Challenge
Labor (Union members) Representation on the Board of Trustees
- Union is currently not represented at Board of Trustees meetings
- An Executive Board member (President or Executive Board member) should be present at each meeting
- Shows the Trustees and Administration that Union is present, engaged and participating
- Work to include Labor representative on the Board of Trustees
- Union is currently not represented at Board of Trustees meetings
- An Executive Board member (President or Executive Board member) should be present at each meeting
- Shows the Trustees and Administration that Union is present, engaged and participating
- Work to include Labor representative on the Board of Trustees
Review Titles and Salaries
- Review base salaries and compare to duties and responsibilities to ensure members are working within title.
- Compare to New York Public Library and Brooklyn Public Library job listings to ensure titles and salaries are comparable
- Review base salaries and compare to duties and responsibilities to ensure members are working within title.
- Compare to New York Public Library and Brooklyn Public Library job listings to ensure titles and salaries are comparable
No Union Dues Increase
- Eliminate .45 cents increase beginning July 2022
- No dues increase in 2022 or 2023
- Candidates will, if necessary, forego stipends for the remainder of the year and adjust the 2023 budget to eliminate increases
- We are currently dealing with the highest inflation rate in 40 years and members need some relief with rising costs at every turn
- Does it feel like dues just keep going up? Well, that's because they are. Check out this dues chart for Local 1321 members
- Eliminate .45 cents increase beginning July 2022
- No dues increase in 2022 or 2023
- Candidates will, if necessary, forego stipends for the remainder of the year and adjust the 2023 budget to eliminate increases
- We are currently dealing with the highest inflation rate in 40 years and members need some relief with rising costs at every turn
- Does it feel like dues just keep going up? Well, that's because they are. Check out this dues chart for Local 1321 members
Transparency
Local 1321
- Make Local 1321 webpage more transparent and useful for members
- Display number of current members (824), total number of members (904), current number of vacancies (?)
- Update calendar to include future meeting dates and times, election information and other important events and dates
- Post Steps & Titles on webpage so that members can calculate that their salary is accurate
- Create site for members to login to access meeting notes and other sensitive documents
- Disclosure of your Local 1321 President having a combined salary of over $120,000 (working full-time as Local 1321 President and part-time as DC37 Secretary) Is this a concern?
- Make Local 1321 webpage more transparent and useful for members
- Display number of current members (824), total number of members (904), current number of vacancies (?)
- Update calendar to include future meeting dates and times, election information and other important events and dates
- Post Steps & Titles on webpage so that members can calculate that their salary is accurate
- Create site for members to login to access meeting notes and other sensitive documents
- Disclosure of your Local 1321 President having a combined salary of over $120,000 (working full-time as Local 1321 President and part-time as DC37 Secretary) Is this a concern?
Staffing & Payroll Levels
- 100+ Union positions vacant due attrition and retirement
- Administration filling vacant positions too slowly
- Payroll from vacant Union positions needs to be redirected back to Union members and not used for QPL President's new salary increase (retroactive to 2019), the promotion of 5 Directors to Vice Presidents, and a proposed 2-4 % increase (retroactive to July 2021) for Executives and non-Union members
- 100+ Union positions vacant due attrition and retirement
- Administration filling vacant positions too slowly
- Payroll from vacant Union positions needs to be redirected back to Union members and not used for QPL President's new salary increase (retroactive to 2019), the promotion of 5 Directors to Vice Presidents, and a proposed 2-4 % increase (retroactive to July 2021) for Executives and non-Union members
Fairness
Health Survey
- Known as Health Screening Questionnaire that staff are required to fill out before reporting to work
- Compensation for 3 days accrued by full-time staff working onsite
- Based on daily average of 5-minutes to fill out survey and forward to Supervisors, staff members have given 3+ days to the Library without being paid
- Known as Health Screening Questionnaire that staff are required to fill out before reporting to work
- Compensation for 3 days accrued by full-time staff working onsite
- Based on daily average of 5-minutes to fill out survey and forward to Supervisors, staff members have given 3+ days to the Library without being paid
25-day Involuntary Transfer
- Compensation for members or work to eliminate
- A destructive practice that uproots an employee for 5 weeks that affects all members in public service
- Used regularly as a tool to assist Administration in keeping staffing levels low
- NYPL and BPL do not have such a practice in their working conditions contract
- Compensation for members or work to eliminate
- A destructive practice that uproots an employee for 5 weeks that affects all members in public service
- Used regularly as a tool to assist Administration in keeping staffing levels low
- NYPL and BPL do not have such a practice in their working conditions contract
Kronos
- 5-minute grace period, both at start and end of workday without Supervisor approval (currently cannot punch out 5 minutes before closing, delaying our departure)
- Expand grace periods at starting time for travel emergencies
- 5-minute grace period, both at start and end of workday without Supervisor approval (currently cannot punch out 5 minutes before closing, delaying our departure)
- Expand grace periods at starting time for travel emergencies
Other Working Conditions: Shift Differential, Travel Reimbursement for Temporary Assignment and Extreme Temperature Conditions
- Shift Differential Increase of 3%. Shift differential is 10%, since 1995 contract. NYPL approved a 3% increase in 2019
- Travel Reimbursements for Temporary Assignment, from $9.00 to $20.00, automatically added to Kronos and no receipts necessary
- Extreme Temperature Conditions from 62 - 85/44 percent humidity to 65 - 81 using comparison to NYPL and BPL working condition contracts and in line with OSHA guidelines
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- Shift Differential Increase of 3%. Shift differential is 10%, since 1995 contract. NYPL approved a 3% increase in 2019
- Travel Reimbursements for Temporary Assignment, from $9.00 to $20.00, automatically added to Kronos and no receipts necessary
- Extreme Temperature Conditions from 62 - 85/44 percent humidity to 65 - 81 using comparison to NYPL and BPL working condition contracts and in line with OSHA guidelines
Please take a few minutes to fill out our survey at https://s.surveyplanet.