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NEGOTIATIONS BULLETIN

Editor: Jon Alexander                                                                                                             July 31, 1985.

SUMMARY

NEGOTIATIONS HAVE BROKEN DOWN. THE ADMINISTRATION TEAM APPEARS TO HAVE NO MANDATE TO CONTINUE. CUASA MUST NOW SEEK CONCILIATION. THIS MEANS BRINGING IN A CONCILIATOR APPOINTED BY THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR IN AN EFFORT TO GET AN AGREEMENT.

NEWS

Negotiations between CUASA and the administration have broken down. The administration team does not have a mandate to move on salaries, President Beckel and Dean Forcese having left on vacation. The CUASA bargaining team had made a set of counterproposals, including a considerable concession on salaries, in an effort to achieve a new agreement. The administration team has now refused to move in response to movement by CUASA.

OUTSTANDING MONETARY ISSUES

Since the administration's current position has been countered by a substantial CUASA concession, the next move will have to be made by the administration team presumably on instruction from the Board (which last met June 26^th). As thing stand (since July 25), the Beckel administration offered a two year agreement with a total compensation increase of only 3.8% in year one and 5.6% in year two or an average of 4.7%, broken down as follows:

                                                                  FIRST YEAR                                                                  SECOND YEAR
Scale                     ;                                              2.6%                                                                            2.8%
CDI                                                                     1.1% (50% of present value)                                         2.2%
Other (18% of OHIP plus "merit")                          .1%                                                                               .6%
                                                                            3.8%                                                                             5.6%

The Beckel team, down to two of five present member, has indicated this is not its final offer; nevertheless, the administration would not react to CUASA's new concessionary position. CUASA's current position is that nominal salaries should be increased by 8.7% with full CDI's. The bargaining team has made it clear over and over again that it will move further to reach agreement at the table. If no movement is forthcoming form the administration, then arbitration would appear to be inevitable.

THE NEGOTIATING EFFORT

Despite constant protestations that the administration takes these negotiations seriously their performance at the bargaining table has been characterized by a general air of indifference. The team has never appeared to have the authority to make a deal.

Your bargaining team deserves the fullest possible support. I cannot overemphasize the importance of encouraging the people who are engaged in this difficult set of negotiations.

NON MONETARY MATTERS TENTATIVELY AGREED UPON

Language has been agreed on portions of Articles dealing with:

9.6(d)(i), (ii) -"Procedures Governing the Appointment of the University Librarian"
9.9(g) (iii) -"waiving of right to resume full-time status"
11.3(f), 11.6 -"professional librarian employees"
13.2(f) (xiv), 13.3(a) (i)-(iv), 13.3(b) (i)-(iii), 13.3(c)-(g) -"Academic Workload"
13.4(d) -"ESL: Non-Credit Language Teachers in the Centre for Applied Language Studies"
16.5(a)-(c) -"Confidentiality and Access to Personnel Files"
21.2(a)-(c), 21.1(c) -"Sabbaticals"
15.1(a), 15.4(e)-(h) -"Rights and Responsibilities"
38.2(a)-(c) -"Librarian Transfers"

MONETARY MATTERS TENTATIVELY AGREED UPON

The only monetary matter signed off as being tentatively agreed is contained in Article 25.1(c) on Chairmen's and Director's stipends.

PROSPECT

The Ontario Labour Relations Act provides that when negotiations break down and either party applies for conciliation, a conciliator is appointed to assist the parties. Once a conciliator is appointed, it is expected that the parties will meet with the conciliator in an effort to reach a settlement. If the conciliator is unable to get the parties to a settlement then the conciliator will advise the Minister and file a "no board" report. Two weeks after the Minister of Labour accepts a conciliator's no board report the union, if there is still no settlement will be in a legal strike position.