Dear Colleagues,

with the recent distribution of the current CBA, the Faculty Federation is asking that members submit proposals for changes that they would like to see in the contract as the Federation prepares to begin bargaining for a successor contract (2024-2027) in the Fall.

Proposals should be submitted in contractual-like language and should clearly describe what it is that you are asking to be changed. The best and simplest method is to copy the relevant sections from the current (2023) Faculty Federation Agreement (the PDF file available here 2020-2023 Faculty Federation Contract) into a Word file and note the modification. Using track changes isn’t necessary and can actually be confusing. 

If the changes are a few words in a paragraph, then strike-through what you want to delete and add (in a different colour) inline the new language you are proposing. For more extensive changes, strike-though the entire paragraph(s) and add (in colour) the replacement text immediately below. This way it will be clear to the negotiating team exactly what changes are being proposed when they review the submitted proposals. Also, note in your submission the article number and the page number it appears on in the current (2020-2023) Faculty Federation Agreement.

Please also include a brief paragraph outlining the proposed changes and the rationale for them.

The process for determining the final packet of proposals that the Faculty Federation will bring to the bargaining table is as follows:

• proposals requesting changes may be submitted by any member of the Faculty Federation

• the Federation’s negotiating team will review all submissions in order to create a final packet of proposals. This may include merging language and ideas from multiple proposals addressing the same topic

• the packet of proposals will be presented to the Federation membership at a special Federation meeting

As the end of the academic year is almost upon us, formal negotiations with the Administration will not begin until the Fall.  However, as the Federation is aware that some people have already developed proposals for changes to the contract, these can be submitted for consideration by the Federation’s negotiating team.  Please submit these to Stacey in the Federation Office before May 31.  There will be preliminary discussions with the Administration regarding these early submissions over the summer.

The deadline for submitting all proposals to the Federation is Friday September 20, 2024.  The negotiating team will review all of the submissions to create the final packet of proposals that will be brought to negotiations. The meeting to review this packet will be held sometime in early October, before formal negotiations with the Administration begin.

Regards,

Negotiating Team Chair