Greetings Colleagues,

The United Faculty of Western Washington seeks nominees to serve on two working groups created by our latest Collective Bargaining Agreement: a Senior Instructor Merit Raise working group and a Compression & Equity Formula working group.

Any member of UFWW may nominate themselves or another member for these bodies. UFWW Exec will empanel the groups in January 2022 with the expectation that all their work will be complete by June 15, 2022.

The Senior Instructor Merit Raise working group will have equal representation from UFWW and management. This group will author a series of recommendations to be forwarded to both bargaining teams for consideration during the next bargain. Nominations should be sent to UFWW VP Kirsten Drickey at KDrickey@PROTECTED.

The Compression & Equity Formula working group will work towards mutual agreement with management about the content of Appendix D, which contains the formula for determining Compression and Equity adjustments. The group will author revisions to Appendix D that will go into force for the September 2022 Compression and Equity adjustments. Nominations should be sent to UFWW Treasurer Mark Springer at Mark@PROTECTED.

As per section 6.11 of the CBA, service to the union shall be counted as service to the University and be evaluated as such. As they are not evaluated on their service, non-tenure track faculty will be compensated for their time at an hourly rate.

Relevant contract language is included below but please reach out to UFWW President Theresa Warburton at President@PROTECTED with any questions. Thank you for your continued work in support of our union and this institution!

Talk soon,

TW

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8.1.7 During the term of this Agreement, the parties will form a committee, with equal numbers of participants selected by UFWW and the University, for the purpose of evaluating and potentially creating a system of reviews and resulting compensation increases for senior instructors who exceed performance expectations during the term of a multi-annual contract. Recommendations of the task force will be forwarded to the parties respective bargaining teams for consideration during negotiations for a successor agreement.

22.2.1 An amount equal to one-half percent (0.50%) of the actual salaries paid to faculty members in the bargaining unit in 2021-2022 shall be distributed as of September 16, 2022 as salary increases to selected faculty effective at the beginning of the academic salary schedule. The process of dividing and distributing this amount will be determined by mutual agreement of the parties on or before June 15, 2022, following a joint process to review and revise Appendix D. In the event the parties are unable to reach agreement on a process on or before June 15, 2022, the salary increase described in 22.1.4 above will be increased by one-half percent (0.50%).

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