Pay raises set for 5 campus unions

by Sarah R. Buchholz, Chronicle staff

ost campus employees will see pay increases this month, according to Nick Marshall, Labor Relations administrator.

     University Staff Association/Massachusetts Teachers Association and American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees (Local 1776) will receive 3 percent raises effective Jan. 7 in their Jan. 19 paychecks.

     Service Employees International Union (Local 509) Unit A members who received a rating of satisfactory or better will see a 2.8 percent increase in their paycheck the same day. Unit B members will see a 3 percent increase.

     Massachusetts Society of Professors members also are due for an across-the-board increase of 2.8 percent in January.

     Graduate employees represented by the Graduate Employee Organization /United Auto Workers Local 2322 (GEO) will see an across-the-board increase plus professional development money retroactive to September 2000 thanks to a recent supplementary budget bill.

     "We have every assurance that the minute the money hits UMass coffers, the next payday the money will be in our checks," said Peter Tamas, GEO president.