Faculty Updated on Negotiations With UNBC
Prince George, B.C. – The UNBC Faculty Association has provided an update on the current state of contract negotiations with administration.
A bargaining update to faculty members posted on the Association web page states that the union “tabled language that reduced the cost of implementing our two-year proposal without compromising our demand for sector-norm compensation. We again stressed the necessity of a salary grid and pointed out the unacceptability of the Employer’s proposal for a merit-based compensation system.
“The Employer’s team came to the table on Thursday with a slightly revised five-year proposal. In tabling this revised proposal, the Employer added no new money but did some rejigging.”
That rejigging includes an $89 increase to CDI to take effect in the third year (2017) of the five-year agreement. The association says that would mean a member satisfactorily performing her or his duties at UNBC would continue to receive less than half the average CDI given to members at other institutions across the country.
The Faculty Association says the Employer proposal also includes:
– a rank-specific salary adjustment of $361-761 to take effect in the second and third years (2015–2016) of the agreement.
– the renaming of their merit-based pay scheme as “Enhanced CDI” or “ECDI,” which would come into effect in the third year of the agreement (2017); and
* the revision of the merit ranking from seven steps to five.
The Employer team is to contact the Faculty Association today to set a time for the resumption of negotiations.
Comments
It is never acceptable to to have a merit-based compensation system. How else could substandard employees hold a job.
There is nothing that scares a teacher more than the thought of a performance review.
No, cougs79 and interceptor… both of you are in correct. No teacher minds a performance review . But it is how and with what biases (such as yours) that the review is carried out. If a review is needed, it is done; but with clear language of how.
ya ya a couple typos above before the negative ones go down that road.
“Unacceptability of a merit based compensation system” That is union mentality in a nutshell. Automatic annual raises with out regard for ability or even competency.
Simple solution………Facility gets a raise? The end user must pay…..raise tuition.
The business students at UNBC understand economics.
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