Bargaining Blog 10-17-22
Happy anniversary NULWU! October 12 was the one-year anniversary of our march on the provost’s office to deliver our union petition. We have come so far since then: announcing our intent to unionize, our election win, and now we’re a union bargaining at the table with the University! What is the best way to celebrate our anniversary? Negotiating a contract! This session we negotiated over three proposals: Union Membership & Dues, Subcontracting, and Layoffs. We were able to come to a Tentative Agreement (TA) on Subcontracting. We appreciate that the university agreed to not displace any bargaining unit staff members with contract workers. We also TA’d on Management Rights, a mandatory subject of bargaining that affirms the university has the right to operate and manage the university as long as that does not conflict with the Collective Bargaining Agreement. We made a lot of progress on Union Membership & Dues. One point we’re still negotiating on is how the COPE funds w