Update on Bargaining

Hello Everyone,

I am writing to let you know about what has been happening in negotiations.We have met five times since the beginning of term. There were more meetings scheduled but the demands imposed upon some Administration team members by the security threat resulted in some cancellations.So far we have exchanged proposals on Academic Freedom, Appointments, Rights & Responsibilities, Discipline, Grievance, Termination, and Existing Practices. We have started looking at Tenure and Promotion, and we expect to table entirely new language on Intellectual Property and Privacy by November. We plan to have exchanged non-monetary proposals by the end of November and then we will start on monetary items in December.

The Executive has started to organize the Communication and Job Action Committees. You can expect to hear a call for volunteers for each in the not to distant future. Once the Communication Committee is underway you can expect to hear regular reports from them.

Regards to you all,

Lisa