Attendees: K. Buffkin, K. Bannister, J. Kersaint, P.Diplock
UConn-AAUP Initiates Arbitration in Negotiations
On December 9, 2021, after 52 meetings and 203 total hours of negotiations with the Board of Trustees negotiating team, UConn-AAUP has initiated arbitration to resolve the outstanding issues on the table. The tipping point for your negotiating team was the proposals presented today on Articles 19 Salary and Benefits and 38 Summer and Intercession Compensation. Regarding Article 19, after waiting since April 8th for movement from their 0%, 0%, 1% +1% proposal, the administration returned with a proposal where the only change was in the second year from 0% to .75% GWI plus .75% merit. Nominal rates of .75% and 1% will quickly erode faculty salaries with inflation well over 5%. The Executive Committee supported arbitration when repeated attempts to reach agreement with the administration on engaging an arbitrator failed. The prudent decision was to rely on the mechanism provided in the collective bargaining statute. The statute provides a timeline for engaging an arbitrator, but also allows the parties to continue to meet and work on any unresolved issue. We will update you on any progress along the way.
The parties were able to reach agreement on Article 36 Flexible Semesters.
Administrative Proposals:
Article 19 12.9.21 University Proposal
Article 36 12.9.21 University Counterproposal
Article 38 University Proposal 12.9.21
UConn-AAUP Proposals
Article-36-12.2.21-UConn-AAUP CounterProposal – Flexible Semesters
Article-13-12.2.21-UConn-AAUP-CounterProposal[3] – Non-Tenure Track Faculty
Article 27 12.2.21 UConn Counter Proposal – Discipline of Tenure and/or Tenure Track Faculty
Article 25 12.2.21 UConn-AAUP-Proposal – Merit
Article 24 12.2.21 UConn-AAUP Counter Proposal – Research Assistants and Research Associates
Article 36 12.9.21 UConn-AAUP Counterproposal (TA’s) – Flexible Semesters