Step vs percent raise

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So what is better a percent or a step? What pays more?
Who benefits more from what?

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Steps!!!! we have been fighting for them for years. Palacio is the only one that will be benefiting from the % because he's not getting a step this year after his recent promotion.

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Steps!!!! we have been fighting for them for years. Palacio is the only one that will be benefiting from the % because he's not getting a step this year after his recent promotion.

He’s a fat slob, or dare we say, “ordained fat slob.” A percentage of his weight, even at one-percent, could potentially be a huge pay raise.

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There’s a reason why our contract has a salary schedule with STEPS. Each one of those steps is more than a 3% raise. Imagine being an officer on step 7, you’re due a $8k raise. You’d be leaving over $6k on the table for that percentage. Those that benefit from a percentage are the one that are already maxed out, or the ones that aren’t going to receive a step because of the date of hire/promotion (as stated in previous posts). This has been the norm for the past few years, so question why it’s a problem this year and not the previous ones.

Additionally, the shots that have always been taken against previous leadership have always been centered around the labor contract and pay. Current leadership always knocked them for not getting us our steps, which again are in our contract, but instead settled for percentage. Why the change of heart this year?

Also overlooked is the fact that if you agree to a percentage, you delay maxing out another year. What’s to stop them from fighting for a percentage instead of our steps next year.

Ironically, one of the points made last year centered around how we didn’t not reach a tentative agreement until about mid December due to the referendum and how teachers fared in their negotiations. It was said that this year we wouldn’t need to worry about the delay because all we wanted we got, and we would only need to worry about our step. Why are we in the end of January without a tentative agreement?

We have also stopped receiving a recap of what transpired in the meetings. So much for transparency.

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Why weren't we allowed to ask question at our Union meeting? I thought we had a say so or at a minimum allowed to as why is the percentage being pushed and not a step.

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Actually dummies there was a meeting to present your ideas or requests last year in May. I went and gave mine and also went to this last meeting. Although I may not be a fan of the palace I am smart enough to understand that 250+ of the people hired since last march would not get any raise according to our contract because they don't qualify for s step. Please educate yourselves. There is more of them now than there are of us. I am one of those of the step that get six thousand and I understand that it sucks for me but if 250 people vote no you don't get a step anyway. It's this shit here that make us look bad and divided. Oh and to.your point at the end of the meeting our rotund president gave three chances for anyone to say anything from the floor. The only one that spoke was the only female in the room and she asked the question you just did and the explanation was understood you leave 250 people without a raise the rest of us don't get shit. By the way the percentage is not the only money they are fighting for also.more referendum. Don't know know much though he wasn't saying numbers