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>From: news
and announcements for members of CUPE local 3903
>[mailto:3903NEWS@YorkU.CA]On
Behalf Of Robert Heynen
>Sent: January
9, 2001 8:45 AM
>To:
3903NEWS@YORKU.CA
>Subject:
We're back!
>
>
>The CUPE 3903
bargaining team has reached a tentative agreement on
>Collective
Agreements for both unit 1 and 3. After
11 weeks on strike,
>the
administration has finally made major movement on the issues of both
>units. The bargaining team and executive have
decided to bring the deals
>to a
ratification vote on Thursday, with a recommendation that the
>membership
ratify these agreements. The time and
location will be
>announced
later today.
>
>A summary of
the key elements of the tentative agreements are outlined
>below. The complete text will be sent out on
3903News and on the website
>by Tuesday
afternoon, and an analysis by the bargaining team and executive
>will follow
on Tuesday evening.
>
>Unit 1
>
>The key issue
in the unit 1 collective agreement is tuition protection.
>We have
secured tuition indexation language which maintains the principles
>of our
previous collective agreement without a re-opener clause and
>reference to
domestic students.
>
>Unit 3
>
>There were
four major issues on the table for unit 3: a rebate linked to
>tuition;
funding of GSA benefits; summer funding; a wage floor. The union
>has won
significant increases in all four areas.
> Tuition-linked rebate: we have won the
proposal with which we went
>into this
round of bargaining, a rebate beginning in May 2001 which
>mirrors the
tuition increases planned for the next two years.
> Funding of GSA benefits: In the first
year of the collective
>agreement the
employer will pay 80% of benefits, and in the second year
>100%. In
addition, we have negotiated a $15,000 fund to subsidize the UHIP
>fees for
international students.
> Summer funding: the union has
negotiated a bursary fund of
>$100,000 to
provide summer funding for our members.
> Wages: for year one the employer will
provide a base wage of
>$5,880, with
a signing bonus configured according to our initial proposal
>(i.e. ranging
from $882 for those at the low end to $72.80 for all those
>above
$7280). In year two the base wage will
be $7,300.
>
>Back to work
protocol
>
>The back to
work protocol includes a work/compensation package similar to
>that in the
unit 2 Collective Agreement. We have
also secured extensions
>of academic
deadlines and terms of study, including a two month extension
>of academic
terms. There is also protection of
community members and
>research/graduate
assistants who were not official members of the
>bargaining
unit, but who may have participated in the strike.