APRIL 22, 2005
CONTRACT UPDATE
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PUBLIC SECTOR BARGAINING: In the past year (2003/04) New York State government settled contracts with many state government employees, including our SUNY colleagues in UUP (United University Professions). UUP members accepted a four-year contract worth 15% in salary improvements over the life of the agreement, including an $800 cash bonus. |
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APRIL 22
After four weeks without bargaining sessions but much PSC activity in support of a fair contract, the next bargaining session with CUNY is scheduled for May 3rd, as faculty return from spring break. On March 17th, University representatives raised their economic offer to an across-the-board salary increase of 6.25%, compounded, over 4 years, plus an additional 1% to be self-funded by “productivity increases” and $800 cash per full-time employee (pro-rated for part-timers) to restore the Welfare Fund reserves and a $200 per capita increase in the Welfare Fund contribution rate. Given the rate of inflation and the history of CUNY’s underfunding of the Welfare Fund, management’s offer amounts to a pay cut and a reduction of benefits. Although CUNY had dropped their demands that would have undermined HEO job security, management continued to press for concessions, including removal of department chairs from the bargaining unit, removal of certain HEOs in the Chancellor’s and labor designees’ offices from the bargaining unit and ending the full-time faculty summer annual leave period on August 22nd instead of August 30th. On March 22nd, the PSC negotiating team responded with a counter-proposal for a total economic package worth more than 14%: it includes salary increases worth 10.87% on average, compounded; 1% going to fund proposed improvements other than across-the-board salary increases, such as sabbaticals at 75% of full pay and paid parental leave plus an $800 increase to all salary rates; a 2% increase in the Welfare Fund contribution rate; a $500 longevity increase; improvements to Lecturers’ and Continuing Education Teachers’ salaries; an increase in the adjunct salary scale funded by adjunct office hour responsibility; and other improvements. While tentative agreement has been reached on reassigned time for research for new counseling and librarian faculty and on other issues relevant to faculty counselors, and the parties have come closer on some other issues, a number of union proposals with little or no economic cost also remain on the table.
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