Service Contract Workers

Union employees have advantages over their non-union counterparts under the SCA. For example, if employees negotiate higher wages and benefits in a union contract, the contractor can be reimbursed by the federal government. The government only reimburses contractors the minimum amounts set in area wage determinations UNLESS there is a union contract requiring higher pay. This means there is an incentive for your employer to give you a raise if you have a union; there is much less incentive for them to give you a raise if you have no union because the contractor, not the government, has to pay for it.

Many employees working for government contractors constantly worry about what will happen when a new company gets the contract. Will wages and working conditions stay the same? Again, union employees under the SCA have a huge advantage. Under the law, the new contractor must abide by the economic terms of the union contract with the old contractor for at least a year. This means union wor

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