SERVICE CONTRACT EMPLOYEES DESERVE THE BEST

Highly skilled SCA employees are underpaid and have inadequate benefits and job security.  We are hundreds of SCA workers  that have contracts with one employers that  improve are wages, benefits and give us job security and the great thing is that our employers can pass the cost on to the federal government.

We have  a long history of helping Service Contract workers organize their own organization, and negotiate their own  Contract.  E-mail  today to find out how you too can join US your fellow SCA workers to find out more information.

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QUESTIONS & ANSWERS ABOUT THE SERVICE CONTRACT ACT

QUESTION:    What is the Service Contract Act?

ANSWER:      The Service Contract Act (SCA) of 1965, as amended, provides labor standards for most employees of contractors who provide services to Federal agencies.

QUESTION:    How are my wages determined under the SCA?

ANSWER:      For SCA employees not covered by a  contract, the Department of Labor (DoL) sets minimum wages by doing periodic wage surveys in individual regions of the country.

For our members, the minimum wages set for you by the government are replaced by the wages you negotiate in your Contract.  We have included a sample here.

QUESTION:    As an unrepresented Service Contract employee, how are my benefits decided?

ANSWER:      For workers not covered by a contract, the DoL, in the Wage Determination (WD), sets the fringe benefits level: currently at $3.01 per hour.

Our members can negotiate a new and higher level of fringe benefits in their contract.

QUESTION:    I don’t belong to a organization.  What happens if a new contractor takes over the service contract where I work?

ANSWER:      Without a Contract, the new contractor is only obligated to pay the minimum wages and benefits as established by the DoL in the WD.  Additionally, there is no law that obligates the new contractor to keep you or any of your fellow workers when the contract is renewed.  As you have probably already experienced, many times the new contractor wins the service contract by bidding the job using fewer workers who are working fewer hours for less money (new classifications).

Our members, on the other hand, are protected by their contract, as well as Section 4(c) of the Act.  The new contractor cannot pay less than the wages and fringe benefits provided for in the contract.  Frequently, competing contractors will contact the organization and see an agreement on the conversion.  The conversion is noted in the bid, ensuring that the work, wages, and benefits level will continue without disruption.

 QUESTION:    What if my employer says that it can’t afford a organization?

 ANSWER:      First, it’s not their choice whether you have a organization or not, it’s your decision.  I’m sure you have heard them say, “I’m paying all the law requires me to pay you,” and they are – they are paying you the minimum amount that is set in the WD.

 Just remember, Section 2(a)(1) & (2) of the Act allows you to negotiate for higher wages and benefits than allowed for in the WD.  And furthermore, these added costs will not be a financial burden on the company, as the Act allows these added costs to be passed on the government.

So why not click here today and find out how you, too, can have your own contract?