CUE’s Statewide Executive Board calls for a strike vote!

Even though neutral fact-finder and arbitrator G. McKay recently ruled that UC can afford to give clerical pay raises, and even though he said that UC should give pay raises that are outlined in his fact-finding report that was issued as part of the 03-04 wage bargaining, UC has refused to do so. At the same time, the cost to UC clericals for benefits and parking continues to increase. As recently as May 2005, state legislators expressed shock and amazement that UC has not implemented the fact-finding report. UC clericals are in a unique position to hold a legal "economic" strike over issues of wages and benefits as bargained for 03-04 because we do not have a contract in effect right now.

We have to send UC a strong message with this vote. First, we need to have 40% of our members voting, or the vote won't officially count. Second, we need to have 2/3 of our voting members voting YES or it won't officially count. If we don't meet these two standards, it will send a message to the University that UC clericals are satisfied with our present wages! If we don't meet these standards, it will totally undermine our bargaining team's efforts.

PLEASE VOTE “YES.”

How would a strike work? CUE's Executive Board would determine when and where the strike would occur as well as other logistics. Obviously, the CUE board would not plan to strike unless/until it believes that a winning strike can be organized. 

What should we do? This decision will be made by members of CUE, by you! 

PLEASE VOTE, AND PLEASE VOTE “YES.”

Computer Strike Ballot
Please vote only once. All duplicate votes, including your original vote, will be discounted.
Yes, I authorize CUE's executive board to call for a strike - time and campus to be determined by the executive board to be in the best interests of UC clericals.
No, I do not authorize the call for a strike.
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