Table Talk

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Facts:

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• The District’s proposal asks Classified employees who retire with a PPO to pay $400 more per month than faculty pay.

• The Board of Trustees received a 5% increase in December after going 8-years without a raise.

• Classified Employees have not had a raise in over 8-years.

• The District proposes if you get sick, instead of receiving short-term
  disability after 14 days that you wait until you have been out for 30
  days. This means that you will lose 50% of your salary when you are
  most vulnerable.

• July 1, 2016 the Vice Chancellors received a minimum of 6.5% pay increases!!!

• The District has informed CFCE that the Manager’s Classifications Compensation Study is going to be implemented regardless of if they implement the Classified study.

• CFCE has continually requested that the District bring in a mediator to further the discussions at the table. The District has chosen instead to file an unfair practice charge through PERB.

• CFCE has proposed a new longevity schedule based on the District’s proposed 9-step salary schedule.

• The District, CFCE, and CFE have a past practice of all employees paying the same for health benefits plans and making changes based on the recommendations made by the District Benefits Advisory Committee.

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Click HERE for CFCE's Negotiations Talking Points.

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​District's Proposed Takebacks:​

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Article 12 - Reclassification

• Revamp the Reclassification Committee (with the assumption that the Classification/Compensation Study will be implemented)

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Article 19 - Salaries

• Based on a 9-step salary schedule, reduced longevity schedule without COLA added to the base

• Eliminate growth increases

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Article 20 - Employee and Dependent Benefits Coverage

• Increase the cost of the PPO  from 0.5% of base salary to 0.9%

• Proposed changes (listed below) to short and long-term disability would need to be made in Article 17, which was not sunshined

  • Eliminate  short-term disability for employees who work less than 75% FTE, require 18 months of service, and included a thirty-day waiting period  to receive payment

  • Eliminate  long-term disability for employees who work less than 75% FTE

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Article 21 - Retirement

• The District did not sunshine Article 21 according to the Terms of Article 27.3.B - Re-openers

Included in the District's comprehensive proposal:

• Require employees hired after January 1, 2017 to work until 60 years of age with 15 years of service 

• Require  retirees to pay $400 per month if they remain in the PPO

• Eliminate the use of the campus fitness facilities for retirees

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