Your Negotiation Team continues to fight for fair evaluations, job security, and benefits for our members. At FAM-T bargaining today, we countered on Leaves, Benefits, Financial Exigency and Academic Reorganization, and presented packages on Faculty Evaluations & Performance Improvement Plans, and Management Rights & Association Rights. These proposals protect our members’ benefits and job security and would provide service credit for the work our members do on behalf of the union.
We requested information today about management’s new evaluation-of-workload rubric, which has implications for faculty evaluations, promotion and tenure, and discipline and discharge. Given those implications, we insisted that the union be given the results of department chairs’ input when it is received. If you haven’t already, please fill out our information form about the new evaluation-of-workload rubric.
We asked management to review and correct two proposals, their Compensation counter and their Benefits proposal regarding possible increases in premiums. Both appeared to include errors.
Management continues to try to devalue tenure by instituting post-tenure review. We are committed to fighting this and we maintain that the university has other avenues for addressing poor job performance, including through performance improvement plans.
We are committed to getting our members a complete contract, and we are close. Let’s keep the momentum going! SAVE THE DATE! On Friday morning at 9am, December 13th, we are planning a major show of force at the Board of Trustees meeting and we need as many people as possible to demonstrate the strength of solidarity. RSVP here — We need YOU there to get this contract done!
You can read all proposals in full at our website!
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FAM Question of the Day
Q: Why haven’t I gotten a raise/when will I receive a raise?
A: Management has refused to offer raises or even come with a serious proposal on compensation. We proposed an MOU to management about giving bargaining unit members a raise while we bargain the contract, but management rejected it. They have already earned about $600,000 in interest on money that is rightly yours. Giving raises to other employees while bargaining is ongoing is a common union-busting move.
We continue to push for a compensation package that not only makes faculty whole from the loss of wages, but will also secure future raises. As long as management continues to undervalue our work and role at this university, we must continue to make them feel the pressure of why we demand our compensation proposal. This comes from growing membership, wearing or displaying FAM swag, and showing up to our membership meeting on Sept. 6.
PS: Get answers here to your questions about raises, pace of bargaining, and more.
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