Next bargaining session is Thursday, October 17 from 12:30-3:30 in Chiles 125.
Thank you to all (200+) people who showed up at the last bargaining session. As you heard, the administration is more concerned with talking about bulletin boards than with our salary proposal. Eventually the administration is going to have to actually bargain over salary, and we need as many members in the audience as possible when they do.
Our next bargaining session is this Thursday, October 17 from 12:30-3:30 in Chiles 125. As always, you can come and go, or bring your lunch or some work to do. Your presence really does matter. There is a Zoom option as well.
The administration’s shifting explanations for why they cannot pay us even an average salary underscores the likely conclusion that we may need to force their hand.
Strikes are disruptive and (ironically) a lot of work. We would rather show our power in the bargaining room and, hopefully, avert a strike by encouraging the administration to take seriously the salary proposal we have presented. There are plenty of sessions left to work through the details, but we must receive a salary proposal that is fair and just.
The alternative is a lot of extra curricular work for everyone on campus.