Bargaining Update for December 5, 2024
Admin Calls for Mediation Our bargaining session on December 5 shifted the dynamic of our contract negotiations moving forward, as the administration’s team announced they intended to file for state mediation. They chose to send this announcement over email rather than facing our members in person—who packed the EMU Crater Lake rooms after rallying, marching through the EMU, and making our voices heard across the campus. After minor discussion on the few proposals left for our side, the administration presented Article 26: Salary packaged into a deal with Article 28: Miscellaneous Benefits and Article 33: Sabbatical. A package offer means that all the specific proposals in each article…