PRESIDENT GREG LOVING: BARGAINING UPDATE

Interim Provost Johnson is well known for his emphasis on data-driven decision making. The AAUP as an organization shares this approach, as can be seen by the research we’ve presented in Works. We take the same approach at the bargaining table. Every proposal we have put across the table is based on research—often months of research—which includes reviews of peer institutions and our own institution. We also seek to support the goals of the University of Cincinnati’s Academic Master Plan, mainly in constructing proposals that will help the university attract and retain quality faculty, without whom the goals of the University would not be possible. 

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TUITION RELIEF COMING FOR CALIFORNIA STUDENTS

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KGO) -- Every middle-class family with college-aged student knows the cost of California universities has been skyrocketing -- and there's precious little financial help available for them.

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ADMINISTRATION'S OPENING FINANCIAL PROPOSALS

1.1% per year base salary increase; health insurance costs, plans, removed from contract

Since the last update on April 25, 2013, the Administration and AAUP bargaining teams have met eight times. As discussed below, by mid-May the teams began to make some progress on a few Articles and Memoranda of Understanding. However, the parties did not begin substantive discussions on compensation and insurance issues until last week.

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