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Wage & Benefit Update
We
are recommending that all members wishing to file a grievance use the
following verbiage on a CS-100 Grievance Form http://www.michigan.gov/documents/CS-100_Grievance_Form_HRMN_65218_7.doc
( or the form is available through your personnel office):
"The
Department has violated Civil Service Rules, Regulations, Policies, Procedures, Past
Practice and the FLSA by refusing to pay me overtime pay for overtime worked.
I should be made whole for my losses. " File
the grievance directly to Step 2, which is your Central Office, Labor
Relations in Lansing. Make sure
to send a copy to the MAGE office. We
will hold all grievances in abeyance while we seek resolution to this
inequity. PREVIOUSLY REPORTED: The rules and regulations regarding the use of sick Leave to compute overtime have been changed to mirror the contract language recently negotiated in all of the union contracts. MAGE is in the process of contesting the promulgation of these changes. During the interim these changes will be implemented. Members should understand that using sick leave in a pay period will negatively affect their ability to earn overtime pay in that pay period, including holiday pay. We will keep you updated on our progress in fighting these changes.
Compensation Agreement Reached
Pursuant to the three-year agreement negotiated during the 2004 Coordinated Compensation Proceedings, MAGE members received a 2% base wage increase effective October 1, 2007 and will receive a 2% base wage increase scheduled to take effect the first pay period in April 2008. The MAGE agreement negotiated during the 2005 Coordinated Compensation Proceedings, also provided that Corrections Shift Supervisors 11, 12 & 13, and Corrections Security Inspectors receive a special wage increase of 30-cent per hour on October 1, 2007, and all Assistant Resident Unit Supervisors 11 and Resident Unit Managers 13 receive a special wage increase of 40-cent per hour on October 1, 2007. These latest special increases were the final installment of a 3 consecutive years of special base wage increased negotiated specifically for those classifications. MAGE is now embroiled in wage discussions for FY 2008-09. The State is demanding substantial concessions regarding health care benefits which include increases in employee’s premium cost and deductibles and co-pays, along with increases in prescription drug co-pays. As this article went to press MSEA, SEIU and UAW Local 6000 had reached agreements which included some increases in health insurance costs to members. Specifics are not currently available. Call Your Legislator Now Or Accept Cuts Later ! By: John DeTizio, Labor Relations Director of MAGE-OPEIU If there was ever a time to break down and call or write your legislator, now is that time. We hear some of them already beating the drums… "pay increases for state employees should be stopped" … or as Craig DeRoche (R-Novi) said, "workers at Ford and Delphi aren’t receiving $400 million in wage increases". Yes, we are back in the cross hairs again, facing a $400 million deficit for this year and a $3 billion deficit for next year. How much is $3 billion? It was only a $2 billion deficit that resulted in our furlough days and banked leave time hours. The good news is that we have prevailed in convincing this administration to look to revenues instead of cuts. It is clear that Governor Granholm is on our side and sympathetic to our plight. She needs our help now more than ever to convince your representatives that her course is the most provident. It is time to educate some of your new representatives and remind some of the experienced ones about the facts. It’s time to take them back to the Engler years when the auto industry was booming… when housing starts were through the roof and unemployment was at a record low… when tax dollars were pouring into state coffers…when state lawmakers gave themselves a 38% raise in one year and Engler gave himself even more… when our neighbors in the auto industry were receiving high base salary increases and even larger bonuses… Let me give some specific examples that you should share with your representatives when you call or email them. During the last 10 years of the Engler administration our friends and neighbors in metropolitan areas in Michigan received 31% more in salary and wage increases than you did. Do you remember… when we were getting 1% raises and lump sum bonuses that were not rolled into our base? I can assure you that your representatives will NOT remember it. You should also remind your representatives that the size of state government is the smallest it has been since 1974. We have been working harder with less since the last early out when we lost 8,000 state employees. Remind them that in the Department of Human Services, Wayne County alone lost 1,000 employees in the last early out. Now we could argue that there use to be over 1,000,000 citizens in Detroit and now there are substantially less, but the reality is that minorities typically represent the caboose of the economic train. When the train slows down, they slow down a lot further back on the tracks and it takes them longer to catch up. My point is that when the state is in a crisis, Wayne County typically finds itself in a more dire crisis, which means the Department of Human Services should have a thousand more workers in Wayne County right now, not a thousand less. The same goes for our members in the Unemployment Agency. When the economy crashes, their caseloads increase exponentially. You should also remind your legislators that Governor Granholm has already cut $3 Billion in government spending since 2002. In 2002 we had 58,000 state employees, now we have 53,000. Payroll as a percentage of state spending has declined by one-third since 1982. MAGE is doing it’s part. You have the best lobbyists in the state up there moving and shaking and convincing the powers that be that revenues must be increased as opposed to cut, cut, cutting. BUT THAT IS NOT ENOUGH. YOU, EACH ONE OF YOU NEED TO SHARE THIS ARTICLE WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND INSTRUCT EACH OF THEM TO CONTACT THEIR LEGISLATORS NOW! One of your Governor’s favorite sayings is, "In God we Trust…all others bring data". Share this data with your representative today. Remind them that state employees have already done their part to cure the economic woes that plague our state. Below are the links to the legislative websites where you can locate your representative and senator's address, phone, email: http://senate.michigan.gov/
CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION APPROVES MAGE COMPENSATION PACKAGE FOR FY 2008 The Civil Service Commission approved the previously negotiated MAGE agreement at its meeting of December 5, 2006. The Commission approved the following:
MAGE members will remember that the Civil Service Commission already approved our agreement which provided our 2% raise on October 1, 2006 and which will provide another 2% in April of 2007. The agreement also already provided for a $.25 per hour pay increase for Corrections Shift Supervisors 11, 12, & 13 and Corrections Shift Inspector 13s on October 1, 2006, and a $.40 per hour increase for our Assistant Resident Unit Supervisor and Resident Unit Manager classifications on October 1, 2006. Previous Negotiations Completed in early 2005: Covering Fiscal Years 2006, 2007 and 2008 for non-exclusively represented employees (NEREs) MAGE-OPEIU Local 2002 has now culminated an agreement with the Office of the State Employer, which provides for 10% base wage increases over the next three years. Highlights of the agreement (which is expected to be approved by the Civil Service Commission in December) are as follows. Base wage increases that total 10% over the three-year agreement are as follows:
Captains Overtime Pay Issue as of 11/28/2005 Due to the amount of grievances filed in November and the examples we were able to provide showing the problems that were incurred over this inequity, the Department of Corrections has requested that Civil Service approve their request to compensate Captains with overtime pay when working holidays. This request was approved November 22, 2005, and will be effective November 21, 2005 through September 23, 2006. This is another example of what can be accomplished when we work together. Our strength is in numbers! Tell that to your peers who are not members when they ask why they should belong to MAGE- OPEIU Local 2002.
