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2024-2027 Bargaining

Bargaining Update 02-26-2025

March 5, 2025

Where we are: USA's Bargaining Team is continuing to work on counters to the University's proposals. Since November, we have been waiting for counters from the University. Today they provided 4 counters and outright rejected 7 of our proposals without a counter. Executive Director of EH&S and Emergency Management Jeff Hescock joined the University's team today to discuss … [Read more...] about Bargaining Update 02-26-2025

Let Them Eat Lobsters

February 25, 2025

"Still Life with a Lobster" by Jan Davidsz from Toledo Museum of Art By Alexis Ali, Professional Staff Union (PSU) Communications Committee (Note from the University Staff Association (USA): This editorial, originally posted by PSU is being shared to USA's website as part of the campus-wide unions' continuing  collective bargaining efforts towards fair contract. You can … [Read more...] about Let Them Eat Lobsters

Bargaining Update 02-12-2025

February 17, 2025

February 12th, 2025 Where we are: Today we brought questions to management regarding their proposals. We asked the University’s representatives for status updates on their counters or responses to USA’s proposals. We shared our Proposal Tracker, which shows that the University has not presented a single counter proposal since we presented our last proposal in November. You … [Read more...] about Bargaining Update 02-12-2025

Bargaining Update 02-05-2025

February 17, 2025

Where we are: Today we continued the process of presenting our counter proposals and brought questions to management regarding their proposals. USA brought a counter to the University Proposal on Article 26 Disciplinary Action. The University's representatives did not bring any counters, and made comments on our counterproposal and the informally countered USA Proposal 14: Farm … [Read more...] about Bargaining Update 02-05-2025

Bargaining Update 01-15-25

February 17, 2025

Where we are: Today we continued the process of presenting our counter proposals and brought questions to management regarding their proposals. USA brought a counter to the University General Proposal on Article 7. Management informally countered USA Proposal 14: Farm Superintendent Reclassification. USA also brought questions to management to inform our future counters. USA's … [Read more...] about Bargaining Update 01-15-25

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