Faculty union bargaining resumes Friday at 9AM 07/07/2015

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UO’s Board of Trustees had no problem coming up with millions to give raises to the football coaches, the athletic director, and our new president. But now the well is dry. Funny how that works.

The administration’s most recent offer to the faculty was a cut in real pay. Our last raises were on July 1, 2014. The admin proposal is that we wait 18 months for this:

Jan 1 2016, 1% overall:
1% ATB
0% Merit
0% Equity

And then wait another 12 months for this:

Jan 1 2017, 1.5% overall:
0% ATB
1.5% Merit pool by unit (But up to 20% held back at Dean’s discretion.)
0% Equity

With raises at our comparators running at around 3.5% a year, the union pretty much ignored this offer. So the administration will be back with another try on Friday.

I’ll do my best to live-blog it, but it’s best to show up in person, to see just how embarrassed the administration’s bargaining team is by having to try and justify these offers.