At the twentieth bargaining session, the University presented revised Benefits and Child Care proposals, and SWC shared a revised proposal on Non-Discrimination.
At the nineteenth bargaining session, the University and SWC continued exchanging proposals, and the union presented slightly revised economic demands. SWC’s proposals still address academic and operational decisions outside the Framework Agreement and far exceed benefits available to other employees at Columbia and peer universities.
In the eighteenth bargaining session, slow movement continued, but the parties remain far apart on the remaining major components of a labor contract. The union’s proposals still infringe inappropriately on academic and operational matters outside the Framework Agreement.
The seventeenth bargaining session saw some movement, although several of the union’s outstanding proposals improperly continue to address academic and operational matters in contravention of the Framework Agreement, and the parties remain far apart on all remaining major elements of a labor contract.
At the sixteenth bargaining session, the University and SWC exchanged and discussed various proposals. The union’s demands continue to implicate academic matters in violation of the Framework Agreement, and the parties remain far apart on all major remaining issues.
The fifteenth bargaining session saw minor movement, but no substantial progress was made, and the parties remain far apart.
At the fourteenth bargaining session, the University and SWC exchanged and discussed various proposals, but remain far apart on virtually all remaining issues, including the most significant elements of a labor contract.
The University and SWC met for a thirteenth bargaining session, exchanged and discussed various proposals, but remain far apart on virtually all significant elements of a labor contract.
At the twelfth bargaining session, the University explained again why several of the union’s proposals are not appropriate for collective bargaining because, rather than directly addressing employment matters, they invade the University’s academic and operational authority. While the parties finalized two Tentative Agreements on minor articles, they remain far apart on virtually all other significant elements of a labor contract.
At the eleventh bargaining session, the University again proposed mediation and put forward various counterproposals. The parties reached a Tentative Agreement on Grievance and Arbitration and consensus on language for two other articles from the existing contract, though they remain far apart on virtually all other issues, including the most significant elements of a labor contract.
At the tenth bargaining session, the parties exchanged various counterproposals. The University again proposed independent mediation, as the parties remain far apart on virtually all issues.
At the ninth bargaining session, SWC made a series of presentations on a dozen new union proposals, without engaging in back-and-forth dialogue with the University or providing answers to University questions. While the parties remain far apart on virtually all issues, the University hopes that SWC will come ready to engage in the dialogue necessary to progress at the next session on April 8.