May 27, 2008


As you have just heard from President Morse, we now have a tentative agreement on a first contract.  The UFWW sincerely thanks President Morse and the members of the administration bargaining team for their willingness to continue working until we reached this agreement.  The UFWW bargaining team and executive committe have strongly endorsed this tentative agreement.


Highlights of the agreement are listed below. The full tentative agreement will be on the website soon.  Ratification procedures will be posted later today.


The UFWW would like to thank all of Western's faculty, who have been extrememly supportive throughout this process.



Tentative Contract Highlights:


Compensation (Article 22)


Workload (Article 9)

 

Grievance Procedure (Article 20)

 

The Faculty Senate (Article 3)

 

Non-Tenure-Track Faculty (Article 8)

 

Tenure and Promotion (Article 7) 


Paid Professional Leaves (Article 10)

 

Disciplinary action/discharge (Article 18)

 

Retirement (Article 23)


Duration (Article 26)

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