Dear Campus Community,
We've completed our third bargaining session with the Administration. We've made significant progress on boilerplate issues proposed in the last two sessions. We've reached tentative agreement (meaning that barring extreme circumstances, these issues have been decided) on: union recognition, union security, union rights, and union representation at new employee orientation. We made progress on: non-discrimination, the labor-management committee, grievance and arbitration, and employer rights.
Bargaining has started on a positive note. The meetings have been respectful, with all voices heard. We are getting through issues quickly that, while boilerplate, can sometimes take months to settle. In this session, we made proposals related to: faculty development, tuition remission, leaves of absence, and access to tenure-track positions.
We will be asking members of the bargaining unit for feedback on health benefits and performance evaluation over the next couple of weeks. Please look for emails from the contract action team.
Best,
The SCU Adjunct & Lecturer Union Bargaining Team
(Brian Buckley, Patricia Cameron-Loyd, Deirdre Frontczak, Seiko Fuji, Maggie Levantovskaya, Natalie Linnell)
