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Wages Addendum 7 All titles listed in Addendum 5 - except for Center Sales and Service Associates, Center Sales Associates and Outside Sales Representatives will see their base wage increase in each progression step by 3% effective August 17, 2008. Effective August 16, 2009 a base wage increase in each progression step by another 3%; and effective August 15, 2010 a base wage increase in each progression step by 2.75%. Compounded over the term of the agreement, wages will have increased a total of 9.37% by August 15, 2010. All weekly wage rates will be rounded to the nearest fifty cents ($.50) Center Sales and Service Associates and Center Sales Associates will move to a new base wage rate on January 1, 2009 which front-loads the total negotiated wage increases into the first year. Before the end of the year, we will map moving every one of these employees from where they are to the new base wage scale. We were unable to increase the base salary rate of the OSRs. In Solidarity, Reed Roberts, Chair Jay Boyle, Co-Chair Ken Saether Kent Anderson Suzie Miller Malachy Sreenan RWR/jl opeiu3, afl-cio