tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7815564874722496808.post677578279581212585..comments2023-04-27T03:36:36.821-05:00Comments on The Periodic Table: Mr. B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02067666077743889680noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7815564874722496808.post-6770784827124714532007-09-18T05:24:00.000-05:002007-09-18T05:24:00.000-05:00momo,Your summary is pretty much my, perhaps imper...momo,<BR/><BR/>Your summary is pretty much my, perhaps imperfect, reading of the situation. I would be happy to learn otherwise from the administration but their strategy seems to be to ignore, obfuscate, and try to keep the rest of the community confused about what is actually going on here.<BR/><BR/>Ciao,<BR/><BR/>BonzoMr. B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02067666077743889680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7815564874722496808.post-67083440869611020372007-09-18T02:46:00.000-05:002007-09-18T02:46:00.000-05:00From parsing the various stories on MPR, in the St...From parsing the various stories on MPR, in the Strib, the Daily and the strike bulletins, my understanding is that the Teamsters already signed a contract that keeps their step system intact, and gives them 3% on top of that. The U is offering AFSCME 2.25 and 2.50 but trying to make them counting the step increases as part of the wage increase, although not all employees are eligible for them every year. In other words, they are trying to do away with step increases for AFSCME workers. To increase the wages by 3.25-3.5%, it would cost the U an extra 1.1 million. This, in comparison with the $4 million bailout package to the two departed coaches, money that will leave the state, and which Maturi has been quoted as saying must in part be borrowed from Central as ticket sales will not cover it. So two loser dudes get 4 mill, but the folks who catalogue books at McGrath and change diapers at UMCCC get insults and we get contemptuous BS, and a lot of pissed off legislators. Gee, thanks.momohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12149328149132703479noreply@blogger.com