Union production and maintenance workers at Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals in Berkeley will receive pay raises, a freeze on the percentage of their out-of-pocket health insurance premiums and a measure of job security as part of a proposed four-year contract.
Bayer and leaders of International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 6, which covers 430 Bayer employees, reached the tentative deal Friday night, said union secretary-treasurer Fred Pecker. After informational meetings, the rank-and-file will vote on the contract Oct. 12.
The previous contract expired Aug. 24 but had rolled over for the Bay Area’s only unionized biotech workforce.
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