WHY ARENT WE GETTING THREE YEARS OF RETROACTIVE PAY? ARENT CUE MEMBERS OWED IT AFTER WORKING FOR THREE YEARS WITHOUT A CONTRACT?
UC refused to negotiate on this with us during this last bargaining cycle. Their attitude and statements indicated that after having gone through fact-finding in the previous bargaining cycle, the University chose to ignore the findings of the impartial fact-finder, Gerald McKay. The embarrassment UC suffered from the negative publicity was not enough to force them to accept and adopt the fact-finders’ recommendations to bring all clericals up to market pay rates at that time. Legally, they had no obligation to abide by the fact-finders’ recommendations, so they did not. Such is the important distinction between “legality” and “justice”. Even in mediation, which was overseen by a very fair mediator, UC would not budge. In short, in a perfectly just world, CUE workers would be getting retroactive pay for the 3 years with no raise. But we won’t in this contract. Doubtless, the issue will be raised in meetings of the Joint Committee on Compensation, which is a feature we negotiated into t
Related Questions
- Some members might earn enough to pay working dues of $5,000 or more. Would the union have to complete an Initial Itemization Page for each of those members?
- Does the enrollment contract oblige the student to pay the entire program fee even if he/she decides to leave before taking all the courses?
- What is working on contract?
