7/17/2003
PEF’s Contract Team and representatives from the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations will meet on Wednesday, July 23 and discuss Article 7 in the PS&T Agreement that covers compensation.
At this stage in bargaining, PEF is seeking the help of every member, so that your union can demand a contract with no zeroes. This week, PEF launched a statewide public relations campaign that blasts state waste on contracting out and consultants’ fees.
The half-page ad is appearing in the New York Times and other major newspapers. You can view the ad — that focuses on the savings of using state employees rather than contractors — on this Web site. Simply click on http://www.thecommunicator.org/pradcampaigns/images/privatcouponad.jpg
But this is how you can help to curb wasteful spending and let the lawmakers know the state is making bad revenue choices.
Click on the scrolling banner on our Home Page (www.PEF.org) to fax the governor, and follow the instructions.
PEF members need to take action, so the Contract Team can bring a strong message to the bargaining table next week.
Together, we can achieve the contract we want, if we all fight together.
Take the time now to fax the letter to the governor, and tell your friends and co-workers to do the same. Don’t let the state get the upper hand in determining your wages. Let the governor know you are worth more than an overly paid contractor. It’s time for every PEF member to stand up and be counted. And all you have to do is sign the fax to the governor and click on send.
http://www.pef.org/pst2003/newsletter/index.htm It will be arriving in activist homes in a week or so.
