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What Do we know about the DC37 Tentative Agreement?
What Do we know about the DC37 Tentative Agreement?
Ballots to ratify DC 37's 2021-2026 Tentative Agreement are in the mail, but there's a lot wrong with what they are offering us. Here's some information you need to know in order to make an informed decision on this contract.
Bye bye raises...hello inflation...
Wage "Increases" Below inflation
Wage "Increases" Below inflation
The 16% wage increases DC37 claims as "historic" does NOT include inflation, which has been higher than ever over the last 3 years.
Furthermore, because inflation has a compound effect, the effects each year without meeting inflation is added to the next one. "Any time your savings don’t grow at the same rate as inflation, you will effectively lose money." (Investopedia)
DC37 knows a Real Wage Increase is a "wage increase above the rate of inflation that allows a worker greater purchasing power." But the rates they're offering us is a net pay cut!
Does that sound like a historic agreement to you?
Who do you trust to decide your health plan?
Health Plans "Provided" by the MLC
Health Plans "Provided" by the MLC
What is the Municipal Labor Committee actually providing us?
This is the group of union leaders who used the Health Stabilization Fund to convey "$1 Billion to the City of New York to support wage increases and other economic items for the current round of collective bargaining." (2014 agreement, point #2)
They agreed to adopt a privatized "Medicare Advantage benchmark plan for retirees." (2018 agreement, point 5(a))
On March 9, 2023, the MLC (led by DC37 and the UFT) accepted Aetna's Medicare Advantage plan for all 250,000 city worker retirees. (Labor Notes)
The continuation of our healthcare benefits has no fixed term, which leaves your health in the hands of the MLC. Would you trust them to make the right decisions for you and your family?
Sounds like a bribe...
$3000 Ratification "Bonus"
$3000 Ratification "Bonus"
The contract offers a lump sum $3,000 Ratification Bonus...what's wrong with that?
"By offering a bonus expressly conditioned on acceptance of your proposed offer, it makes it more difficult for a union to turn it down (and if you sweeten the bonus enough, potentially almost impossible)." Barnes & Thornburg, LLP
Not to mention, this "bonus" is taxed at almost 40%, which means you will only take home around $1800 after taxes...we could all use the money, but the real question is would a fair contract try to buy your vote?
Calculating your wages after inflation
Calculating your wages after inflation
How much will the 3% salary affect your wages?
Our calculator shows the same calculation of wage increases based on your annual salary, but it also shows what the actual value of your wages are after inflation. From this, you can estimate just how much of your income is LOST due to wage increases that do not beat inflation.
Why is DC37's Annual Retro Calculator misleading?
It doesn't calculate wage increases based on inflation. Inflation jumped 13.82% since 2020 and it has seriously undercut how much our wages are actually worth. Compared to the 9% raises they are offering us for 2021-2023, this amounts to an estimated 4.82% PAY CUT in just the first 3 years.
It overestimates our yearly income. They divide your "bi-weekly Regular Gross" by 14 days for each 2-week pay period, and then multiply it by 365 days...as if you were working every single day of the year?!
A Fair contract starts with
A Fair contract starts with
open bargaining!
open bargaining!
To get a fair contract, we must start with open bargaining. There are several steps to implementing open bargaining, but step one is to "Find out what matters to every member."
This open bargaining survey in order to hear from DC37 Rank and File Members and the people we serve.
You can view all the responses here.
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