Read about Day 1 of the August 2020 Bargaining Intensive here.

We started today’s session doing some work on Article 3 (Union Privilege and Limitations) in the Data Subgroup, and on Article 7 (Member Rights) in the Assignment Rights Subgroup.

In the Data Subgroup, we are moving toward agreement on having annual Fall Adjunct Orientations, and proposed creating a joint task force to develop onboarding materials for adjuncts. 

In the Assignment Rights Subgroup, we are making a lot of progress on creating a more transparent and streamlined Professional Evaluation process, ensuring that it’s a supportive experience without negative consequences for adjuncts. There are some key sticking points around figuring out how to not disadvantage long-term adjuncts who do not participate in the Professional Evaluation process.

In the afternoon, PSU presented a general overview of the University’s current economic conditions, which include details such as the fact that enrollment was up by 11% for this summer term but fall enrollment is fluctuating between 10 and 6% down compared to last year. Tomorrow afternoon PSUFA and PSU will each present our interests for the main economic issues, which are described in Article 12 (Salaries and Payroll Administration) including raises, retirement benefits, sick leave, and funding for adjunct researchers to write grants for continuing projects. Our main interest is pay parity with full-time non–tenure track faculty. 

Don’t forget—we want our members to be a part of this negotiation process!

We love having a group of observers with us and look forward to seeing more of you over Zoom. Please join us as an observer this week! There are multiple sessions still to come, and you can sign up for an hour slot here:  
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Read all of our 2020 bargaining coverage here.