DECEMBER 7, 2004
CONTRACT UPDATE

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HERE’S WHAT WE ARE FIGHTING FOR: increased salaries restored Welfare Fund benefits improved working conditions and equity WHAT’S AT STAKE IN OUR CONTRACT? what kind of university CUNY becomes what kind of professional lives we lead at CUNY what kind of education we’re able to offer to the people of New York

DECEMBER 7, 2004
CONTRACT UPDATE

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MANAGEMENT'S OFFER A 4-Year Contract: 0%, 1.5%, 1% & 0%   CUNY management called it “absolutely a reasonable offer”;  the union called it “absolutely obscene.”    At the December 1st collective bargaining session, CUNY management presented the following proposal, which they explicitly identified as “an initial proposal.”  A four-year agreement (Nov. 1, 2002 through Oct. 31, 2006) Economic offer: o     Upon ratification, $400 one-time lump sum cash payment per full-time employee on payroll on the date of ratification; pro rata amount for less than full-time employees.  o     Year 1:  0% increase o     Year 2:  1.5% increase o     Year 3:  1% increase (to be funded by productivity savings)  o     Year 4:  0% Speaking on behalf of the members, Barbara Bowen, the union’s chief negotiator, expressed outrage at the offer even as an initial proposal: what it amounts to is a total of 1.5% increase in total over four years, with a small cash bonus.  Even as an initial offer, that amount is demeaning.  Further, by offering no increase in Welfare Fund contributions, the offer signals a staggering disregard for sustaining our members’ supplemental health benefits through the Welfare Fund.  In presenting the offer for University management, Vice Chancellor Malone had called it “absolutely a reasonable offer”; the union called it “absolutely obscene.”    PSC members who want to express their response to management should go to the Contract Now section of this website to send a letter to the Chancellor.  PSC members who wish to receive Instant Updates after negotiating sessions may email their email address to the PSC Office through drosato@pscmail.org to be put on the e-list.  Click here to go to Contract Now