Strong unions yet it’s the president that decides to give a pay raise? I don’t know how your union works but over here our raises are included in our collective agreement and the government can’t decide to not give them to us…
These raises that make the news are the cost of living adjustments or the COLA. They happen annually at the beginning of the calendar year and are intended to adjust salaries for year over year inflation. It’s not related to any sort of performance or merit based pay increases.
Ok but I’m talking about annual pay increases that are part of the collective agreement and negotiated with the union, not performance or merit pay increases…
Sorry for the delayed response, you do realize that as a government employee or employer is the government, right? It’s obnoxious some years but our union fights to make sure our rights are protected. For instance Uber Trump he wanted to institute a ton of anti union things such as I cannot talk to my union rep on government time and property even though the office is located in the building.
I’m a government employee in another country, our pay increases are part of our collective agreement and even if an anti union government is elected they have no choice but to give us the salary increases included in our agreement. Our chief of State has no power to prevent it.
Hell, salaries are one of the most important parts of a collective agreement!
That’s fair and it’s more steps to other than just the president saying ok, but I have to deal with the system I’m in. It’s still better than most other unions in the states. The trump years we only saw like a 2% CoLA which was barely noticable. There needs to be a huge legislative overhaul for real. I’ll still take the cheaper health insurance with a great 401k deal in the meantime. I am so frustrated with my country.
“It’s still better than most other unions in the states.”
Didn’t the auto unions just end their strike? Because Ford’s just negotiated 25% over the next 4.5 years, that’s predetermined increases that they company has to deal with no matter who’s the CEO…
I think your union might not be as strong as you think…
No but it’s the one we’re talking about now and it’s a major one. You can have great conditions in general, if you can’t afford to live where your job is because the last government that cares about its employees was elected 8+ years ago, you quickly realise that your union failed to protect you.
Strong unions yet it’s the president that decides to give a pay raise? I don’t know how your union works but over here our raises are included in our collective agreement and the government can’t decide to not give them to us…
These raises that make the news are the cost of living adjustments or the COLA. They happen annually at the beginning of the calendar year and are intended to adjust salaries for year over year inflation. It’s not related to any sort of performance or merit based pay increases.
Ok but I’m talking about annual pay increases that are part of the collective agreement and negotiated with the union, not performance or merit pay increases…
Sorry for the delayed response, you do realize that as a government employee or employer is the government, right? It’s obnoxious some years but our union fights to make sure our rights are protected. For instance Uber Trump he wanted to institute a ton of anti union things such as I cannot talk to my union rep on government time and property even though the office is located in the building.
I’m a government employee in another country, our pay increases are part of our collective agreement and even if an anti union government is elected they have no choice but to give us the salary increases included in our agreement. Our chief of State has no power to prevent it.
Hell, salaries are one of the most important parts of a collective agreement!
That’s fair and it’s more steps to other than just the president saying ok, but I have to deal with the system I’m in. It’s still better than most other unions in the states. The trump years we only saw like a 2% CoLA which was barely noticable. There needs to be a huge legislative overhaul for real. I’ll still take the cheaper health insurance with a great 401k deal in the meantime. I am so frustrated with my country.
“It’s still better than most other unions in the states.”
Didn’t the auto unions just end their strike? Because Ford’s just negotiated 25% over the next 4.5 years, that’s predetermined increases that they company has to deal with no matter who’s the CEO…
I think your union might not be as strong as you think…
Pay is not the only factor.
No but it’s the one we’re talking about now and it’s a major one. You can have great conditions in general, if you can’t afford to live where your job is because the last government that cares about its employees was elected 8+ years ago, you quickly realise that your union failed to protect you.