Duncan Freeman at The Chief Leader reports the Union representing City Council Staff is closing in on a tentative agreement with Council management that would enshrine just-cause protections, create a standardized grievance procedure, provide Staff with some overtime pay and raise Council Staffers’ wages by more than 16% over the course of a 5.5-year deal.  Dan Kroop, who serves as President of the Association of Legislative Employees (ALE) - which represents more than 400 Council Member Aides and Finance Analysts, tells The Chief the Union is “hopefully on the cusp of a deal.”  ALE has been negotiating with Council management for nearly two years and if its Bargaining Committee reaches a tentative agreement, it will become only the second Unionized group of Legislative Workers anywhere in the country to secure a deal.  Oregon’s State Legislative Staff is the first, having ratified a contract in November. 

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