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Bargaining updateIn spite of the hurricane, the bargaining team met with the administration's team and settled on a 5% raise for returning faculty. This is a reoccurring amount that will be added to the faculty member's base salary. We also agreed to a 5% non-reoccurring payment to be made as well. The raise is retroactive to August.
In accepting this raise, we were warned that there would be cuts in other areas. Today we received the administration's proposal for all things financial. This includes stipends and reassigned times for chairs, coordinators, etc. Their proposal includes drastic cuts in some areas. They have also inserted new language that concerned the bargaining team. Therefore, we have decided NOT to return to the table this week (or even next week). We need time to meet with faculty and discuss how we want to respond. A Zoom union meeting will be scheduled for this Friday. We will let you know the time and will send a link soon. The bargaining team will be meeting this afternoon to go through the proposal together. Please take time to read their proposal and be ready to offer the team your input on Friday. 
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