For over 100 hours Administration has been stalling at the bargaining table and has only agreed to five low-level improvements to the contract. As the Bunsis report and Howard Bunsis’ recent presentation show, with over $210M in PSU reserves, administration should stop the contract delays and the false budget narratives. Recruit your colleagues, students, and allies to help stop the cuts and win improved working conditions and learning conditions.
In an unexpected move on November 11th, the administration team stated that they weren’t willing to bargain economics until we resolved all the outstanding matters we were already working on. This, despite the fact that weeks ago the teams mutually agreed to devote both days to economics, and these “economic summit” bargaining days had already twice been pushed back at Administration’s insistence.
It is unclear whether this was a delaying tactic, but our team is not willing to let the administration team dictate when we are going to discuss economics, so we stated that we are done with bargaining, and will now go into the mediation phase.
We passed the 150-day milestone on November 11th, but we were willing to continue bargaining as long as there was reason to think we could make progress. The administration announcement this afternoon made it clear that our efforts would not be matched by the other side.
It will likely be at least several weeks before mediation can be scheduled, but the union team remains willing to discuss the outstanding issues, but we will not let the administration dictate the terms of bargaining. It will likely be at least several weeks before mediation can be scheduled, but the union team remains willing to discuss the outstanding issues, but we will not let the administration dictate the terms of bargaining.
Below is the bargaining timeline, and what happens after calling for mediation. You can see an overview of this timeline in our All About Bargaining video. |
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