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TPL Team Presents Counterproposal to Administration

October 9, 2007

On Friday, October 5, the TPL Committee and NAGE Unit 6 State Presidents, Theresa McGoldrick and Greg Sorozan, met with the Commonwealth to make a counterproposal regarding the Commonwealth’s proposal to align TPL members with an underlying floor position. The counterproposal was a joint effort of the entire TPL committee and is currently under review by the Commonwealth’s committee.

The TPL Committee is scheduled to meet with the Commonwealth again on October 19; we will continue to provide you with updates as progress is made.

Frequently Asked Questions

  1. Why is the Commonwealth establishing “underlying” positions?
    The purpose of creating “underlying positions” is to establish a salary floor, below which a TPL employee cannot be paid. In other words, it will guarantee that your salary will never fall below a certain level. For example, if it’s determined that the salary attached to your “underlying position” is $65,000, you can never be paid less than that amount. If you’re currently making less than that, you will receive a salary increase; but, if you’re currently making more than that, your salary will stay the same—it will not be lowered.
  2. Are we still going to receive our regular annual pay raises?
    Yes. The negotiations regarding underlying positions are completely separate and distinct from the regular pay raises you receive each year. You will receive those pay raises again this year, retroactive to July 1st. As soon as we have information about when those raises will be implemented, we will post that information here.
  3. I filled out the questionnaire, but no one got back to me. What should I do?
    Because we received more than 300 questionnaires, we cannot respond to individual questions. If you asked a question on the questionnaire, and it requires an immediate response, please send an email to tpl@nage.org.

TPL Team

Theresa McGoldrick—NAGE
Greg Sorozan—NAGE
Dick Creeden—ITD
Pat Fallon—ITD
Christine Grey—EOT
Bobbi Kaplan—OSC
Tliyet Li—DWD
Robert Manning, Jr.—DOR
Mark Miller—EOHHS
Charles Rizzotto—EOLWD/DWD
Elvio Rebolo—DOE