"Earlier this year, the board authorized a 4.1 percent raise for state college presidents, with the potential for an additional 3 percent merit bump; and up to a 4 percent merit increase for nonunion administrators."
This as they tell the faculty and students they are broke, and tell the scrubs at the school to eat shit. Aaaaah, nothing like the smell of rank elitism of a college campus!!!!
"11 unions say UMass bargaining in bad faith" by Peter Schworm, Globe Staff | August 26, 2008
With contract negotiations flagging, labor unions at the state's colleges and universities have filed a complaint of unfair labor practices against the state Board of Higher Education and the board of trustees of the University of Massachusetts, accusing them of bargaining in bad faith.
Eleven higher education unions, which represent nearly 10,000 faculty and staff at three University of Massachusetts campuses and all nine Massachusetts state colleges, contend that the state and UMass boards are violating state law by refusing to submit any salary proposals after several months of negotiations. Contract talks for the bulk of the unions began in January, and most contracts expired at the end of June.
"Higher education unions have been at the bargaining table for eight months and the administration still refuses to make any economic offer," said Max Page, a UMass-Amherst professor and president of the Massachusetts Society of Professors, which represents UMass-Amherst faculty and librarians. "That is against the law."
Which matters little in AmeriKa.
Earlier this year, the board authorized a 4.1 percent raise for state college presidents, with the potential for an additional 3 percent merit bump; and up to a 4 percent merit increase for nonunion administrators. Union leaders said they were frustrated the Patrick administration had not yet voiced its support for a similar increase for faculty and staff.
"They have neglected their obligation to negotiate fairly with their unions, and we have had enough," said Donna Johnson, who heads a union representing educational support workers at UMass-Amherst. The other two UMass campuses involved in the complaint are Boston and Lowell.
Professors at Massachusetts state colleges earn about $11,000 less annually on average than their peers in other states, according to an independent study released in May. State college professors earned an average of $76,400, compared with $87,600 nationally. Associate professors earned just over $63,000, or $9,000 less than their peers. Assistant professors, who made $55,000, trailed the national average by $5,000.
They are ALL doing better than I am!!!!
Not saying they don't deserve it, but now you get the feeling as to why college costs are so high.
The disparity, union leaders and administrators said, makes it difficult for the state system to attract and retain top faculty.
That's what looters always say!
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