potus1001 t1_j2aqlt5 wrote on December 30, 2022 at 9:41 PM

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Top state officials, including governor, set to receive a 20 percent pay hike, the largest in years by SomethingDrastic

If you’re already at the top step of a union contract, than it is just a 2.5% COLA. If you’re not yet at the top step, then it’s a 2.5% COLA, plus a step increase of anywhere from 3-5%.

[deleted] t1_j2bz98v wrote on December 31, 2022 at 3:01 AM

If you get a step increase….. which 90% of people don’t get

potus1001 t1_j2c6q3g wrote on December 31, 2022 at 4:01 AM

If you have a source for that percentage, I really would like to see it, because I disagree with your statement.

If we’re only talking about union employees, for them to not get a step increase, they need to be at the top step of the CBA grid. The average grid has between 9-11 steps, so let’s just go with 10. Since all new union employees start at step 1, it takes 9 full years for them to reach the top step, 10 full years before they wouldn’t get a new step.

I don’t know the exact percentage, but I’d be willing to bet that 90% of state employees within a union have not been with the state for 10 years or longer.

[deleted] t1_j2doohy wrote on December 31, 2022 at 2:16 PM

I pulled 90% out of thin air. The number is actually 100% but I assumed there are 10% out there who must be getting a better raise. I’m under EOEEA. Are you MADOT? Most of my peers have been here less than 5 years and we are only getting the 2.5%. We talk about it all the time and are pretty bitter about it. The way you explain it, it seems like we should be getting more. Are you NAGE or MOSES?