Pay increases part of new union pact in WLCS district

 Maintenance workers, mechanics and other school workers represented by the Michigan Educational Support Personnel Association’s Walled Lake ESP No. 1 union will see some gains in compensation under a one-year contract approved by the Walled Lake Consolidated School District’s Board of Education.

The contract, which expires after June 30, 2013, includes pay increases through step movements for eligible association members, as well as a 1-percent off-schedule payment for employees who aren’t eligible for a step increase.

The one-year contract was approved by the school board at it’s Thursday, Oct. 11 meeting.

The board will meet next at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 1 at the district’s Educational Services Center Board of Education Room, located at 850 Ladd Road, Building D.