CUNY ALLIANCE           

If you care about salary increases, it's time to elect new union leaders

Over the next week, you have an opportunity to change the leadership of the PSC by marking your ballot in favor of the CUNY ALLIANCE and mailing it back.

The salary erosion that we have suffered over the last eight years of the New Caucus provides a powerful argument to do just that.

Here's a reminder of the facts.

Under Bowen's New Caucus, our salaries didn't keep pace with inflation

As a result of the three contracts negotiated by the New Caucus, our compounded increase in base pay from 2000 to 2008 was 21.0%. (salary calculation) This salary increase is far short of the 25.33% cost of living increase over that period. (Inflation Data) It represents a loss of 4.33% in real purchasing power.
Note that in two years, 2002 and 2003, we received no raises at all.

 

The solution: Elect leaders who put union business first

The CUNY ALLIANCE believes that Bowen's New Caucus negotiated bad contracts because of its unrelenting focus on global politics to the detriment of union business. Our focus will be different: we believe that union leaders should focus on protecting our rights in job-related matters, like wages, benefits, job security and working conditions.

We can't afford to re-elect the same Bowen administration that focuses on global politics, while our salaries shrink.

The CUNY ALLIANCE believes that it is the duty of union leaders to focus on real and tangible improvements in the working lives of union members.

Vote THE CUNY ALLIANCE SLATE
for
PAYCHECK JUSTICE

If you have not received your ballot please click on the following link for more information.

http://www.cunyalliance.org/mis/
election_countdown.htm

CUNY ALLIANCE thanks you for your support

President: Frederick Brodzinski

First Vice-President: James Blake

Secretary: Thea Pignataro

Treasurer: Rina Yarmish

To contact us via email write to: ca@cunyalliance.org
www.CUNYALLIANCE.ORG