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May 12, 2023
Topics for discussion:
Compensation, term faculty, sabbaticals/leaves, contact hours, CBA & MOU language clean-up, language surrounding medical leaves, updating some forms of communication to be electronic, employer-proposed changes in MOU policy, the ability to grieve merit
May 22, 2023
Topics:
Racial harassment, tenure clock extensions, non-birth parent leave, student loan repayment, medical and other leaves, work assignment, CBA language clean-up, sabbaticals and single-semester leaves, contact hour limits, corrective and disciplinary action, grievance procedures
June 2, 2023
Topics:
Compensation for off-contract work, promotion tracks for term faculty, protection from the “heinous clause," increase to faculty minimum salaries, corrected salary inversions, annual salary adjustment, course releases for admin positions, multiple tenure stop clocks for birth parents, parental leave
June 13, 2023
Topics:
Hourly and overload pay, tenure clock exceptions for multiple birth/adoption events, term faculty employment security, sabbaticals and SSLs, grievance procedures, parental leaves, teaching evaluations (STRs), previous Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs), contact hour workload
June 21, 2023
Topics:
Protection from racial harassment, student loan repayment, stopping the tenure clock more than once, workload, hourly pay, protection from the “heinous clause,” entrepreneurial leaves, sabbaticals, SSLs, student ratings of teaching, workload limits, course releases from admin work, merit pay for merit only, and a salary floor adjustment commensurate with inflation
August 9, 11, 17, 2023
Topics:
Term faculty promotion tracks, multi-year appointments, student ratings of teaching, sabbaticals, hourly pay for off-appointment work, course releases for administrative work, protection from racial harassment, job security/“heinous clause,” merit pay for merit, annual salary adjustments
Week of Sept. 1, 2023
the Employer filed with the Minnesota Bureau of Mediation Services for assistance in bargaining with UEA
November 13, 2023
Mediation #1
November 14, 2023
Mediation #2
Racial harassment, teaching evaluations, and term faculty promotion tracks
January 4 & 5, 2024
Mediation #3
Term faculty promotion tracks, teaching evaluations, term faculty job security, sabbaticals, annual salary adjustments, salary study recommendations, merit pay for merit, MOUs
March 18, 2024
Mediation #4