Still No Contract

Fact-Finding Delay

CONTRACT UPDATE

The motion filed (Writ of Mandamus) by CUE·Teamsters requesting a court ruling against the Public Employers Relations Board's (PERB) policy restricting the fact-finding process to three days was denied by the Superior Court. CUE·Teamsters will appeal this decision. There will not be any scheduled fact-finding sessions until the resolution of the appeal. Meanwhile, CUE·Teamster members are working hard to build our campaign for a fair contract.

OPEN ENROLLMENT

CUE·Teamsters have demanded to bargain the 2011 health premium rates announced by the University. CUE·Teamsters have been paying 2009 health premium rates while working under the expired contract (during the status quo period). Some of our members have been told by University representatives they will have to pay retroactive payments of the difference between the 2009 employee rates and the 2010 and possibly 2011 employee rates. THIS IS NOT TRUE.

CUE·Teamsters have not agreed to any retroactive payment of health premiums. If you have been told this by a University representative or received email messages suggesting CUE·Teamster employees will be subject to payment of retroactive health premium rates, please contact your local CUE·Teamsters office and/or bargaining representatives immediately.

PENSION CONTRIBUTIONS

CUE·Teamsters have demanded to bargain the pension contributions policy voted by the Regents in September 2010. At the November Regents meetings, experts commissioned by CUE·Teamsters — Bill Hallmark (actuary) and Kathleen Hurley (compensation expert) — made presentations. You can view Kathleen Hurley's interview at: blip.tv/file/4402003.

Our experts presented data and evidence supporting the CUE·Teamsters' position that the proposed recommendations by UC President Mark Yudof will have a disproportionately negative impact on our members and that the University's plan for pension contributions, without any salary increases, is extremely unfair and harmful for clerical and allied services workers.

CAMPUS CLOSURES

CUE·Teamsters have met with University representatives and have signed a side letter agreement that extends the number of vacation days available for use before accrual from 3 days (which the expired contract allows), to 7 days. Additional information will be available in the next CUE·Teamsters newsletter. Meanwhile, CUE·Teamsters are pursuing our legal challenge to the campus closures and the temporary layoff/salary reduction scheme. The State of Californis Public Employment Relations Board has issued a Complaint against the University for these violations, and unless the University corrects its violations the matter will be proceeding to trial.

CONTRACT CAMPAIGN
What You can do

Your participation in campus and statewide actions are necessary to our success in gaining a new contract. We need your continued support for the contract campaign! Here are two actions you can take today:

Sign-up to be a CAR (Communications Action Representative) at your work location — contact your campus CUE·Teamster office.
Write to your campus chancellor, medical center CEO, or Lawrence Berkeley National Lab director and ask for her/his commitment to advocate on your behalf to UC President Mark Yudof to bargain in good faith with CUE by offering real wage increases and a fair contract agreement before the end of 2010.

11/29/10

Despite the valiant efforts of our negotiating team and the state-appointed mediator, we have advanced to the Fact-Finding portion of the Impasse¹ process.

After weeks of mediation, Annabelle Song-Hill certfied to the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) that CUE and UC, failing to reach agreement, should proceed to fact-finding. The mediator indicated that CUE and the University have agreed to return for a mediation session after fact-finding and before imposition of its final offer.

The next step is selection of a three-member fact-finding panel and certification of the panel by PERB. CUE and UC will each have one representative on the panel, with PERB designating a neutral party. Once the dates for the Fact-Finding hearing are set, we will notify the CUE jurisdiction. For further information, go to CUE Action.org.

5/24/10

Bargaining Report #30 edit

UC Switches Tactics

The University's chief negotiator, Peter Chester, wrote in a letter dated October 19, 2009 that the University is unwilling to schedule additional days in November for bargaining sessions as previously proposed by the CUE team. Chester requested that CUE stipulate in a declaration to PERB that CUE and UC are at impasse¹ in the current successor negotiations.

