BARGAINING UPDATE
March 29, 2023
Takeaways:
Dear colleagues,
Now that we have presented a complete contract proposal and have received responses from the administration on most non-economic topics, we have a clearer view of the overall status of our contract negotiations. We’ve compiled that into a table with descriptions of each proposal and notes on the progress we’ve made for each. We’ll keep this updated as bargaining continues:
https://www.pittfaculty.org/status-of-bargaining.html
We are proud of the progress we have made, especially on key priorities around appointments and renewals for part-time and non-tenure-stream faculty. We are still pushing the administration to present their proposals on compensation, so we can move toward a complete contract. In the meantime, we will continue to hash out the details of our non-economic proposals to ensure the best possible language to protect our jobs and strengthen our voice at work.
We meet next with the administration on Tuesday, April 4. We are anticipating them coming to the table with counterproposals on Appointment and Renewal, Academic Freedom, Tenure and Promotion, and Shared Governance. These are key areas where we are ready to make progress toward agreements, and the only hold-up is delay on the administration’s side.
The most important thing you can do to help us make progress at the table is to join the Communication and Action Team in your area to inform your colleagues about the issues we are negotiating over, to pass along their feedback to us, and to encourage them to participate in our Union.
In solidarity,
Your bargaining committee
Tyler Bickford (chair), Professor, English, Oakland
Nicholas Bircher, Part-time Professor, Nurse Anesthesia, Oakland
Lauren Collister, 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
Haitao Liu, Professor, Chemistry, Oakland
Stephen Robar, Associate Professor, Political Science, Bradford
Sabrina Robinson, Part-time Instructor, Slavic, Oakland
Valerie Rossi (clerk), Teacher, Falk Laboratory School, 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!
- We are making progress on a range of issues, so we’ve compiled a table with the status of bargaining for all of the proposals that have been presented so far
Dear colleagues,
Now that we have presented a complete contract proposal and have received responses from the administration on most non-economic topics, we have a clearer view of the overall status of our contract negotiations. We’ve compiled that into a table with descriptions of each proposal and notes on the progress we’ve made for each. We’ll keep this updated as bargaining continues:
https://www.pittfaculty.org/status-of-bargaining.html
We are proud of the progress we have made, especially on key priorities around appointments and renewals for part-time and non-tenure-stream faculty. We are still pushing the administration to present their proposals on compensation, so we can move toward a complete contract. In the meantime, we will continue to hash out the details of our non-economic proposals to ensure the best possible language to protect our jobs and strengthen our voice at work.
We meet next with the administration on Tuesday, April 4. We are anticipating them coming to the table with counterproposals on Appointment and Renewal, Academic Freedom, Tenure and Promotion, and Shared Governance. These are key areas where we are ready to make progress toward agreements, and the only hold-up is delay on the administration’s side.
The most important thing you can do to help us make progress at the table is to join the Communication and Action Team in your area to inform your colleagues about the issues we are negotiating over, to pass along their feedback to us, and to encourage them to participate in our Union.
In solidarity,
Your bargaining committee
Tyler Bickford (chair), Professor, English, Oakland
Nicholas Bircher, Part-time Professor, Nurse Anesthesia, Oakland
Lauren Collister, 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
Haitao Liu, Professor, Chemistry, Oakland
Stephen Robar, Associate Professor, Political Science, Bradford
Sabrina Robinson, Part-time Instructor, Slavic, Oakland
Valerie Rossi (clerk), Teacher, Falk Laboratory School, 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!
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