Nurses and Therapists Contract History

	1982-1983	1984-1987	1987-1990	1991-1995	1995-2000	2000-2003
	1982 Arbitration - Summer			Fact Finding: Aug. 1992 shortened workday and 5.5% salary increase	Arbitration-2000-overtime (won) Arbitration-1998-July 3 (lost)	16.5% increase across the board (including experience, ed. differential, and tuition reimbursement
Tuition	$1,100	$1,600	$1,600	$1,840	$2,076
Longevity	7 years - $250	7 years - $250 10 years - $500 15 years - $750 20 years - $1,000		7 years - $1,725 10 years - $2,875 15 years - $4,025 20 years - $4,600	7 years - $1,976 10 years - $3,242 15 years - $4,540 20 years - $5,188	New longevity step at 22 years, retroactive from Dec. 16, 2002 (provided 18% increase in longevity diff.) 7 years - $2,300 10 years - $3,860 15 years - $5,460 20 years - $6,230 22 years - $7,000
Education Differential	BS: $378 MA: $756	BS: $437 MA: $874	BS: $750 MA: $1,500	BS: $862 MA: $1,725	BS: $972 MA: $1,946
Working Hours	35 hours/week 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.	35 hours/week 8 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.	35 hours/week 8 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.	29 hours, 10 min/week or 6 hours, 20 min/day
Vacation			Christmas & Easter (Before this we used vacation days)	Mid-winter Recess All school holiday (Brooklyn-Queens Day) Part-time 20 hours health benefits
Special Negotiation Consultation Items					Stipend for a SBT & SIT - '98-'99 PERB '97 - IEP vs. 504 Stopped DOE proposal for Evaluation of Staff '96 1999 - Separation of supervisors from chapter