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.
During the fifth bargaining session between the University and SWC, the parties discussed multiple topics but made no meaningful progress and remain far apart on virtually all issues.
The University and SWC met to bargain for a fourth time but remain far apart on the issues discussed.
The University and SWC met for contract negotiations, although remain far apart on the various issues discussed.
The University and SWC met for the first time since March and agreed to future meetings. Because the union continued to focus predominantly on several issues beyond the scope of a collective bargaining agreement, the parties did not make meaningful progress in the session itself.
The University attended the scheduled bargaining session at the scheduled time and place, attempted unsuccessfully to persuade SWC to stay and bargain when the union arrived late, and remains ready to finalize an agreement that benefits all.
The following response was shared with the SWC Bargaining Committee regarding posts falsely alleging the University canceled a bargaining session scheduled for October 6.
With the current contract expired, the University has proposed extending the contract for one year while negotiations continue for a longer-term successor contract; extension proposal includes implementing the University’s June 9 compensation offer.
The SWC again did not attend scheduled negotiations. The University has provided a compensation proposal, after previously sharing a complete set of non-economic and benefits proposals, with no response from the union.