Submitted by bquirk on February 11, 2020 - 8:49am
UC-AFT Faculty Bargaining Update and FAQ's
February 11, 2020
By Mia L. McIver, Ph.D.
Pre-Continuing Lecturer, UCLA Writing Programs
President, UC-AFT
Chief Negotiator, UC-AFT Faculty Bargaining Unit
mmciver@ucaft.org
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Submitted by bquirk on February 1, 2020 - 9:34am
UC-AFT Faculty Bargaining Session #14
January 29-31, 2020
UC Davis
Contract Expired...Here’s Why and What it Means
At the end of the day on January 31, after three days of bargaining, UC’s team offered a two month contract extension. In response, our team followed the plan we agreed to with our statewide Contract Campaign Committee, and we made a counter offer that would allow a one month extension if UC would sign an agreement to address a standing grievance over salary increases and to commit to pass proposals by February 21 that would accept key concepts from our workload and job security demands.
Submitted by bquirk on January 24, 2020 - 9:28am
Tentative Agreement Reached on Article 38 Severability
A tentative agreement (TA) is reached when both sides accept proposed language for an article and agree to set it aside until agreement is reached on all other articles.
Submitted by bquirk on January 16, 2020 - 9:23am
As Contract Expiration Approached, UC Canceled Day One of this Two Day Session
At 8pm on Monday the 13th, UC’s chief negotiator, Nadine Fishell, cancelled bargaining on 14th. This last minute cancellation cost us valuable time. The clock was ticking toward contract expiration and every minute counted. Most of our team had already travelled to Berkeley, so we made the most of it and had a productive day working in-person on our proposals.
Submitted by bquirk on January 6, 2020 - 10:44am
Solidarity from UC Senate Faculty: President of the Council of UC Faculty Associations Confronts UC Administration
Constance Penley, statewide president of the Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) and UCSB senate faculty member, read a statement from CUCFA in support of our bargaining campaign and added her own powerful words of solidarity. She warned UCOP representatives “not to underestimate the strength of the ladder faculty support for our colleagues who are lecturers” and noted that major faculty and scholarly organizations such as AAUP and MLA have prioritized improving conditions for contingent faculty nationwide. She stressed that UCOP needs to finally “recognize, respect and reward the vital contributions that lecturers -- our colleagues -- make to the campus community.”
Submitted by bquirk on January 6, 2020 - 10:25am
UCLA Members and Supporters Pack the Room...Again!
Our members and student allies showed up in force at UCLA with a presence that filled the room all day. Several members gave moving testimony about failures in the appointment and reappointment process, delayed and/or forgotten merit reviews, including one unfairly punishing a new mother, as well as crooked attempts by the university to change employment terms mid-contract.
Submitted by bquirk on December 10, 2019 - 12:42pm
Submitted by bquirk on October 30, 2019 - 8:11am
The Rocky Bargaining Picture Show
When UC management wants to go backward with major takeaways (such as eliminating all rights to reappointment for pre-continuing faculty and making it easier to lay off continuing faculty), bargaining feels like being stuck in a time warp. With camp and flair, UCSC activists showed admin that they can’t just cast us off into another dimension. More than 200 UC-AFT members, undergraduate students, graduate students, and tenure-track faculty allies put on a Rocky Horror-themed rally with the message that we love teaching UC students too much to let their education get lost in time, lost in space and meaning.
Submitted by bquirk on October 9, 2019 - 7:40pm
Victory for Andrew… Every Lecturer Deserves this Benefit
Negotiations at UCI began with a warm and heartfelt statement of gratitude from UCI lecturer, Andrew Tonkovich, who had just heard the day before the UC management granted his full paid medical leave for Fall quarter. We made progress delivering our initial proposals on Continuing Appointment Review Process, Merit Review Process and a new Review Criteria article. UC managers proposed drastic reduction in the length of notice in the case of layoff.
Submitted by bquirk on October 3, 2019 - 8:44am
Faculty equity...Who needs it? UC negotiators do not think we do!
Our team came to Berkeley prepared with member testimonials, a research based presentation on the efficacy of student evaluations in measuring teaching effectiveness, with detailed questions about UC's proposals and with proposals of our own. Read the full update for all the important details from this two-day session.
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