Increment Information September 23, 2024
The University has passed proposals on more than 30 different potential articles for the collective bargaining agreement and entered into 11 tentative agreements with the Union.
Increment Information September 23, 2024
On Friday, Sept. 20, 2024, FAM bargaining unit faculty and librarians held a rally on campus to demand that the University agree to a fair contract and robust raises. The University began bargaining with the faculty and librarian units in August 2023 and has consistently engaged in good faith negotiations over wages, benefits and other terms and conditions of employment of FAM’s members. The University has passed proposals on more than 30 different potential articles for the collective bargaining agreement and entered into 11 tentative agreements with the Union. Both parties have passed proposals and engaged in robust discussions on compensation, benefits, leaves and other economic terms that they propose be included in the agreement. Discussions on these matters are ongoing.
At the start of these negotiations, the Union proposed that the University provide FAM faculty and librarians with a 2% increase for 2023—2024. In response to the Union’s demand, the University asked FAM whether it would be willing to agree that its proposed 2% increase would be the total annual increment that its members would receive for the first year of their respective collective bargaining agreements, which will be effective 2023. FAM’s response was that even if the University agreed to a 2% increase, it intended to bargain for more. In light of FAM’s position, the University informed the Union that it could not agree to its proposed 2% increase for 2023—2024 but that, consistent with its legal obligations, it negotiate wages for the new collective bargaining agreements in a manner that ensured employees were paid fairly while allowing the University to operate effectively. Good faith negotiations involve give and take by both parties. The University has consistently engaged in negotiations with FAM in an effort to reach an agreement that includes fair compensation for FAM bargaining unit members and will continue to do so.