UPDATE ON CLOTHING ALLOWANCE ISSUE & WAGE COMPRESSION PROBLEM in CORRECTIONS MAGE has reached an agreement with the State Employer which provides the following: The Employer agrees to recommend to the Civil Service Commission that the dry cleaning allowance for Corrections Shift Supervisors 11, 12 and 13 and Corrections Security Inspectors 13 who are required by the Employer to wear uniforms be increased to $575 annually, beginning in fiscal year 2005-06. A payment of $325 will be made to eligible employees as soon as administratively feasible after Civil Service Commission approval. Direct Wage Increase for Fiscal Year 2006-07 and 2007-08: Effective October 1, 2006, employees will receive a two-percent (2%) base rate increase. Effective at the beginning of the first full pay period in April, 2007, employees will receive a two percent (2%) increase. Effective October 1, 2007, employees will receive a two-percent (2%) base rate increase. Effective at the beginning of the first full pay period in April, 2008, employees will receive a two percent (2%) increase. Special Wage Increases for Fiscal Year 2006-07 and 2007-08: Effective October 1, 2006 the pay rates for each pay step in the Corrections Shift Supervisor 11, 12 and 13 and Corrections Security Inspector 13 pay ranges will be increased by $.25 per hour. Effective October 1, 2006 the pay rates for each pay step in the Assistant Resident Unit Supervisor 11 and Resident Unit Manager 13 pay range will be increased by $.40 per hour. Effective October 1, 2007 the pay rates for each pay step in the Corrections Shift Supervisor 11, 12 and 13 and Corrections Security Inspector 13 pay ranges will be increased by $.30 per hour. Effective October 1, 2007 the pay rates for each pay step in the Assistant Resident Unit Supervisor 11 and Resident Unit Manager 13 pay range will be increased by $.40 per hour.
INCREASE AMT Maximum Hourly - Yearly Assistant Resident Unit Managers 11 10/01/05 $25.10 - $52,208 04/01/06 1% raise .25 $25.35 - $52,728 10/01/06 .40 special wage increase .40 $25.75 - $53,560 10/01/06 2% raise .52 $26.27 - $54,642 04/01/07 2% raise .53 $26.80 - $55,744 10/01/07 .40 special wage increase .40 $27.20 - $56,576 10/01/07 2% raise .54 $27.74 - $57,699 04/01/08 2% raise .55 $28.29 - $58,843 Resident Unit Managers 13 10/01/05 $27.74 - $57,699 04/01/06 1% raise .28 $28.02 - $58,282 10/01/06 .40 special wage increase .40 $28.42 - $59,114 10/01/06 2% raise .57 $28.99 - $60,299 04/01/07 2% raise .58 $29.57 - $61,506 10/01/07 .40 special wage increase .40 $29.97 - $62,338 10/01/07 2% raise .60 $30.57 - $63,586 04/01/08 2% raise .61 $31.18 - $64,854 Corrections Shift Supervisor 11 10/01/05 $23.78 - $49,462 04/01/06 1% raise .24 $24.02 - $49,962 10/01/06 .25 special wage increase .25 $24.27 - $50,481 10/01/06 2% raise .49 $24.76 - $51,501 04/01/07 2% raise .50 $25.26 - $52,541 10/01/07 .30 special wage increase .30 $25.56 - $53,165 10/01/07 2% raise .51 $26.07 - $54,226 01/04/08 2% raise .52 $26.59 - $55,307 Corrections Shift Supervisor 12 10/01/05 $26.04 - $54,163 04/01/06 1% raise .26 $26.30 - $54,704 10/01/06 .25 special wage increase .25 $26.55 - $55,224 10/01/06 2% raise .53 $27.08 - $56,326 04/01/07 2% raise .54 $27.62 - $57,450 10/01/07 .30 special wage increase .30 $27.92 - $58,074 10/01/07 2% raise .56 $28.48 - $59,238 04/01/08 2% raise .57 $29.05 - $60,424 Corrections Shift Supervisor 13 & Corrections Security Inspector 13 10/01/05 $28.71 - $59,717 04/01/06 1% raise .29 $29.00 - $60,320 10/01/06 .25 special wage increase .25 $29.25 - $60,840 10/01/06 2% raise .58 $29.83 - $62,046 04/01/07 2% raise .60 $30.43 - $63,294 10/01/07 .30 special wage increase .30 $30.73 - $63,918 10/01/07 2% raise .61 $31.34 - $65,187 04/01/08 2% raise .63 $31.97 - $66,498
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NOTICE ON OVERTIME & HOLIDAY PAY UPDATE AS OF 2/20/08
