After almost 10 months of difficult negotiations, the Airport Duty Managers (ADMs) at the Port of Seattle ratified an agreement on their 2025-2028 contract in February, and the Port Commission gave its final approval of the contract on March 24.
The PROTEC17 bargaining team – comprised of ADM members Peter LaRussa, Geoff Smith, and Harry Gaeth (replacing Tanner McBride after his promotion) – is proud of the deal that includes some exciting changes. For wages, the contract includes substantial increases above the CPI, with a 3.6 percent raise retroactive to May 21, 2025, and another 3.5 percent bump on both May 21, 2026 and May 21, 2027. In addition, new steps 1, 3, and 5 have been added to the wage scale. This means that employees not already at the top of the scale will start seeing increases every year in addition to the negotiated wage increase.
In other wins, the bargaining team secured a 10 percent training premium; an additional personal holiday; an extension of the recall period from 12 months to 18 months; and clarifing language regarding layoffs and the protection of ADM work from interns.
Congratulations to the bargaining team on a job well done, and to all PROTEC17 ADMs on securing a strong contract for the next three years!