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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Sent on behalf of Academic Senate Chair Kenneth Barish<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">I am passing on the following communication regarding the short-term extension of the UAW contract for Academic Student Employees and Graduate Student Researchers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Ken Barish<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Academic Senate Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#F1AB00;mso-ligatures:none">__________________________</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#4F81BD;mso-ligatures:none">Cherysa Cortez
</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#7A6E67;mso-ligatures:none">CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> UC Senate Supervisors of Academic Council <UCSUPS-L@LISTSERV.UCOP.EDU>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Monica Lin<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, November 15, 2024 4:54 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> UCSUPS-L@LISTSERV.UCOP.EDU<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [for distribution]: Provost Newman Communication re UAW Contract Extension<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>ACADEMIC SENATE DIVISION CHAIRS</b><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">On behalf of Academic Council Chair Cheung, I am forwarding the attached letter from systemwide Provost Katherine Newman for delivery to the faculty on your campuses.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For additional UC-UAW information, please see: <a href="https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/resources/employment-policies-contracts/negotiation-updates/uaw-news-and-updates/">
https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/resources/employment-policies-contracts/negotiation-updates/uaw-news-and-updates/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">cc: Divisional Senate Executive Directors<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Monica H. Lin, PhD</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> (<i>she/her</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Systemwide Academic Senate<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#215E99"><a href="mailto:monica.lin@ucop.edu"><span style="color:#215E99">monica.lin@ucop.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> | (510) 541-7517<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#215E99"><a href="https://senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/"><span style="color:#215E99">senate.universityofcalifornia.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;letter-spacing:-.3pt">NOTE: This email may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review or distribution by others is strictly prohibited. If you have
received this message in error, please notify me immediately and destroy the related message. Thank you for your cooperation.</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> Mariel Christian <<a href="mailto:Mariel.Christian@ucop.edu">Mariel.Christian@ucop.edu</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Katherine Newman<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, November 15, 2024 4:38 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Steven Cheung <<a href="mailto:Steven.Cheung@ucop.edu">Steven.Cheung@ucop.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Provost Newman Communication re UAW Contract Extension<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">This letter is sent on behalf of UC System Provost and Executive Vice President Katherine S. Newman. For your convenience, the text of the letter is below. The signed
letter is attached as a pdf. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">ACADEMIC COUNCIL CHAIR STEVEN CHEUNG<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dear Academic Council Chair Cheung:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I am writing to you regarding a tentative agreement between the University of California and International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement
Workers of America (UAW) regarding a contract extension on the Academic Student Employee (TAs, Readers, Tutors) and Graduate Student Researcher (GSRs) collective bargaining agreements.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">As we recently discussed with Academic Council and the Faculty Advisory Committee on Graduate Education and Employment, the University and the UAW has been working on a
confidential basis with union leadership on a potential contract extension that would be mutually beneficial. This process allowed the parties to discuss privately whether a short extension would be possible but also limited our ability to engage in substantive
discussions with valued stakeholders about the negotiations. Having reached an agreement –
<b>which is pending a ratification vote by UAW members</b> – we are now at liberty to bring our faculty colleagues into this conversation. (Fortunately, the confidentiality provisions will not exist for the next round of successor bargaining and we look forward
to extensive stakeholder engagement at that time.) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">On the afternoon of November 15, 2024, the parties reached a tentative agreement that adds additional months to the existing agreement and hence extends the contract expiration
date from May 31, 2025, to January 1, 2026. One of the most important consequences of this change would be to ensure that the contracts will no longer expire during finals and commencement, a particularly sensitive time for all of our campuses.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Graduate student employees receive their annual salary range adjustment on an October-September cycle, with the general range adjustment effective on October 1 annually.
If ratified, the agreement calls for ASE and GSR salary scales to be range adjusted by 4% on October 1, 2025, which is an on-cycle range adjustment. Nothing about this contract extension changes the normal salary range adjustment cycle or process for graduate
student employees. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Beyond the salary scales, a novel feature of this agreement involves the creation of a pilot “transition position program.” This was a particularly important concern for
the UAW. It will provide for a very limited number of graduate student employees to apply for a transitional position if they have an irreparable employment-related conflict with their supervisor, or if their supervisor has left the University. This pilot
program sunsets with the rest of the agreement on January 1, 2026. Other than these two revisions to the ASE and GSR collective bargaining agreements, all other terms remain the same.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">This modest contract extension benefits both faculty and students, including undergraduate students. Through consultation with Academic Senate committees, including Academic
Council, Academic Personnel (UCAP), Coordinating Committee on Graduate Affairs (CCGA), Faculty Welfare (UCFW), and the newly formed Faculty Advisory Committee on Graduate Education and Employment, we know that the current contract expiration date of May 2025
is potentially disruptive, especially vis a vis the administration of final examinations and commencement activities. With this contract extension, we are moving toward a January expiration cycle rather than a May cycle.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Moving the expiration date to January 1, 2026, also lays the groundwork for more productive bargaining. With this additional time, we will be working closely, and in collaboration
with, the faculty representatives to the bargaining team, as well as the faculty advisory committee established by the Academic Senate, to engage in robust preparations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">There are also consequential legal disputes between the parties that we believe will be resolved this Spring, including disputes around recognition and the “no strikes”
clause. The resolution of these issues is likely to impact bargaining proposals; having resolution prior to bargaining will allow us to be better prepared at the table.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Attached to this letter is a set of questions and answers to provide further information on this contract extension. I ask that you share my letter and the Q&A attachment
with the divisional Senate Chairs to distribute broadly to all faculty. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Finally, I wish to thank you, and our faculty colleagues, for providing expertise and advice as we began consulting over the past few months in preparation for negotiations.
