WIU/UPI Agreement 2007-2011

Article 28: Salary
Unit A

28.1. Basic Increase

  1. a. Effective the first day of fall 2007, the Board will grant each eligible employee, under contract and in the bargaining unit during the 2007-2008 (FY08) year, a salary increase of 3.5% of the employee’s 2006-2007 basic monthly salary. For FY09, FY10, and FY11 (2008-2011), a 3.5% increase will be provided to each employee, or the percentage allocated from the State for faculty salaries, whichever is greater.
  2. b. Effective the first day of fall 2007, salary minima will be specified in Article 29.3., promotion amounts will be specified in Article 29.1.; and PAA amounts will be specified in Article 29.2.

28.2. General Eligibility

  1. In addition to any special conditions provided in Article 29 (Articles 29.1. to 29.3.), and except as provided in Article 28.2.b. below, an employee shall be eligible for the salary increases specified in Articles 28.1. and 29.1. to 29.3. only if she or he is employed in a position in the bargaining unit as of the date of the ratification of this Agreement by the Board and the Union or September 1, 2007, whichever is later, and meets one of the following additional conditions:
    1. was employed in a position at WIU described in Appendix A for at least one semester during the previous academic year or
    2. is returning to a previously held bargaining unit position following employment in a permanent full-time position at WIU for at least one semester during the previous academic year.
  2. An employee shall not be eligible for the salary increases specified in Articles 28.1. and 29.1. to 29.3. if, prior to her or his employment in a position in the bargaining unit, the employee has received a salary increase for FY08.