The UFF and BOT bargaining teams met on Wednesday August 21. Much progress has been made. The teams tentatively signed an agreement on Winter Break dates. Also signed were agreements on evaluations to include criteria for evaluating chairs of departments and on appendix A which was updated to include the new specialized faculty positions in the bargaining unit.
Further we came to an consensus on domestic partner benefits and hope to sign an Memorandum of Agreement on that issue at the next session. Several options for salary increases and the implementation of the legislative increases were discussed.