SSU APA Meeting Schedule
2024 Membership Coordinator Election
Below please find the link (on Polaris) for candidates running for the position of APA SSU Chapter Membership Coordinator. Our election will open on May 24, 2024 and run until May 31, 2024 at 5:00 PM. The election winner will be announced by email on the evening of May 31st. Click the candidate name to download their cover letter and resume.
https://polaris.salemstate.edu/post/1691/2024-membership-coordinator-election
Cost of Living Increases, Retro Payments will be processed simultaneously; paychecks issues with a check date of Friday, December 22
Due to the Legislature’s recent enactment and Governor’s signature of the Closeout Supplemental Budget for Fiscal Year 2023, the Office of the Comptroller will process collectively bargained cost-of-living adjustments and retro payments simultaneously in the pay period ending December 16. Commonwealth of Massachusetts employees will receive checks dated Friday, December 22. Retroactive payments for any additional percentage step increases above the 4% salary increases will be processed in January 2024.
APA Chapter Board Meeting Minutes 3/3/2023
- Rosa, Derek, Mike, Brian present
- Statewide is pushing back against SSU
- Meeting scheduled with Rosa and reps at state level on subject
- SSU doesn’t understand (or respect) the definition of “peak”. “Peak” refers to occasional extra hours during busy times, not scheduling whole extra (weekend) days
- SSU Members are hesitant (ie terrified) to file grievances
- Toxic environments across campus where membership are complaining, but not willing to make formal complaint
- Meeting RE: Commencement wasn’t well attended. Looking to schedule another one
- Discuss with HR the issue of non-signed job descriptions
- Concern with the constant opposition and defensive posture from HR, even for normal conversation
- Still considerable confusion over the evaluation process
- Tuition Remission
- Other schools have a better package. We’d like SSU to agree to a similar benefit or make a formal statement that they will not
- Ask to meet with president, not a designee
- Spring Meeting
- Possible breakfast (catered?)
- Breakfast at Marsh
- Roberta James (MTA Rep) suggested regular office hours
APA Chapter Board Meeting Minutes 2/3/2023
- Responses about Grievance email
- Ask for more information
- Only want to do 1 ceremony
- Many high-profile people are in favor of moving forward
- Next Steps
- When we get the assignments, people need to respond with “based on my job description, I am not required to perform these duties”
- Inundate them with individual grievances
- On-going abuses of APA employees
- Not allowing breaks
- Forced work outside of scheduled hours
- AFSCME
- Reached out to state AFSCME
- Overlap in duties
- Do not know their timeline, if they will take-on
- Change of job descriptions w/o member’s knowledge
- Putting through “promotions” without acceptance (signatures) from members
- Lack of contract language (dates) update
- Health & Welfare benefits (dental) does not require dues-paying membership
- Are getting list of new-hires who haven’t signed up for Union
- Still do not have a printed contract
- Dental coverage still a concern
- Statewide committee has not been meeting
- Current Grievances
- MP
- Discussion with Brett regarding grievances. He has been more responsive
- 199 paying members
