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[July 30, 2008]
UC Offers to Increase SX Minimum Wage to $13 an Hour by 2011
On Monday, July 28th, UC presented AFSCME with an improved package proposal that would provide a minimum of $16.6 million towards increases for service unit employees over the next twenty eight months. Included in this offer is a proposal to raise the minimum hourly salary for service employees from $10.28 an hour to $13 an hour over this time period.
The university's most recent proposal includes the following:
- WAGES:
- Increase minimum rate to $12/hour
- Transition to step salary structure
- Local equity proposals
- Increase minimum rate to $12.50/hour
- Step increase for employees already paid at or above $12.50/hour
- Meet and confer on an across-the-board increase if the Governor's Compact is funded and there are no budget reductions.
- Increase minimum rate to $13.00/hour
- Meet and confer on across-the-board and step increases
- HEALTH CARE BENEFITS: The same high quality health benefit plans offered to all other UC employees in which lower paid employees pay lower monthly premiums than other staff. UC's last proposal outlined conditions for possible reopeners on benefits as well;
- RETIREMENT: UC employees have not had to contribute toward the cost of their pension benefits - considered the gold standard by many - for over 17 years due in part to strong investment performance. UC's last proposal outlined conditions for possible reopeners on retirement as well.
Year One - Worth approximately $8.7 million or 4%
Year Two - Worth approximately $5.4 million or 2.4%
Year Three - Worth approximately $2.5 million or 1.1%
The union did not provide a counter proposal to the university's offer during this week's bargaining sessions; however, the university continues to work hard to settle these negotiations and remains hopeful that the parties will be able to reach agreement on a new contract for UC service employees through compromise from both sides.
For more information, please visit the bargaining update website.
- Bargaining Update 1 - October 8, 2007
- Bargaining Update 2 - October 17, 2007
- Bargaining Update 3 - November 9, 2007
- Bargaining Update 4 - November 27, 2007
- Bargaining Update 5 - December 11, 2007
- Bargaining Update 6 - December 21, 2007
- Bargaining Update 7 - January 4, 2008
- Bargaining Update 8 - January 17, 2008
- Bargaining Update 9 - February 7, 2008
- Bargaining Update 10 - February 11, 2008
- Bargaining Update 11 - May 13, 2008
- Bargaining Update 12 - May 23, 2008
- Bargaining Update 13 - July 2, 2008
- Bargaining Update 13 - en Espaņol - July 2, 2008
- Bargaining Update 14 - July 11, 2008
- Bargaining Update 14 - en Espaņol - July 11, 2008
- Bargaining Update 15 - July 30, 2008
- Bargaining Update 15 - en Espaņol - July 30, 2008