{"id":7168,"date":"2023-10-19T17:41:16","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T21:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/?p=7168"},"modified":"2023-10-19T18:26:59","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T22:26:59","slug":"august-31st-18th-negotiating-session-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/august-31st-18th-negotiating-session-2\/","title":{"rendered":"October 5th, 24th NEGOTIATING SESSION"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"198\" src=\"https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Banner-quote-Longer-1024x198.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Banner-quote-Longer-1024x198.png 1024w, https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Banner-quote-Longer-300x58.png 300w, https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Banner-quote-Longer-768x148.png 768w, https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Banner-quote-Longer-1536x297.png 1536w, https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Banner-quote-Longer-2048x396.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>August 14th, 10:00 AM @ Studebaker (Manhatanville), Room 469<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Informal Organizing Committee notes<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ARTICLE 2: APPOINTMENTS &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1bZbgUgJIjIFwX21TuY5BWMSPZx0LSa_h\/view\">Tentatively Agreed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>We&#8217;ve successfully finalized Art 2, a <strong>significant improvement for Fellows&#8217; rights<\/strong>. \u270a\ufe0f\u270a\ufe0f This allows us to enforce that postdocs whose salary is funded by a Fellowship are only classified as independent contractors (i.e receive a stipend) if the agency requires it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Side Letter for Art. 2<\/strong>: We&#8217;re not thrilled with the title\/recognition article. Our contract only mentions the titles covered by the union and references CU Faculty\u2019s Handbook (which they can change at will) which means that technically CU could start appointing workers to a new title to perform our duties. For the sake of moving contract negotiations forward, we tentatively agreed. Although we lack concrete evidence that CU is attempting to carve out our unit, it&#8217;s crucial that we remain vigilant to ensure that new titles aren&#8217;t exploited to strip postdocs\/ARSs of their union rights.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>ARTICLE 4: CHILDCARE:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Finally, the university presented <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1mSN0P7W1hD4n5l1q84lFIPJPfeawXt7x\/view?usp=drive_link\">calculations<\/a> showing the tax advantage of the FSA account over the lump sum for childcare that our colleagues at SWC have.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We modified <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1mSNnssDxU0WKWsvLJoSQYQa3vn9rTa-xwyGrnDefoPY\/edit#heading=h.g5hn40k69g56\">our proposal<\/a> to keep the FSA account but with an extended age eligibility of 13 years and an additional $5,500 for any additional child.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>CU Admin response? <\/em>rejects the age increase and additional per-child support, and only increases the FSA benefit by $1000 (to a total of $5,000 per family) \ud83d\ude24<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>ARTICLE 3: BENEFITS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>The university is adamant about not providing a housing stipend. However, they&#8217;re considering some kind of bonus (likely a one time upon ratification).&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>They modify their <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1_bJIL7sYCAM7SIEVXJZ4lP4YxdfWgyJ0\/view\">Hardship Support Fund<\/a> increasing the amount to a total of $500,000 for a five year contract and agree to the Union and OPA to evaluate the usage of the fund at the end of each academic year.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>ARTICLE 5: COMPENSATION<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>They are reevaluating their salary offer to recognize seniority.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>They will likely reject the lump sum COLA adjustment offering a flat 3% increase per year.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>ARTICLE 29: CONTRACT DURATION<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>The University is currently proposing a 5 year contract term, an attempt to delay future improvements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color\"><strong>DO YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE?<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/contract-campaing\/contract-center\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read the notes from the other sessions<\/a>!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>Follow our next emails with updates on future steps and debriefing sessions!!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>Reach out to us to get involved!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>Follow us on social media! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CPWUAW\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cpw_uaw\/\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@columbiapostdocworkers\">TikTok<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ColumbiaPostdocUnion\">Facebook<\/a>, and join our and <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/BdMzRa7RA8sXMZui6\">Slack<\/a>\u200b.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>Share this info with your friends and colleagues!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 14th, 10:00 AM @ Studebaker (Manhatanville), Room 469 Informal Organizing Committee notes ARTICLE 2: APPOINTMENTS &#8211; Tentatively Agreed ARTICLE 4: CHILDCARE:&nbsp; ARTICLE 3: BENEFITS ARTICLE 5: COMPENSATION ARTICLE 29: CONTRACT DURATION DO YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE? 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