This month, the University’s bargaining committee met with the faculty union on May 9th, 16th and 23rd to continue negotiating an initial collective bargaining agreement. All of the May sessions were held virtually. During the May sessions the bargaining committees engaged in discussions at the table as well as sidebar discussions.
The University’s bargaining committee opened the May 9th session by presenting counter proposals on Academic Workload, Appointment, Promotion and Renewal of Tenured Stream Faculty, Appointment and Promotion of Tenured Faculty, Layoff and No Strike No Lockout.
During the afternoon, the union responded by presenting the University with a suite of proposals, which included counter proposals on Notice of Appointment, Appointment, Renewal and Promotion of Full-time Appointment Stream Faculty, Appointment Renewal and Promotion of Part-time Appointment Stream Faculty, Visiting Faculty, Appointment Promotion and Tenure of Tenure Stream Faculty and Layoff and Recall. The union also presented the University with a counter proposal on Academic Workload.
The May 16th bargaining session began with the University’s bargaining committee presenting counter proposals on Faculty Evaluations, Management Rights and Non-discrimination, Anti-harassment and Anti-bullying. In the afternoon, the union responded by presenting counter proposals on Performance Evaluations and Non-discrimination, Anti-harassment and Anti-bullying. The parties made progress towards reaching an agreement on the Non-discrimination, Anti-harassment and Anti-bullying article. In addition to discussing the counter proposals presented during the session, the parties also engaged in discussion on proposals previously presented, including tenure and tenure stream faculty, management rights and visiting faculty.
On May 23rd, the final bargaining session of the month, the University’s bargaining committee presented counter proposals on Non-discrimination, Anti-harassment and Anti-bullying, Notice of Appointment, Appointment of Part-time Appointment Stream Faculty and Visiting Faculty. After review and discussion of the University’s proposals, the union presented a counter proposals on Non-discrimination, Anti-harassment and Anti-bullying and Visiting Faculty. At the close of the session, the union accepted the University’s counter proposal on Notice of Appointment and as such, the parties may have a tentative agreement on this proposal. The parties also reached a tentative agreement on Non-discrimination, Anti-harassment and Anti-bullying.
Following this session, the University’s bargaining committee provided the union with another counter proposal on Academic Workload.
The parties will meet again on June 14th, 20th and 23rd.
The counter proposals presented by the University at the May sessions can be accessed here.