Today over 90 employees of the UT Institute of Agriculture received a letter explaining that effective January 7, 2008 they will have a 40 hour work week and over time pay! Additionally UTIA plans to implement this change in such a way that no workers will see a reduction in their biweekly, monthly or annual [...]

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THREE PERCENT PAY INCREASE EXPECTED FOR FACULTY, STAFF
Katie Johnson
Staff Writer
The University of Tennessee President John Petersen has made a pay increase for faculty and staff one of his highest priorities this year, and according to Tennessee lawmakers, it appears that objective will be met soon.
Tennessee’s 105th General Assembly is expected to finalize this year’s budget [...]

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UCW-CWA sent a letter to members of the UT administration last Monday, pointing out the inequity in that many faculty on this campus will be receiving far less than the minimum $600 that the staff will be receiving.

If no action is taken by the administration, worst case scenarios will show many UT lecturers receiving less than $300 (as many non tenure track faculty at UT earn less than $30,000.

The following letter was sent to address this concern.

Dear President Petersen, Chancellor Crabtree, Vice-President Sylvia Davis, and Provost Anne Mayhew,

As news of this year’s pay raises spreads I know that several employees, both faculty and staff, seem to be in utter shock. I am sure that no one in the UT administration is happy with the Tennessee legislature’s choice to provide funding for a 3 percent raise for some state agency employees, while only providing higher education with fund to cover a 2 percent raise. We all are aware that this state mandated raise falls far short of covering last year’s inflation costs (3.4 percent), and likewise we recognize that this raise will do little to help us address the persistence of poverty level wages and thirty years of decay in staff and faculty buying power.

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