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September, 2003 Volume 14, Issue 1 - CSEA to Admin: Work with Us! PDF Print E-mail
By Phil Hendricks, President CSEA Chapter 36

The following is an open letter written to SMC’s Board of Trustees.

It has come to our attention that the Board may be under the impression that CSEA Chapter 36 is no longer interested in avoiding further layoffs.  This is unequivocally not accurate, and has never been the case.

      Some Administrators/Board members have stated that the Work Sharing proposal has been taken off the table by CSEA.  This is in no way correct.  CSEA has at no time withdrawn the proposal for consideration or discussion. The Work Sharing program is still on the table to avoid further layoffs.  We would present to our members for ratification a proposal that exchanges a 10% reduction in hours for an agreement of no further layoffs.   At our most recent meeting on August 26th, CSEA and the District continued discussions on ways of avoiding layoffs including implementing the Work Share program.

      Some Administrators/Board members have stated that they are waiting for CSEA to act, otherwise further layoffs will occur in September.  The District negotiators told us that once they had a budget in place they would contact us to proceed with discussions on Work Sharing.  We are awaiting contact from the District to resume our discussions on Work Sharing.  We are also awaiting the dollar target amount that the district is requesting from CSEA to help offset the budget shortfall.

      Some Administrators/Board Members have also stated that no other Districts seem to be using this plan.  The College of the Canyons recently ratified a Work Sharing program of 10% reduction in hours in exchange for a guarantee of no layoffs during the term of the agreement.  Los Angeles Unified School District used the Work Sharing program for an extended period with a no layoff provision.  Other Districts have also used the Work Sharing plan over the years.

      Some Administrators/Board Members have also recently stated that the District will not realize the $2 million saving over a one-year period that our proposal, based on district payroll numbers, indicates.  We are not aware of what would prevent the savings.  We would appreciate information from you on this statement.

      CSEA has received inconsistent statements from the District regarding layoffs.  A statement by the District's Chief Financial Officer to the Budget Committee in July was that no further [budget committee] discussion on balancing the 03/04 budget was necessary, as the budget would be balanced through "drastic reductions in staff". Other statements from the District are not consistent with this.

      Some Administrators/Board Members have also stated their belief that if a person was still making over $40,000 per year salary after the 10% hours reductions, that they would not be eligible for Unemployment Insurance benefits under the Work Sharing program; this is not correct.  Anyone with earnings in their benefit year is eligible for Work Sharing benefit payments.

      Some Administrators/Board Members have also stated that the Work Sharing program requires a 100% endorsement by the membership; this is not correct.  Like all labor agreements, a majority of those voting is required to ratify a binding agreement affecting everyone in the bargaining unit. 
  		 

 

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