November 14, 2006


Ms. Jackie McClain
Vice Chancellor, Human Resources
Office of the Chancellor
California State University
401 Golden Shore
Long Beach, CA 90802

Dear Ms. McClain:

This is to confirm our discussion during contract negotiations regarding CSUEU’s position on market salary increases. Based upon input from our members that their collective wages have fallen far behind the cost-of-living due to low or no general salary increases for many years, CSUEU requested that more monies be directed to General Salary Increases than to Market Salary Increases over the life of the 2006/09 contract.

Although the Union is concerned about the number of classifications where the salaries are less than that paid to comparable classifications in other institutions, CSUEU did not accept CSU’s proposal which would have directed more available money to Market Salary increases than to general salary increases.
We understand that-the impact of this decision will be that at the end of this 2006-2009 contract, we will not have substantially reduced existing market lags. In future years, we can address market lags.

Sincerely yours,

Pat Gantt,
Employees Union