This was prior to the October 21 - 22, 2009 bargaining sessions with the CUE and UC bargaining teams at Mission Bay, here at UCSF. During the first meeting on October 21, the University chief negotiator reiterated his request for CUE to stipulate in a declaration to PERB that CUE and UC are at impasse.

The CUE bargaining team refused to do so. CUE chief negotiator, Amatullah Alaji-Sabrie, pointed out to Mr. Chester that the University had not responded to proposals CUE has presented and, additionally, had just recently provided CUE with information requested over one year ago on proposed medical premium information on October 5, 2009 and partial financial information on October 19, 2009. Additionally, the University has begun to provide critical information requested since CUE filed a complaint with PERB against the University in September 2009.

H1N1 Vaccines
The morning session continued with an extensive discussion regarding CUE's proposal on vaccinations. The proposal was given during the Santa Cruz sessions in response to the policy announced at two of the UC medical centers requiring hospital personnel opting to not receive the H1N1 vaccination place red dots on their identification badges, wear face masks, and face the threat of disciplinary action for not complying with this policy.

To date, the vaccine has not yet been made available to medical center
personnel.

UC's Last, Best and Final Proposal
In caucus, CUE discussed two contract articles in depth. The University team worked on what they called their "last, best and final proposal."

On day 2, Thursday, CUE got the University's "last, best, and final offer." CUE tried to clarify and question the University team's intent on the contract language of the articles contained in the package proposal. Then the CUE team called for a caucus to craft two information requests relevant to the University proposal, and finalize additional proposals for two articles, Article 16 (Medical Separation) and Article 23 (Parking and Transportation) to give to the University.

Bargaining in a vacuum
The new information requests, along with the two CUE contract articles, were given to the University team near the end of the second day's session. Proposed dates for additional sessions were again given to the University team. The University proposal, from the perspective of CUE's chief negotiator, cannot be considered a best or final proposal. We expect PERB to concur.

CUE's chief negotiator reiterated CUE's opposition to the University declaration of impasse¹ and to their bad-faith bargaining tactics, which have stalled negotiations thus far.

UC timeworn tactics: Delay and Obfuscate
The University has acknowledged its obligation to bargain the effects of the scheduled temporary layoffs and the curtailment period. These negotiations may prove critical in overcoming the obstacles encountered in the negotiations of the salary reduction/furlough plan. CUE awaits the University's confirmation of the next bargaining sessions on the November dates set aside for that purpose.

Lunch at China Basin
On Thursday, October 22, CUE bargaining team members attended a luncheon with members of the San Francisco jurisdiction to answer questions about the current negotiations, especially negotiations on the salary reduction/furlough plan. The team members who attended welcomed the opportunity to explain the decision to reject the salary reduction/furlough plan, as offered by the University.

CUE members and staff also attended as observers on both days of the bargaining sessions. The next sessions are scheduled for Northern California locations. A notice of the dates and locations will be sent to the jurisdiction. Employees are encouraged to attend.

Proposed University medical health premiums for the available medical plans are posted on the CUE website at:
2010 Medical Benefit Summary
¹IMPASSE defined

CUE Bargaining Team:
Dan Lewis, UCD
Helen Jefferson, LBNL
Jill Monthei, UCSB
Mary Higgins, UCSF
Dorthea Stewart, UCSD
Linda Michelle Weinberger, UCI
Stephanie Dorton, UCB
Gail Moore, UCR
Kimberly Rutherford, UCSC
Amatullah Alaji-Sabrie, Chief Negotiator, UCB
Jason Rabinowitz, CUE attorney
Holly Herndon, CUE attorney

GREED IS CONTAGIOUS

Save UC money

Flip the switch.

Use the daylight where possible.

You eliminate 1200 pounds of CO₂ per year,
your contribution to help our budget crisis.
So our administrators can get more money.

University of California rules
Help us fool you.

L I N K to
Previous Sessions

Local 6