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Christine Sparta

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.

Two-page Contract Overview (31 kb)

Full Contract (4.6 mb)