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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
APPROVAL OF A PREVAILING WAGE INCREASES BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF COOK AND THE COALITION OF UNIOIZED PUBLIC EMPLOYEES (COUPE)
WHEREAS, the Illinois Public Employee Labor Relations Act (5 ILCS 315/1 et5 seq.) has established regulations regarding collective bargaining with a union; and
WHEREAS, the County is obligated to pay the prevailing rate for these categories of employees pursuant to the state statute, 820 ILCS 130 et.seq., and the collective bargaining agreement between the County of Cook and the Coalition of Unionized Public Employees (COUPE), representing Boilermaker/Blacksmith, Boilermaker/Welder, Plaster, Architectural Iron Worker Foreman; and Sign Painter; and
WHEREAS, the union representing this category of employees has been properly certified that the below-listed rates are the prevailing rates for the effective date(s) set forth herein; and
WHEREAS, the Annual Appropriation Bill creates Accounts 490-115, 499-115 and 899-115 for Appropriation Adjustments for the Corporate, Public Safety and Health Funds if necessary; and
WHEREAS, prevailing wages and salaries of the following positions shall be fixed as follows:
Job Code Title Represented Wage Rate Effective Date
Local 1 International Brotherhood of Boilermakers & Iron Ship Builders
2307 Boilermaker/Blacksmith $50.51 5/1/19
2310 Boilermaker Welder $50.51 5/1/19
Local 5 Journeymen Plasters Protective and Benevolent Society
2361 Plaster $49.50 6/1/19
Local 63 Architectural & Ornamental Iron Workers Union:
2335 Architectural Iron $53.55 6/1/19
Worker Foreman
Local 700 State & Municipal Teamsters, Chauffeurs & Helpers Union,
2371 Motor Vehicle Driver $37.45 6/1/19
(Road Repairman)
2381 Motor Vehicle Drive I $37.45 6/1/19
2382 Motor Vehicle Drive II $38.10 6/1/19
Local 830 Sign, Display, and Pictorial Artists Allied Workers
2359 Sign Painter (Shopman) $39.06 1/1/19
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Chief of the Bureau of Human Resources and the Cook Coun...
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