6.5 paid hrs daily, 178 paid days, 1,157 hours paid per year
Insurance
Hsa Employer Contribution — HSA (PPO) Employee Only annual contribution
HSA (PPO): $1,000 / per year – Employee Only; or $2,000 / per year for Employee + Spouse, Employee + Child and Family plans.
Workday
Instructional Minutes Day — Employees working more than 5 clock hours per day entitled to thirty (30) minute unpaid lunch period
Employees who work in excess of five (5) clock hours per day shall be entitled to a thirty (30) minute unpaid lunch period, scheduled by his/her supervisor, all as added to the normal work day.
Other
Jury Duty Leave — Employee shall not suffer loss of compensation for jury service, provided employee remits court payment to District
The employee shall not suffer loss of compensation for jury service, provided that it shall be a condition of this benefit that the employee tender to the District the sum received by such employee from the court for such duty.
Compensation
Library Aides Min Salary — Library Aides entry-level hourly rate
Library Aides: $16.42
Compensation
Library Technical Assistants Min Salary — Library Technical Assistants entry-level hourly rate
Library Technical Assistants: $18.50
Leave
Maternity Parental Leave — Unpaid parental leave for maternity and paternity
Maternity and Paternity Leave. A female employee shall be entitled to a maternity leave of absence. A male employee who has entered upon contractual continued service shall be entitled to a parental leave of absence.
Compensation
Night Shift Differential — Night shift or split differential per hour
Night Shift or Split Differential: $.40
Other
No Strike Clause — Union agrees no strike, withholding of services, or refusal to render full service during agreement term
The Union agrees that there shall be no strike, withholding of services, or other refusal to render full and complete service to the Board during the term of this Agreement.
Compensation
Other Secretaries Min Salary — Other Secretaries entry-level hourly rate
Other Secretaries: $18.05
Leave
Parental Leave Eligible — Parental leave for employees with 9+ months of employment working 37 hours weekly
A nine (9) or more month employee who works thirty-seven (37) hours weekly shall be eligible for parental leave without pay or other benefits subject to the following conditions.
Leave
Personal Days Annual — Weather emergency day when school is cancelled
On a weather emergency day when school is cancelled, all twelve month employees are expected to report to work. If an employee chooses not to come in due to safety concerns, that employee will be charged a Personal, Vacation, Comp Time, or Dock Day.
Other
Personnel Files Access — Employees have access to personnel files during normal working hours upon reasonable written request
Every employee shall have access to all material in his/her official file during normal working hours upon reasonable written request.
Other
Physical Fitness Requirement — District requires evidence of physical fitness, including drug testing, and freedom from communicable diseases for new employees
The District shall require of new employees evidence of physical fitness, including drug testing, to perform duties assigned and freedom from communicable diseases, including tuberculosis.
Other
Probationary Period — Probationary period begins on first day of employment and ends six (6) months thereafter
A new employee shall be denominated a 'probationary' employee. The probationary period shall begin on the first day of employment and end six (6) months thereafter.
Other
Probationary Period Discipline — Probationary employees may be disciplined or discharged without recourse at any time prior to end of probationary period
A probationary employee may be disciplined or discharged without recourse at any time prior to the end of the probationary period.
Other
Professional Meeting Reimbursement — Professional meeting reimbursement up to $600 per year per employee
Within budget constraints and in the sole determination of the Superintendent, together with the supervisor's recommendation, permission to attend may be approved at no loss of pay with the possibility of reasonable reimbursement for costs incurred, not to exceed $600 per year.
Other
Progressive Discipline — Board agrees with progressive and corrective discipline. Disciplinary action may be imposed for just cause.
The Board agrees with the tenets of progressive and corrective discipline. Disciplinary action may be imposed upon an employee for just cause as deemed appropriate by the Administration.
Retirement
Retirement Incentive — Retirement incentive per year of service
Eligible employees will receive eighty ($80.00) per year of service in District 209-U.
Retirement
Retirement System — IMRF (Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund) for eligible support staff
Employees who are enrolled in the IMRF system, but not working at least 6 hours per day, shall be granted 10 (ten) days of annual paid sick leave, to be used in conformance with the law, according to his/her annual employment with the Board, as previously defined in this Article.
