Post by Hector Fernandez on Apr 26, 2016 15:49:40 GMT -8
Hello SETC Brothers and Sisters,
It has been awhile since I have reached out to everyone in a group setting. I am reaching out to inform everyone of information on the "ME TOO" clause. As many are aware the CFA agreed to a 5/2/3.5 over the life of their contract, which opened the door for the "ME TOO". SETC is able to reopen wages to select matching the increases given to CFA under the clause. Essentially, we can opt to substitute our 2% for 2015-2016 with 5% to match the CFA 2015-2016.
There is a lot of "what if's" to consider which is what I assume our board should be negotiating right now. Part of the problem is CFA waived any raise in 2015-2016, and under their new contract does not receive any retro pay for the 5% they agreed too. Due to SETC being paid 2% from July 2015-2016 we are ahead of what CFA would currently receive. What has been offered to other unions was the option to payback the 2% which was received for 2015-2016 and would increase pay 5% for the 2016-2017 year (Of coarse nobody would agree to pay the state back money). Which leads to the next offer of increasing June 30, 2016 to 3% which would be a 1% increase for this year. Then increasing again June 30, 2017 another 2% to make whole the "ME TOO" clause.
The reasoning behind this is detailed, but simple fact is the "ME TOO" clause has to work within equality for all participants. Since CFA waived raises in 2015-2016 it will take them another year to catch up with what other unions agreed to. If you want further details on the exact reasoning please check out CSUEU.ORG.
If any of your members would appreciate more communication from our own UNION please have them contact me to explain how I can make this possible.
Regards,
Hector Fernandez SDSU
619-971-2355
It has been awhile since I have reached out to everyone in a group setting. I am reaching out to inform everyone of information on the "ME TOO" clause. As many are aware the CFA agreed to a 5/2/3.5 over the life of their contract, which opened the door for the "ME TOO". SETC is able to reopen wages to select matching the increases given to CFA under the clause. Essentially, we can opt to substitute our 2% for 2015-2016 with 5% to match the CFA 2015-2016.
There is a lot of "what if's" to consider which is what I assume our board should be negotiating right now. Part of the problem is CFA waived any raise in 2015-2016, and under their new contract does not receive any retro pay for the 5% they agreed too. Due to SETC being paid 2% from July 2015-2016 we are ahead of what CFA would currently receive. What has been offered to other unions was the option to payback the 2% which was received for 2015-2016 and would increase pay 5% for the 2016-2017 year (Of coarse nobody would agree to pay the state back money). Which leads to the next offer of increasing June 30, 2016 to 3% which would be a 1% increase for this year. Then increasing again June 30, 2017 another 2% to make whole the "ME TOO" clause.
The reasoning behind this is detailed, but simple fact is the "ME TOO" clause has to work within equality for all participants. Since CFA waived raises in 2015-2016 it will take them another year to catch up with what other unions agreed to. If you want further details on the exact reasoning please check out CSUEU.ORG.
If any of your members would appreciate more communication from our own UNION please have them contact me to explain how I can make this possible.
Regards,
Hector Fernandez SDSU
619-971-2355