Category Archives: Grievances

Union actions based on contract

APRIL 14: GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING

The next general membership meeting will be held April 14 in 110 Engineering from 12:30-1:50.  The main topic will be the Grievance Report.
Add a comment | By Suzanne | April 12th, 2009

Grievance Update September 22, 2007

From Kye Carbone’s September 22, 2007 status report: I am exceedingly proud that the UFCT has now established – over the last four years – an impressive track record of vigilance in defending the Contract, the bargaining unit and its bargaining unit members. A lengthy grievance report, giving summaries of all grievances for academic years: [...]
Add a comment | By Suzanne | September 22nd, 2007

NLRB Appeal

Dear Pratt Faculty Colleague [with a special nod to our full-time faculty brethren]:   For over two years the UFCT has been chasing-down the arrogant, bizarre and surreal actions of the Pratt Administration regarding their unilateral practice of conferring to the "excluded" various [so-called] "faculty" actions; most notably, the conferral of tenure to non-faculty. How [...]
Add a comment | By Suzanne | March 24th, 2006

Grievance and Arbitration [1 of 2]

The content of the following 'Protecting the Contract' posts are gleaned from the last two academic years' grievance reports, the first for the 2004-2005 academic year, the second for 2003-2004 (a complete report for the last 2005-2006 academic year will be posted shortly): PROTECTING THE CONTRACT [Grievance Report: 2004-2005] The enforcement and protection of the faculty contract [the [...]
Add a comment | By Suzanne | August 20th, 2005

Grievance and Arbitration [2 of 2]

PROTECTING THE CONTRACT [Grievance Report: 2003-2004] Grievances: [A Summary] [I have omitted all references to the individual parties involved in the following grievances and arbitrations]… 1.) Workloads: The vast majority of faculty grievances deal with workloads – the under and/or over-loading of part-time faculty. There are two part-time statuses, visiting and adjunct. Status is one’s employment level and [...]
Add a comment | By Suzanne | August 20th, 2004