4% over two years is a pretty good raise.

Middle to low income workers should be so lucky,.

Maybe they should have stalled until May 15 and possibly doubled their chances of a bigger pay off.

It actually works out to 4% over 4 or 5 years since I don’t believe they’ve had a raise since 2009. Meanwhile, inflation has eroded buying power considerably over the same span of time.
But your point that low and middle-income earners could use a raise is well taken.

And it expires next year. I think the raise works out to about 4.00 per pay cheque after taxes. Woohoo! They should of went for more! Oh we’ll it can be redone in 2014.

I was told many eons ago that excessive wage demands cause inflation. Run with that.

Harbinger: “Maybe they should have stalled until May 15 and possibly doubled their chances of a bigger pay off.”

That is why UNBC administration is waiting for? Apparently UNBC and UNBC-FA (i.e. faculty union)are heading into an arbitration/mediation. UNBC administration “refused to bargain further on outstanding non-monetary issues” and it also “withdrew its last salary offer, stated that it had no capacity to make a more satisfactory offer, and expressed the desire to refer salary negotiations to a mediator.”

Ooch …! What UNBCFA expected to achieve when its own grievance officer and president have damaged the credibility of the union by yelling and insulting at UNBC grieving faculty members? and then its lawyer helping UNBC to cover up the grievances and abuses?

Those managing UNBCFA expected UNBC to reward them in return? Now they look like fools. UNBC faculty union needs to restores its credibility first and stop playing more foolish games. If it has no desire to uphold the faculty agreement articles why it wastes money and time in negotiating it?