After conducting meetings at all four maintenance yards and ITS, we still don’t have the 60% required by the new state law (256). If you have not yet signed up for EdFed dues deduction, you can still sign up here at our website for free. It’s very easy to do:

Step 1: Go to https://dcsmec.org (this site)

Step 2: Click the link on the right – “Click here to set up dues payments with EdFed”

Step 3: Scroll down, click “Join Now” and complete online enrollment

Another option: you can walk in at any of the EdFed locations and let them know you would like to open an account to pay your DCSMEC dues. Remember: enrollment is FREE!!!!

If you have any questions, please contact DCSMEC at (305) 477-6002, or email us at DCSMECBA@gmail.com. Please pass the word to all your colleagues to sign up.

In other news DCSMEC would like to remind you the 1.75% Retention Supplement and the $250 Stipend was negotiated for the 2022-2023 fiscal year. You have been getting both supplements bi-weekly on your paycheck for the 2022-2023 fiscal year that ends this month on June 30, 2023. After June 30, 2023, it’s fully paid and will no longer be reflected on your pay stub.

See Contract Language below:

Eligible full-time employees on the H0, H1 and H2 salary schedules will receive a 1.75% Retention Supplement to base for the 2022-2023 year, paid from ESSER funds, effective July 1, 2022.

3. All members of the DCSMEC bargaining unit as of the date of School Board ratification of this agreement shall receive a $250 stipend for the 2022-2023 year, utilizing ESSER funds, because of their specialized skillsets and implementation of activities that are necessary to maintain the operation of district facilities and continuity of services.