Contract 101: Talking About Compensation

IAPE’s Contract 101 series resumes on Wednesday afternoon with a fresh look at compensation and pay increases. The IAPE/DJ collective agreement requires negotiated raises which take effect on July 1 -- but do you know whether you’re entitled to our compensatory raise or a scale increase? Or maybe our minimum-dollar wage hike?

Join us via Zoom on May 19 at 2:00 p.m. EDT to learn more. Register on the IAPE Events page to receive your meeting invitation. We’ll also take a look at the new Dow Jones performance evaluation process and we’ll talk about Holiday Pay, members who might be eligible to exchange vacation time for pay, and other forms of compensation like Shift Differential and Stand-By Pay.

Consider A Pay Review!
As you consider our July 1 mandatory pay increases, you may be wondering whether it’s too late to initiate a merit pay conversation with your manager. Remember: nothing in the IAPE/DJ contract restricts management from providing discretionary pay raises at any time during the year.

If you’re thinking of talking to your boss about an additional raise, consider an IAPE pay review to help prepare for those discussions. An IAPE review is a great way to see how you compare to peers with the same title, working in the same department, location and even age range. Email payreview@iape1096.org for assistance.

Solidarity: It’s For The Birds
National Audubon Society workers have banded together to form Audubon for All, a union working to improve the working conditions for the frontline staff working to protect birds and the places they need. Like IAPE, Audubon for All will be affiliated with the Communications Workers of America (CWA).

Workers have asked Audubon management to voluntarily recognize the union so they can get to the bargaining table and start working together to build a better organization. Unfortunately, Audubon has instead hired a union-busting firm and is continuing to stall this process.

Audubon for All is reaching out to fellow CWA members and encouraging supporters to add their names to a petition asking management to recognize their union. Click here to sign: CWA.org/Audubon.