Bargaining Blog 11.2.22
This session brings us closer to wrapping up our non-economic proposals! We are excited to move on to the next phase of bargaining very soon. In this most recent session, we counterproposed on: Union Membership and Dues: we continue to negotiate over whether the University will process deductions when employees have opted to contribute to COPE, which is SEIU’s political action committee. COPE funds support legislative efforts to improve workers’ rights in Illinois and nationally. We consider an elective deduction of this sort to be no more difficult to process than those the University already processes for payroll deductions for transit cards, parking passes, or the NU Cares fund. Furloughs and Layoffs: we continue to negotiate over the amount of notice required for furloughs or layoffs. We strongly feel that represented workers deserve more than a few days notice when furloughs or layoffs are planned. The union would also like more notice so that we have time to negotiate with the