4/15/22 LEO-GLAM Bargaining Recap

Our April 15th session featured packages galore, and a high score for the number of TAs in one day. While we continue to make progress on reaching TAs, there are still many significant issues on the table.

In the morning, administration gave us a package of two articles on topics of great importance to you, our members—”Appointments & Annual Reviews,” and “Promotion of LACs.” We have spent a considerable amount of time discussing these topics at the table, in small groups, and in caucus. While administration is making movement in response to our testimony, we still see several areas in both proposals that give us cause for concern. For example, administration has reinserted language about LACs who are ineligible for promotion, and has rejected key elements of our promotion proposal regarding the composition of an appropriate Promotion Review Committee.

We are still waiting for administration to respond to our large economic proposals that include Professional Development and Salary which we passed on February 18th. 

Highlights of the bargaining session: 

• LEO-GLAM put forward package 2

  • Union Dues, Information & New Hire Reporting, Posting & Notification

• LEO-GLAM put forward package 3

  • Benefits, Unpaid Leaves, Workload, Work Schedules & Locations, MOU on Support for International LACs

• Admin put forward four packages

  • Package F- Promotion of LACs, Appointments & Annual Reviews

  • Package G- Conflict of Interest/Commitment, Grievance & Arbitration, Felony Disclosure, Discipline & Dismissal, Non- Discrimination, and Harassment 

  • Package H- Release Time for Union Officials, Family & Medical Leave

  • Package  I- No Strike, Posting & Notification, Information & New Hire Reporting, Dues Deduction

• We reached a TA on Admin’s package I, bringing our total TA count to 17! 

We hope the end of the semester is treating you gently, and we hope to see many of you at our first action tomorrow, as we march from the Diag to the Buhr building in solidarity. Make sure to register if you haven’t yet! See you at Bargaining again next Friday.