Monterey GEM Members Vote On Upcoming Salary Increase

Wednesday, June 02, 2010

Monterey GEM Members will be holding a contract vote regarding the upcoming scheduled salary increase.  The following information has been sent out to all GEM members:

What: CONTRACT BALLOT VOTE (Regarding your salary)
Who: GEM-LIUNA UPEC Members
When: Thursday, June 10, 2010
Where: City Hall Complex in EMPLOYEE LOUNGE

Voting accepted @ Employee Lounge during the hours noted below.

Times: 7:30-8:30 AM
11:30-1:30 PM
4:30-6:00 PM

Employees must sign in to receive a ballot for voting.  Voting must be done on your time, NOT on City’s time.  Ballots will be counted on Thursday, June 10 @ 6:00 PM.

SAMPLE BALLOT (you choose only one (1)):

YES, I vote that GEM/LIUNA agrees to take their current scheduled 3.0% COLA on July 1, 2010.  Further, the GEM/LIUNA employees understand that this will result in layoffs, currently estimated to be approximately 5-6 positions.

OR

YES, I vote that GEM/LIUNA agrees to defer the scheduled July 1, 2010 3.0% COLA to June 16, 2012. In addition, all GEM/LIUNA represented members shall be provided with 62 hours of paid leave time. The leave time shall have no cash value, and may be taken as time off no later than June 30, 2011.  Any unused hours will not rollover to the next year. The City will do their upmost to avoid any layoffs during July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011 for GEM/LIUNA employees.