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.
At the eighth bargaining session, SWC continued to press demands that would infringe the University and faculty’s authority over academic and operational matters, in violation of the Framework Agreement. The parties agreed to continue meeting although they remain far apart on virtually all issues.
The seventh bargaining session between the University and SWC included extensive discussion about International Student Employees, and the union waited until the closing minutes of the session to put forward 18 additional proposals, so they could not be discussed. The parties remain far apart on virtually all issues, including the appropriate limitation of collective bargaining to employment matters.
SWC continues to disavow the Framework Agreement’s limitation of collective bargaining to employment matters and advance expansive proposals that contest the faculty’s control over academics and the University’s discretion over operations. The parties remain far apart.