2017.07.06 _ Letters to the Editor, Librarians Denied Pay Raise
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2017.07.06 _ Letters to the Editor, Librarians Denied Pay Raise
Subject
Library--management, motivation & discipline
Labor laws & legislation
Labor union libraries
Description
Librarians of Yorktown had been denied to treat fairly as the other town professional employees.
Creator
McCord, Shirley
Source
"John C. Hart Memorial Library News clips" Binder, Volume 3, 1991 -
Publisher
Yorktown News
Date
2017-07-06
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Language
English
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Text
Coverage
Yorktown (New York)
Shrub Oak (New York)
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To the editor,
We would like to thank you for all your support regarding our contract negotiation dispute with the town of Yorktown. We also would like t0 thank the patrons who supported us as well. We would like you to know we were denied our arbitration with the town ofYorktown.
However, this is a paragraph from the arbitrator's report: ·
"It may seem unfair, and unusual, for a group of professional emFzoyees to be singled out, and paid less than the other profes- sional employees, particularly such an important group of town employees, but that is what the parties intended based_ on the clear and unambiguous language of the agreement. Any change in · the salary !evels of the library employees must be accomplished through negotiations, or in the political process. "
This is a copy of the email we received from our labor relations specialist, Fred. Smit, regard- ing the arbitrator's decision and quoted from his email to our staff member:
"Here is the arbitrator's decision. The grievance is denied. The library staff is ~tuck on Schedule A.
" All through this grievance pro- cess, ~e have been told this is a contract negotiation issue. How- ever, when our issue is presented, we are told by our union that the town supervisor will not even ad- dress the issue. We feel that we are till receiving disparate .treat- ment and our union should be fighting ·for u~ during contract negotiations.
As far as the political process, we weren't even informed about the nominations for our new officers until a day before the papers had to be entered. We had to contact ow uruon president and we were informed the nomination papers had been delivered to the library. The papers had not been delivered. Again, our department was left out of the loop.
During the arbitration, a dispute ".Vas presented within the two pay scales for other employ- ees within the town, but we were informed that was a typo and it has been in two contracts without being "cleaned-up. "The town claims that Article 9 paragraphs A and B are unambiguous, yet the town wants to "clean-up" the language of this Article 9 in ~e new contract.
We will continue to pursue our unfair treatment and hope that at some point we will be equal to all the professional employee~ wj.th in the town ofYorktown.
Shirley McCord, John C. Hart Memorial Library
We would like to thank you for all your support regarding our contract negotiation dispute with the town of Yorktown. We also would like t0 thank the patrons who supported us as well. We would like you to know we were denied our arbitration with the town ofYorktown.
However, this is a paragraph from the arbitrator's report: ·
"It may seem unfair, and unusual, for a group of professional emFzoyees to be singled out, and paid less than the other profes- sional employees, particularly such an important group of town employees, but that is what the parties intended based_ on the clear and unambiguous language of the agreement. Any change in · the salary !evels of the library employees must be accomplished through negotiations, or in the political process. "
This is a copy of the email we received from our labor relations specialist, Fred. Smit, regard- ing the arbitrator's decision and quoted from his email to our staff member:
"Here is the arbitrator's decision. The grievance is denied. The library staff is ~tuck on Schedule A.
" All through this grievance pro- cess, ~e have been told this is a contract negotiation issue. How- ever, when our issue is presented, we are told by our union that the town supervisor will not even ad- dress the issue. We feel that we are till receiving disparate .treat- ment and our union should be fighting ·for u~ during contract negotiations.
As far as the political process, we weren't even informed about the nominations for our new officers until a day before the papers had to be entered. We had to contact ow uruon president and we were informed the nomination papers had been delivered to the library. The papers had not been delivered. Again, our department was left out of the loop.
During the arbitration, a dispute ".Vas presented within the two pay scales for other employ- ees within the town, but we were informed that was a typo and it has been in two contracts without being "cleaned-up. "The town claims that Article 9 paragraphs A and B are unambiguous, yet the town wants to "clean-up" the language of this Article 9 in ~e new contract.
We will continue to pursue our unfair treatment and hope that at some point we will be equal to all the professional employee~ wj.th in the town ofYorktown.
Shirley McCord, John C. Hart Memorial Library
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McCord, Shirley, “2017.07.06 _ Letters to the Editor, Librarians Denied Pay Raise,” John C Hart Library Archive, accessed May 16, 2024, https://hartarchive.omeka.net/items/show/4.