According to Lucye Millerand, president of the Union of Rutgers Administrators-American Federation of Teachers, management within the Rutgers community has already been asked about possible areas that might be tweaked in their budgets.
We Have a Contract, Dec. 17
In separate meetings on the Camden, New Brunswick and Newark campuses Saturday, Dec. 15, URA-AFT members overwhelmingly approved our first, four-year collective bargaining agreement.
URA Contract Economic Provisions: When Will I Receive My Raise? Here is the long-awaited schedule for implementing the economic provisions of our contract:
1/25 paycheck will contain:
4.5% increase to base salary
$500 one-time bonus
1.5% health contribution will begin
1.2% union dues or 1.02% agency fee begins.
2/22 paycheck will contain:
Refund of any premiums paid by employees for traditional coverage or for an HMO. This refund will cover the period from 7/1/07 - 1/11/08.
3/7 paycheck will contain:
The retroactive pay increase of 4.5% due for 7/1/07 through 1/11/08
Retroactive deduction of 1.5% for health insurance for the same period
Ten-month employees will not pay this deduction for July and August.
After votes in favor of the 1.2% dues provision of the bylaws on each campus, URA-AFT members asked many questions about the contract before proceeding to a ratification vote. Recording secretary Theresa O’Neill announced the membership’s favorable decision at the Robeson Campus Center in Newark following the close of the last voting period.
The Union of Rutgers Administrators is a rapidly growing group of Administrative staff who have joined the American Federation of Teachers, the largest union of higher education employees, to form URAAFT.
Having voted to create the Union of Rutgers Administrators, American Federation of Teachers by signing authorization for representation cards, Rutgers Administrative unit workers can now join the URA-AFT by signing a membership application.