Substantial economic proposals from the administration
Takeaways:
Dear colleagues,
We met with the administration yesterday morning. They presented a package of counterproposals on Compensation, Benefits, Leaves, Layoffs, Shared Governance, Management Rights, and No Strike/No Lockout. These counterproposals included significant moves toward addressing several of our core priorities, including substantial increases to their proposed salary floors for full- and part-time faculty.
These proposals indicate that Chancellor Gabel’s team is finally taking the steps necessary to arrive at an agreement on the overall contract. We are reviewing the details, and we will work quickly to develop counterproposals to make rapid progress toward a final agreement.
There are still a few issues of concern that must be worked out, but things can move fast from here if the administration continues to work with us. When we tentatively agree to a final contract, there will be a relatively short window of time for union members to review the Tentative Agreement (TA) and vote on it. It will be very difficult for membership cards signed after we reach a TA to be processed and added to the list of eligible voters, since the voting will need to be up and running shortly after the TA is reached. The contract won't go into effect (and no union member will pay dues) until it is ratified by the members of our union. If you would like to have a say in voting on the final contract, it is essential to sign a membership card now.
In solidarity,
Your bargaining committee
Tyler Bickford (chair), Professor, English, Oakland
Pete Bell, Teaching Assistant Professor, Chemistry, Oakland
Nicholas Bircher, Part-time Professor, Nurse Anesthesia, Oakland
Chloe Dufour, Faculty Librarian, ULS, Oakland
Anthony Fabio, Associate Professor, Epidemiology (Public Health), Oakland
Lech Harris (secretary), Part-time Instructor, English, Oakland
James Hill (archivist), Visiting Assistant Professor, History, Oakland
Megan O’Brien, Master Teacher, Falk Laboratory School, Oakland
Sabrina Robinson, Part-time Instructor, Slavic, Oakland
Evan Schneider, Assistant Professor, Physics and Astronomy, Oakland
Paul Scott, Assistant Professor, Health and Community Systems (Nursing), Oakland
Jeffrey Shook, Professor, Social Work, Oakland
Stacey Triplette, Associate Professor, Spanish, Greensburg
Abagael West, Teaching Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences, Oakland
Links!
- The administration made significant moves on compensation and other economic articles.
- This moves us closer to finalizing the full contract. If you want to vote on the final contract, you should sign a membership card immediately.
Dear colleagues,
We met with the administration yesterday morning. They presented a package of counterproposals on Compensation, Benefits, Leaves, Layoffs, Shared Governance, Management Rights, and No Strike/No Lockout. These counterproposals included significant moves toward addressing several of our core priorities, including substantial increases to their proposed salary floors for full- and part-time faculty.
These proposals indicate that Chancellor Gabel’s team is finally taking the steps necessary to arrive at an agreement on the overall contract. We are reviewing the details, and we will work quickly to develop counterproposals to make rapid progress toward a final agreement.
There are still a few issues of concern that must be worked out, but things can move fast from here if the administration continues to work with us. When we tentatively agree to a final contract, there will be a relatively short window of time for union members to review the Tentative Agreement (TA) and vote on it. It will be very difficult for membership cards signed after we reach a TA to be processed and added to the list of eligible voters, since the voting will need to be up and running shortly after the TA is reached. The contract won't go into effect (and no union member will pay dues) until it is ratified by the members of our union. If you would like to have a say in voting on the final contract, it is essential to sign a membership card now.
In solidarity,
Your bargaining committee
Tyler Bickford (chair), Professor, English, Oakland
Pete Bell, Teaching Assistant Professor, Chemistry, Oakland
Nicholas Bircher, Part-time Professor, Nurse Anesthesia, Oakland
Chloe Dufour, Faculty Librarian, ULS, Oakland
Anthony Fabio, Associate Professor, Epidemiology (Public Health), Oakland
Lech Harris (secretary), Part-time Instructor, English, Oakland
James Hill (archivist), Visiting Assistant Professor, History, Oakland
Megan O’Brien, Master Teacher, Falk Laboratory School, Oakland
Sabrina Robinson, Part-time Instructor, Slavic, Oakland
Evan Schneider, Assistant Professor, Physics and Astronomy, Oakland
Paul Scott, Assistant Professor, Health and Community Systems (Nursing), Oakland
Jeffrey Shook, Professor, Social Work, Oakland
Stacey Triplette, Associate Professor, Spanish, Greensburg
Abagael West, Teaching Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences, Oakland
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