We believe that this has substantially improved the process and enhanced our collective understanding of faculty concerns, which is precisely what the establishment of these consultative bodies was intended to accomplish. I look forward to finding common ground
with our union colleagues to reach a successful agreement once negotiations begin in earnest next summer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Thank you for your time and dedication to our academic community.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:3.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:3.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:3.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Katherine S. Newman<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:3.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">UC System Provost and
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:3.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:3.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:3.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">UC Berkeley Chancellor’s Distinguished Professor of Sociology & Public Policy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Attachment: Questions and Answers re Contract Extension<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">cc: President Drake<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Chancellors<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Academic Council Vice Chair Palazoglu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Nava<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Executive Vice President Rubin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Executive Vice Chancellors and Provosts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer Bustamante<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Senior Vice President Turner<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Laboratory Director Witherell<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Vice President Brown<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Vice President/Vice Provost Gullatt<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Interim Vice Provost Haynes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Vice President Humiston<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Vice President and Chief of Staff Kao<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Vice President Lloyd<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Vice President Maldonado
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Vice Provosts/Vice Chancellors for Academic Personnel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Vice Chancellors for Research<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Deputy Provost Lee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Associate Vice Provost Jennings<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Associate Vice President Matella<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Assistant Vice Provosts/Vice Chancellors for Academic Personnel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Chief Human Resource Officers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Graduate Deans<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Executive Director Lin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Deputy General Counsel Woodall<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Principal Counsel Crossen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Acting Chief of Staff Garber<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Deputy Chief HR Officer and Chief of Staff Henderson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Labor Relations Directors<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Chief Policy Advisor McAuliffe<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Attachment – Questions and Answers re Contract Extension<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Below, please find a set of questions and answers related to this contract extension.
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">When is the University going to start bargaining with UAW regarding the newly merged graduate student employee (ASE/GSR)
unit?<o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ol>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Subject to the UAW's ratification vote, the University will start bargaining with the graduate student employee unit in July of 2025. The parties have agreed to meet six months before
the contract expires on January 1, 2026 to provide adequate time to negotiate a fair contract. The parties have also agreed to set ground rules before bargaining starts to ensure that issues that are unique to graduate student researchers and academic student
employees are appropriately addressed. <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I thought that bargaining for graduate student employees was going to start in February of 2025, has that date changed? <o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ol>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Subject to the UAW's ratification vote, yes. The current ASE and GSR contracts’ duration is two and a half years. The University and UAW agreed to a brief contract extension in order
to allow both parties time to prepare for bargaining and resolve several important issues that will impact bargaining proposals. <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">What is a ratification vote and when is UAW's ratification vote? <o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ol>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Any collective bargaining agreement between the parties requires ratification from UAW’s members before the agreement is final and can be implemented. Ratification refers to the majority
of the Union’s employees (50% plus one) voting to approve the deal. The Union will schedule a ratification vote as soon as possible, but we do not yet have the date.
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">How will this contract extension impact annual salary range adjustments for graduate student employees? <o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ol>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Nothing about this contract extension impacts the normal salary range adjustment process or timeline. Academic student employees and graduate student researchers receive their annual
salary range adjustment on an October-September cycle, with the general range adjustment effective on October 1 annually. For 2024-25, UAW represented graduate student employees received their general range adjustment on October 1, 2024, as provided for in
the collective bargaining agreements. With the contract extension, on October 1, 2025, graduate student employee salary scales will be range adjusted by 4%.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The University understands that the costs of these contracts is impactful and that we are facing uncertain and difficult financial circumstances. To that end, the parties
have also agreed that absent agreement by the parties, other than the 4% general range adjustment on October 1, 2025, there will not be another salary scale range adjustment in the 2025-26 fiscal year. The University has also made it clear that future bargaining
agreements will not include off-cycle salary range adjustments. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">What else does this contract extension include?</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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A pilot transitional position program that will expire with the contract on January 1, 2026. The pilot program allows graduate student employees to apply for a transition position each quarter/semester if they have an irreparable employment related conflict
with their supervisor, or if their supervisor has left the University. The University shall award up to six graduate student employees per year per location with a transitional position (i.e., two graduate student employees per quarter, or three graduate student
employees per semester, per campus). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">What does this mean in terms of potential strikes?</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">With this contract extension, the “no strikes” provision in the collective bargaining agreement is in effect through January 1, 2026, prohibiting strikes until that expiration date.
As we have in the past, the University will take swift action to ensure labor peace and academic continuity through this academic year and for the duration of the contract extension. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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