Posted in UCW News on Feb 28th, 2007 No Comments »
On March 6th in Knoxville and March 8th in Chattanooga, at each campuses respective chapter meetings, members will be voting to elect two executive board members to fill vacated slots. Additionally we will be voting on proposed by-law changes at these meetings and electing delegates to the annual CWA Convention to be held in [...]
Posted in UCW News on Feb 22nd, 2007 No Comments »
UCW sent out an email entitled “Governor’s Budget- 1% Raise, not 5%” to our big list that has over 1200 people on it. This email was sent out on Tuesday.
We use a high powered program called “Get Active” which enables us, when needed, to develop messaging campaigns to targets. The program also gives [...]
Posted in Legislative Action, Merit Pay on Feb 20th, 2007 No Comments »
Today Governor Bredesen released his budget for 2007-2008. With much anticipation we awaited to hear if UT President Petersen’s call for a 5% pay increase would be included in the budget.
Unfortunately, the Governor’s budget only calls for a 1% raise and a 2% bonus for higher education employees.
The talk of the 5% has excited [...]
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