USF rejects union request for 3.5 percent pay raise

Courtesy of Joseph C. Gamble/USF

University of South Florida

The University of South Florida rejected a request by the union representing the school?s janitors, secretaries and other workers asking for a cost-of-living pay increase.

University officials said they were unable to meet the pay request, a 3.5 percent raise for each of the next two years, due to cuts in higher education funding by the state, the Tampa Tribune said. The requested raise would begin next July for 1,600 employees.

In refusing the increase, USF cited the fact that the state legislature reduced funding for Florida higher education by 25 percent since 2008, the Tribune said. USF endured a $45 million cut this year.

Critics noted that the base pay of USF President Judy Genshaft has increased by 19 percent over the past five years.

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