Ratification Vote
Thousands place ratification votes on temporary pay compromiseLocal 1000 members up and down the state placed their votes on Wednesday to ratify a temporary compensation compromise. Results of the vote will be announced Monday, July 2.
Local 1000 reached an agreement with the governor over the terms of the temporary pay cut on Friday, June 22. The side letter agreement allows the state to cut costs in exchange for time off, along with two key provisions that protect state jobs.
President Yvonne Walker said, "Local 1000 chose to negotiate with the governor rather than be subject to imposed furloughs. We achieved important solutions that went beyond a pay reduction: elimination of student assistants and non-mission critical retired annuitants, and the creation of an outsourcing task force that will identify and reduce or eliminate wasteful private vendor contracts. This would never have been possible had we not sat down to negotiate with the Brown administration."
The temporary agreement would reduce the salary of Local 1000-represented workers by 4.62 percent for 12 months ending on July 1, 2013, in return for eight hours time off per month taken at the employee's discretion in the same month it is earned. All our other benefits and worker protections in our contract remain the same, including a 3 percent raise for employees at the top step on July 1, 2013. It has no impact on our pension plan.
This agreement requires the elimination of student assistants and non-mission critical retired annuitants. The state will not hire student assistants and non-mission critical retired annuitants when PLP 2012 is in effect.
The outsourcing task force, composed of Local 1000 members and representatives from the Brown administration will have its first meeting in August. Local 1000 and the state will bargain over how any net savings achieved will be applied.
The temporary agreement would reduce the salary of Local 1000-represented workers by 4.62 percent for 12 months ending on July 1, 2013, in return for eight hours time off per month taken at the employee's discretion in the same month it is earned. All our other benefits and worker protections in our contract remain the same, including a 3 percent raise for employees at the top step on July 1, 2013. It has no impact on our pension plan.
This agreement requires the elimination of student assistants and non-mission critical retired annuitants. The state will not hire student assistants and non-mission critical retired annuitants when PLP 2012 is in effect.
The outsourcing task force, composed of Local 1000 members and representatives from the Brown administration will have its first meeting in August. Local 1000 and the state will bargain over how any net savings achieved will be applied.
