Effective upon ratification of the agreement, Fiscal Year 2005-06 – The general range adjustment provided for non-represented academic employees shall be applied to the Librarian salary scale as indicated in Appendix __. If the general range adjustment is less than 2% the parties will meet to discuss the distribution of the adjustment.

Fiscal Years 2005-06, 2006-07 and 2007-08 and 2008-09 - When the contract is in effect, librarians will receive general range adjustments in an amount equal to and on the same date as any general range adjustments provided for non-represented academic employees.

Librarians in the bargaining unit shall be eligible for merit increases to the extent and in the same manner as they are provided to non-represented academic employees.

UC-AFT acknowledges that during the course of the contract the University may allocate funds to provide non-general range adjustments to non-represented academic employees and that such adjustments will not be provided to members of this unit except through completion of the bargaining process.

Provisions regarding general range adjustments and merit increases shall remain in effect during the contract term. However, when the contract is not in effect or during reopeners, if any, on Salary, any increases must be expressly agreed to by the parties.

Librarians cannot grieve the amount of the general range adjustment, however, the implementation of the amount and timing of the general range adjustment is subject to grievance and arbitration.

The salary for Assistant Librarian I will be increased as identified below.

Effective October 1, 2005 the minimum salary for Assistant Librarian I will be increased to $39,000.

Effective October 1, 2006 the minimum salary for Assistant Librarian I will be increased to $40,008.

1. Merit Increases - for those eligible Librarians effective July 1 of any given year.
2. General Range Adjustments - effective October 1, 2005, October 1, 2006 and October 1, 2007.
3. Additional Salary Scale Adjustments - for those in the Assistant Librarian I title effective October 1, 2005 and October 1, 2006.