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    UC Reaches First Agreement with Clerical Workers Union


    The University of California and the Coalition of University Employees (CUE) have reached a tentative agreement on a first contract for the clerical and allied services bargaining unit. The tentative agreement provides wage increases for the 1999-2002 budget years.
    Now CUE members on each campus must approve the agreement. If they do so the contract would expire on Sept. 30, 2001.
    The University's 2001-02 proposed budget includes an additional augmentation for staff salaries that lag behind the market averages.
    The UC-CUE tentative wage agreement for clerical staff includes retroactive salary range adjustments, merit increases. and an additional step in the maximum salary range. Also, a bonus of $100 will go to each career employee on the date both parties sign the agreement. CUE represents approximately 18,000 clerical employees at UC.
    UC has also reached tentative contract agreements with three other unions. On Oct. 30, UC and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) reached a tentative agreement for 2000-01 wages and a new Veterans Day holiday for the service employees unit. Moreover, on Nov. 6, 2000, UC reached a similar agreement with the AFSCME patient care technical unit.
    "We are very pleased to have reached tentative contract agreements in these four negotiations," said Judith W. Boyette, UC associate vice president for human resources and benefits. "We are particularly proud to have reached our first tentative agreement with CUE on the clerical unit contract. Many of these contracts contain the first steps in a multi-year plan to bring our employees' salaries up to market averages."
    --Dan Kier/UCOP