Rif
Rif Recall Years — Employees on layoff maintain seniority; benefits restored upon return to active employment
All benefits to which an employee was entitled at the time of his/her layoff, including unused accumulated sick leave and seniority, will be restored to the employee upon his/her return to active employment from layoff.
Leave
Sick Days Annual — 15 annual sick days for employees working at least 6 hours per day
Employees who work at least 6 hours per day shall be granted fifteen (15) annual sick days to be used in conformance with the law, according to his/her annual employment with the Board.
Leave
Sick Leave Bank — Wilmington Support Staff Council shall design and administer a sick day bank governed by policies developed by Council in consultation with district
The Wilmington Support Staff Council shall design and administer a sick day bank that is governed by policies and procedures developed by the Wilmington Support Staff Council in consultation with the district.
Leave
Sick Leave Max Days — Maximum of 240 days accumulated sick leave
Unused sick leave shall be accumulative to a maximum of two hundred forty (240) days. Employees are eligible to be paid $25 per day for any accumulated sick leave not used.
Compensation
Step Increase — Seniority-based credit system with monthly accrual
Seniority is the length of the employee's continuous service by category starting with the first day on which duties are performed in the employee's category.
Other
Substitute Positions Excluded — All substitute positions are outside the bargaining unit.
All substitute positions are outside the bargaining unit.
Insurance
Term Life Insurance — $50,000 term-life insurance policy
In addition to the foregoing, the Board shall provide at its sole cost a $50,000.00 term-life insurance policy for each Employee covered by this agreement.
Other
Union Access Worksite — Authorized union agents may meet with bargaining unit members during employee duty free times upon notifying school office
Authorized agents of the Union, upon notifying the school office, may meet with members of the bargaining unit in the school building during the duty free times of such employees.
Other
Union Activity During Work — Member may be released to attend union business with or without loss of pay at Superintendent's sole discretion
In the event the Superintendent or his/her designee determines, in his/her sole and non-reviewable judgment, and then without creating a past practice or precedent, that a bargaining unit member be released, to attend to Union business, he/she may do so with or without the loss of pay.
Other
Union Bulletin Boards — Union shall be permitted to post notices on employee bulletin boards, at least one in each building
The Union shall be permitted to post notices of its activities and matter of union concern on employee bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be available in each building for such purpose.
Other
Union Communications — Union permitted to use school mailboxes and email for union communications with no additional cost to District
The Union shall be permitted to use school mailboxes and email for union communications to employees, provided no additional cost is incurred by the District.
Compensation
Union Dues Deduction — District will make payroll deductions for union dues, assessments, or fees upon written request by the employee
The District will make payroll deductions upon written request by the employee for a credit union, an annuity plan, a Voluntary Additional Contribution (VAC) through IMRF, the United Way, AFLAC and health insurance.
Other
Union Equipment Use — Union permitted to use District copying equipment, computers, typewriters, audio-visual equipment upon advance request with reimbursement for actual cost
The Union shall be permitted, upon advance reasonable request, to use the District copying equipment (District will provide operator), computers, typewriters, and audio-visual equipment provided that such use shall not interfere with the District's use thereof, and provided further that the Union shall reimburse the District for actual cost thereof.
Other
Union Facility Use — Union permitted to use school buildings for union meetings if scheduled through building office and special services may have reasonable charge
The Union shall be permitted use of school buildings for union meetings, provided that such meetings are scheduled through the building office and that when special services are required, the Board may make a reasonable charge.
Leave
Union Leave — Union President released for maximum of 6 days per school year for union business
The Union President (or his/her designee) shall be released without loss of pay for a maximum of six (6) days per school year in total, taken in no less than one-half day increments, in order to attend to Union business.
Leave
Unpaid Leave General — Unpaid leave for purposes other than specified may be granted for balance of current term and one additional full school term
The Board of Education may grant leave of absence for purposes other than specified herein. Such leave may be for the balance of the current school term and one (1) additional full school term.