After lengthy delays caused by management’s failure to respond to our multiple requests to schedule bargaining dates and an Unfair Labor Practice complaint filed by our team, negotiations finally began with UC Santa Barbara on Sept. 23-24 on a new contract for Skilled Trades workers.
We presented management with a document containing 23 Articles that we wish to keep as current contract language (CCL) with no changes on the first day of bargaining. Management caucused and came back with a proposal to remove Article 35: Union Access, in order to add language from a previous side letter, and Article 45: Training and Apprenticeship, for further discussion.
The two teams tentatively agreed (TA) to keeping the following 21 Articles at Current Contract Language. The bargaining teams may agree on contract language, but they remain tentative until members vote to accept the entire agreement once negotiations are complete:
3: MANAGEMENT RIGHTS
4: NONDISCRIMINATION RIGHTS
5: PROBATIONARY PERIOD
6: LIMITED APPOINTMENT
13: VACATION
19: LAYOFF AND REDUCTION IN TIME
22: COMPLAINT PROCEDURE
24: ARBITRATION
25: SAFETY
26: SAFETY COMMITTEE
29: MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT
32: DEATH PAYMENTS
33: UNION STEWARDS
34: LABOR/MANAGEMENT RELATIONS
36: USE OF UNIVERSITY FACILITIES
37: BULLETIN BOARDS
38: REALEASED TIME FOR MEET & CONFER
41: SEVERABILITY
43: WAIVER
47: STAFF PERSONNEL RECORDS
51: RESIGNATION
Article 35: Union Access with previous side letter language incorporated was agreed on by both our Union team and management.
On Sept. 24, we proposed changes to Article 7: Hours of Work, Article 8: Overtime, Article 10: Promotion & Temporary Assignments, and Article 11: Holidays. Questions and discussion followed management caucuses.
