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"It's a violation of the labor process once you have a tentative agreement to go back and reopen negotiations," [AFT-Wisconsin president Bryan] Kennedy said. "It's political theater at its worst."

… Walker said that he'd be unlikely to seek benefits concessions from state workers for the months they've already worked and would more likely seek to have workers pay more for health or pension benefits in early 2011. He said the newly Republican Legislature should "absolutely" consider legislation that would strengthen the hand of his administration at the bargaining table.

The documents unveiled some changes which Doyle failed to share. As for overtime, the decision as to how overtime will be paid to employees, either at time-and-a-half in cash, or compensatory time or a combination thereof, is moved from the employer (the state, or the taxpayers) to the employees.

…. Another perk for employees could be a sick pay conversion. The proposed contract would allow retirees to convert any unused sick leave at retirement at the highest pay rate earned in state service — not what they were being paid at the time they stopped working. The same conversion rate could be used when determining sick leave for a work-related injury or disease.

More pay can be had if an employee is injured on the job and needs to be treated at a hospital. If they are released from the hospital after the regular shift ended, they can receive up to 2 hours of straight time pay…

• More than 95 percent of the employees represented by the WPEC will see health insurance premium increases in 2011 of only $5 per month for individual plans and $11 per month for family plan from what they were paying in 2009….[Monthly employee portion of premium in 2011 would be $36 for single coverage, $89, family. (p. 10 of .pdf)]
• The president of the union is granted 120 extra hours with out loss of pay to conduct union business. The previous contract granted 600 hours, this new contract, 720. (That’s 18 weeks).
• Some agencies and campuses block job hunting web sites. The new contract allows union employees to access those sites from work or to take the time necessary to access them from a job center.
• A change is included that prevents the state from requiring an employee who fails his probationary period to pay back personal holiday hours used in the previous year. Personal holiday hours are normally lost if they are not used by the end of the year.

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