March 7, 2008
Bruce Nigro, Director
Essex County Division of Welfare
18 Rector Street, Floor 9
Newark , NJ , 07102
Re: Step II Class Action Contractual Grievance
Belated Remuneration
Article I. Purpose
Article VII. Discipline
Article XIII. Salaries and Compensation
Article XXV. Non-Discrimination
Dear Mr. Nigro:
CWA Local 1081 submits this Step II Class Action Contractual Grievance on behalf of our applicable adversely affected members who were due a pay increase which was purportedly scheduled to have been afforded them at the latest by today, the fifth pay period of 2008. CWA Local 1081’s contract with the County of Essex, Article XIII. Salaries and Compensation, stipulates “Effective December 31, 2007, the County will implement one-half (1/2) of a tenth (10th) step to the respective ranges as of December 30, 2007 for all eligible employees of the bargaining unit.”
The resolution CWA Local 1081 respectfully demands to this grievance consists of the following:
- The County shall implement a one-half (1/2) of a tenth (10th) step to the respective ranges our eligible members within the next pay period, with retroactivity.
- The County shall implement the merit increases due our eligible members within the next pay period, with retroactivity.
Sincerely,
David H. Weiner, President, CWA Local 1081