Side Letter of Agreement
Fiscal Year 2008/2009 Salary Negotiations
May 4,2009

1. The Parties agree that for Fiscal Year 2008/2009, no General Salary Increase, pursuant to Provision 20.6, no Market Salary Increase, pursuant to Provision 20.9, and no Service Salary Increase, pursuant to Provision 20.26, shall be implemented.

2. However, should the CSU implement any General Salary Increase, Market Salary Increase, Service Salary Increase, or Extended Performance Increase that is included in any current collective bargaining agreement or negotiate an increase to base salary with any other represented CSU employee group for Fiscal Year 2008/2009, after the execution of this Side Letter, CSUEU would have the option to initiate reopener bargaining, upon thirty (30) days notice to the CSU.

3. Provision 2 does not apply to programs such as in-range progressions, post promotion increases, and reclassifications. This also excludes any increases that might be negotiated or implemented for Bargaining Unit 12 or Bargaining Unit 13 employees.

4. The Parties agree that this Side Letter resolves all open issues pertaining to Salaryreopener negotiations, for FY 2008/2009, pursuant to Provision 29.4.

5. All other provisions of Article 20 remain unchanged.