State engineers in Bargaining Unit 9 have received raises ranging between 7.7 percent and 10.1 percent, a roughly $500- to $900-per-month bump.
The 10,500 engineers represented by Professional Engineers in California Government have received checks ranging between $1,500 to $2,700, minus payroll tax deductions, to cover July, August and September retro pay, according to the union's Web site.
Like CHP officers, PECG members have an agreement with the state that guarantees their pay at levels comparable to those for similar jobs in other agencies. You can read the language in the expired contract that defines Unit 9's "salary parity" by clicking here and scrolling down to Article 3, Salaries and Compensation, on page 8.
Bruce Blanning, PECG's executive director, told the State Worker in a telephone interview this morning that the engineers with this contract, "are now paid the same, on average, as city and county engineers."
PECG says that it is in talks with the state over giving supervisors and managers that it represents the same increases.
We're planning to write about this for Thursday's State Worker column. Any thoughts? We'd love to hear from you here or, if you'd like to be part of the column, you can reach us by clicking on the e-mail link below or calling (916) 321-1043.
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