CUNY ALLIANCE

PLATFORM 2009

We do not have a foreign policy!

We will concentrate on the needs of our constituents:
Salaries and Benefits

[General Issues] [Full-Time Faculty] [HEO] [CLT] [Adjuncts] [Retiree] [Research Assistant and Research Associate]

General Issues: 

• Salary increases in the 2010 contract that exceed the increased cost of living
  
  
• Additional salary steps at the top of the scale for all ranks and titles
  
  
• Eliminate longevity steps on salary scales; increases to be effective after one year
  
  
• No give-backs of retroactive pay
  
  
• Full funding of the Welfare Fund by the city not from members back pay or dues
  
  
• Fiscal transparency in union spending
  
  
• Fiscal transparency for the Welfare Fund
  
  
• Restore dental benefits to the levels before the New Caucus decimated the Welfare Fund
  
  
• Reinstatement of surviving spouse benefit from the Welfare Fund
  
  
• Eliminate double dues payments
  (full-time faculty, HEOs, and CLTs who are also adjuncts pay dues on their full-time salary and on their adjunct salary)
  
  
• Facilitate low cost mortgages for young faculty and staff
  
  
• Expand TRANSITCHEK to cover all MTA agencies including LIRR and Metro North
  
  
• Free parking on your campus

Full-time faculty issues:

• Salary increases in the 2010 contract that exceed the increased cost of living
  
  
• Additional salary steps at the top of the scales
  
  
• Eliminate longevity steps on salary scales; increases to be effective after one year
  
  
• Faculty control of PSC-CUNY Research Grant disbursements
  
  
• Restrict sick days (temporary disability) to when classes are in session
  
  
• Revisit research time provisions to provide flexibility for faculty
  
  
• Lower teaching loads for full-time faculty
  
  
• Workload parity at NYCCT with other senior CUNY colleges
  
  
• Increase bankable sick days to 200 from 160
  
  
• Reinstate the proper role of Student Life faculty counselors
  
  
• Eliminate double dues payments
  
  
• Reinstatement of surviving spouse benefit from the Welfare Fund
  
  
• Restore dental benefits to the levels before the New Caucus decimated the Welfare Fund

HEO issues:

• Salary increases in the 2010 contract that exceed the increased cost of living
  
  
• Additional salary steps at the top of the scales
  
  
• Eliminate longevity steps on salary scales; increases to be effective after one year
  
  
• Institute promotional opportunities
  
  
• Strengthen job protection
  
  
• Eliminate double dues payments
  
  
• Reinstatement of surviving spouse benefit from the Welfare Fund
  
  
• Restore dental benefits to the levels before the New Caucus decimated the Welfare Fund

CLT issues:

• Salary increases in the 2010 contract that exceed the increased cost of living
  
  
• Additional salary steps at the top of the scales
  
  
• Eliminate longevity steps on salary scales; increases to be effective after one year
  
  
• Expand promotional opportunities
  
  
• Eliminate Double dues payments
  
  
• Salary differentials for certificates or degrees in high tech or medical fields
  
  
• Reinstatement of surviving spouse benefit from the Welfare Fund
  
  
• Restore dental benefits to the levels before the New Caucus decimated the Welfare Fund

Adjunct issues:

• Salary increases in the 2010 contract that exceed the increased cost of living
  
  
• Real salary increases
  
  
• Additional salary steps at the top of the scales
  
  
• City health coverage that can be carried into retirement. Currently adjunct health coverage is paid from the Welfare Fund and ceases upon retirement.
  
  
• All adjuncts to have equal access to the Adjunct Professional Development Fund money
  
  
• 15 hours pay for every credit hour taught

Retiree issues:

• Eliminate the $50 deductible for prescription drugs
  
  
• Reinstatement of surviving spouse benefit from the Welfare Fund
  
  
• Fiscal transparency for the Welfare Fund
  
  
• Restore dental benefits to the levels before the New Caucus decimated the Welfare Fund

Research Assistant and Research Associate issues:

• Salary increases in the 2010 contract that exceed the increased cost of living
  
  
• Equal access to professional development funds

CUNY ALLIANCE will not be demonstrating outside the Chancellor's residence, instead we will be at CUNY CENTRAL negotiating salaries and benefits for our members!