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UConn Staff Union Agrees To Raises, 40-Hour Work Week

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http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-uconn-contract-non-teaching-staff-20160125-story.html

"The University of Connecticut has reached a tentative agreement with its largest labor union, guaranteeing its employees an average wage increase of at least 3.2 percent over each of the next five years.

In exchange, the 1,900 members of the UConn Professional Employees Association will begin working a 40-hour week, up from the current 35-hour workweek. The agreement covers admissions and financial aid officers, librarians and other non-teaching staff who earn $40,000 to $150,000 a year.

"I think we can all agree in general that the public wants and expects UConn employees to work what the rest of privately employed workers work," UConn spokeswoman Stephanie Reitz said. "The vast majority of state employees are doing a 40-hour workweek already."

Older employees will also be offered a "phased retirement" under which they can cut their hours and workload over the three years, leading to their retirement while keeping their full health and pension benefits."
 

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As Lee Corso says- not so fast my friend!

"On the eve of a critical legislative committee vote, some members of the Democratic majority were still undecided on whether to approve a five-year salary contract for 1,900 University of Connecticut employees.

A rejection of the contract proposal Tuesday by the General Assembly's powerful Appropriations Committee would not officially sink the estimated $24.4 million contract negotiated with UConn’s Professional Employees Association. It would, however, place pressure on the full House or Senate to reject the pact.

It could also be seen as a warning to the public employee union and others in a year when the governor has called on the legislature to control state spending and reduce the number of public employees."


http://ctmirror.org/2016/02/22/uconn-contract-seems-iffy-as-appropriations-committee-vote-nears/
 

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