
V. Components of the Multi-Year Plan
B. Expenditures
(7) Step
& Non-Unit Salary Increases, TA Stipends $ 7.0M
Our multi-year planning
model builds in the costs of collective bargaining and projects 3% increases
for the years beyond. We are morally obligated to budget comparable
increases for non-unit personnel, and for TA stipends. This accounts
for the allocation of $7.0M. Failure to carve these funds out of the
budget up front will result in these funds being extricated under battlefield
conditions, as we have sometimes done in the past.