The latest Union analysis of the Potsdam administration’s 2007 application of the salary equity model agreed upon by the Labor Management Committee in 2002 is posted here: 2007 application of the salary equity model (.doc file).
The report concludes,
First of all, $100,000 does not move the center of the mass of salaries very far, but we are always grateful for whatever we get.
Second, as we noted elsewhere, the administration’s model continues to compress salaries. Although it is not as apparent this year as it was the last time the model was applied, because $300,000 was allotted last time, a year of service to the College is worth less after the model made its adjustments than before. The average worth of a year of service decreased by about $30 for all three ranks. This will continue to happen every time the model is used because it is inherent in the model. We think that the administration should stop saying that their model “accounts for” salary compression (unless by “accounts for” they mean “increases”), and admit that compression is not really a major concern—at least not one important enough to compel an adjustment of its method for distributing inequity raises.
But don’t take our word for it — take a look at the data in the report for yourself.
