We are still very close to having changes ready to be brought to the faculty for ratification. Salaries didn't go the way we had hoped - the administration's latest offer was 4.5% increase to the base for initial hires; 5% increase to the base for returning faculty; and $3 added to the overload. The team accepted the offer because it does provide for a differential between new hires and returning faculty. It's our hope to continue to address the issue of salary compression when the entire contract is open next year.
While most discussion surrounding Article 18 (Distance Learning) has gone well, section 18.05 has proven to be difficult. It continues to be PJCFA's position that class size cannot be increased by more than 10% and that any increase in class size must be done in consultation with the faculty member. The Administration's position is that class size can be set before an instructor is assigned a section. Once the faculty member agrees to teach that section, then class size can only be increased by 10%.
PJCFA's position is that if you taught a class last term and the class size was 20 and if you are teaching the same class this term, class size should only be increased by 10%. So the discussion continues.......
One agreed upon change in Article 18 is that class size consultations will be done on a section by section basis rather than the current wording of "course by course."
Bargaining will be held next on Monday, June 25th at 1pm in Room 416 and is open to all.
2 comments:
I greatly appreciate the hard work of the bargaining committee. It is strange, though, that career service employees are getting a 7% increase, other staff employees are getting a 5% increase, yet we had to negotiate for that same 5% increase.
You're right, Julie. It's more than strange that we have to negotiate to get the same raise (most years) that everyone else gets without all the stress of negotiations.
Tom Grow was very firm in his comments to Dr. Samuels about "just tell the team what the best offer is and let's get this over with." Not negotiating on our part, either, but at least not spending a lot of time that could be put to better use on articles where we can negotiate.
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