On July 1, 2015, the State ordered the nine state colleges and universities to stop paying collectively negotiated salary increments (salary steps) to faculty, librarians and professional staff. We, the undersigned, call upon the New Jersey City University Board of Trustees to make a commitment to justly compensate these employees. We call upon the Board to practice sound fiscal management and to set aside, in escrow, funds that shall make whole all employees due retroactive salary increments upon the conclusion of labor negotiations.