Committee recommends amendment to Local 39 agreement adjusting wastewater shift bidding

The Government Audit and Oversight Committee on Dec. 2 recommended an ordinance implementing the First Amendment to the 2019–22 memorandum of understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 39, affecting San Francisco Public Utilities Commission wastewater enterprise scheduling and work assignments.

Artis Graham of the Department of Human Resources told the committee the amendment eliminates a mandatory annual shift bid at wastewater and replaces it with voluntary semiannual shift changes, grants management discretion to adjust staffing with appropriate notice to the union and employees, expands the number of city and union members on the joint Labor Management Committee from two to four, and removes language authorizing premature contract reopening for work issues.

The clerk reported there were no public callers on the ordinance. Chair Dean Preston moved to recommend the ordinance as a committee report to the full Board and the motion passed by recorded vote. Committee members thanked DHR and Local 39 leadership for negotiating the amendments.

The committee recorded the recommendation; the ordinance is expected to appear on the Board of Supervisors agenda for the December meeting cycle.