Saturday, July 03, 2021

INDEPENDENT BUDGET OFFICE SHOWS MAYOR BUDGETING 0%-0%-1% FOR CITY EMPLOYEE SALARY INCREASES FOR NEXT 3 YEARS

Thanks to David Irons for sending our way this Independent Budget Office analysis from May. Mayor Bill de Blasio is planning to leave office by budgeting two years of zero percent salary increases for the next round of collective bargaining for NYC municipal employees, including teachers, for 2022-2024. The mayor is budgeting a "very generous 1%" for year three. Here it is right from the IBO report:

The current plan does not include any funding for potential salary increases for the city’s workforce in the first or second years of the next round of collective bargaining, only including a one percent increase for the third year. 

All of that federal and state aid coming in and nothing for the city's municipal workforce. That is how de Blasio plans to leave office. Don't let UFT President Michael Mulgrew fool you by saying the cupboard is bare when the UFT Contract expires in September of 2022. There is plenty of money available as we pointed out the other day in analyzing the final city budget for the 2022 fiscal year. 

For those wondering, the IBO did the math on what salary and benefit increases for city employees would cost the city:

Labor Costs. 

IBO estimates that the cost of a 1.0 percent wage increase and associated fringe costs in each year of the next contract period would require an additional $2.4 billion to be added to the financial plan, $884 million of which would be needed in 2022 and 2023. Any settlement that exceeds increases of 1.0 percent would cost the city that much more. In past years, most annual salary increases have exceeded 1.0 percent, but given the current economic uncertainty, the city may take a hard line on negotiating larger increases. Conversely, many unions will likely push for bigger increases for their membership, particularly in light of the sacrifices many of their members made during the pandemic.

I say the city better be thinking of setting aside around $8.8 billion for its workers just to keep up with expected inflation

19 comments:

Anonymous said...

These are not raises and should never be called raises. They are cost of living increases.

James Eterno said...

This is not close to being a cost of living adjustment.

Anonymous said...

We are not keeping pace with inflation.
Many teachers can not afford to live in NY city.

We need at least 3% per year for the next three years to keep place with inflation
because the government is printing huge amounts of money.

Anonymous said...

How about if ALL MUNICIPAL WORKERS strike simultaneously in protest?one day out and they would find the money pronto. This is a slap in the face not only to us, but to all city workers for sacrificing.no good deed goes unpunished.

Anonymous said...

This shows how this Mayor has handled CB for city workers. He only approved the first time as he wanted his second term. After that he just turned his back. Shouldn't come as a surprise as he squashed the ERI for all unions, which was a struggle (1 year) to get it approved by the State. Lets hope for a better change with the new Mayor. Then again, while DC37 endorsed Adams, UFT didn't even want him as the second or third choice. He may remember that!@@

Anonymous said...

These are the typical starting ‘the cupboard is bare’ figures the city uses all the time—whether it be good times or bad times. If you want more—expect the city to ask for at least an extra 10 minutes a day, maybe extend the top longevity past 22 years— or get the UFT to agree to some more healthcare savings in the next round of MLC/ City healthcare negotiations.

Anonymous said...

Stop thinking nyc or the doe will ever treat us fairly. It’s been decades. Nothing changes. Learn how to play the game and milk this job for all you can. Milking the system is the ny way of life. Or continue to fight the system and aggravate yourself. But don’t fool yourself into thinking the next mayor will be better for teachers. They don’t care what we think. Last March was all the proof we need if we didn’t know it before. Vote Biden for stimulus money? Yeah we see how loyal the democrat party is to the pandering UFT. Teachers won’t benefit from a dime of that money. We’ll get 0% or give back for 1 or 2% . 10:03 is correct a minimum of 3% will be needed as rising inflation eats our paycheck.

Anonymous said...

LOL. Are you shocked? Keep paying those dues.

Anon said...

This is Unsat! Inflation coming as we print more monopoly money. 0-0-&1? How about those clowns on the Board of Elections making tens of thousands in OT and still not getting it right?

Anonymous said...

I expect to hear the bad news that Mulgrew sold out the retirees and all future retirees with Medicare Advantage. By the way most good doctors don't accept. You will probably not be able to keep your doctor.

You should of course feel lucky that you even have insurance and can see a doctor! ha ha..

Anonymous said...

Another complaint written by James followed by a bunch of complaint responses. Nice work for a pro union blog. Don't worry, Mulgrew will never let dues payers down.

Anonymous said...

We're losing money due to inflation

Anonymous said...

We're losing money due to inflation.

Anonymous said...

it amounts to a big pay cut which will adversely affect teachers' families.

Anonymous said...

FOr us to attempt to get any fair contract, we need to vote Mulgrew out. We can't control the mayor but we can control who represents us.

We deserve a COLA and then a raise. We cannot continue to have our salary lose value due to inflation.

We have allowed crappy raises for too long. We don't get bonuses. All we have is our Cost of living increases and a hope of a raise. Should be 5,5,5. The city and Mulgrew have cheated us for far too long.

Anonymous said...

Well if we are going to get no raises then can we give back the extra time from the 2005 contract? Would that not be a fair deal? How about parking? The city can give us things that cost no money at all.

Anonymous said...

So outrageous. The City is flush with money so no early retirement incentive because he needs veteran personnel to remain on the job because we are so important to the City’s revival. Then when it comes to raises, he’s suddenly broke. He has his cake and is enjoying eating it. All the municipal labor unions need to get on the same page and stop this nonsense.

A poor endangered CL said...

Don't worry I'm sure we'll get a 2-2-2 raise as Mulgrew expertly "negotiates" to extend the school year. This is a set-up.

As someone just said - we need to vote Mulgrew out!

Anonymous said...

The rising inflation of the next few years will be financially devastating for teachers.