4:15 PM May 12--Bargaining right now: waiting for mediator

The UNTF bargaining team is waiting for the mediator. At this point, we believe that there are only two outstanding issues that need to be resolved. One is our request for an across-the-board pay raise in year 1 of the contract. And the second concerns the definition of the amount of time required to be able to obtain a multi-year contract. The university says that we can apply for a multi-year contact only after 10 consecutive semesters of teaching with only summer breaks. We want them to remove the word ?consecutive? because some of our members have breaks in teaching at other times of the year. The mediator will come to determine our position and then go speak to the administration team to determine theirs. Earlier there was a wonderful group of members meeting outside of Nisbet Building to show their support and demand for the university to negotiate a fair contract. Right now, there are about 15 people here to support the UNTF negotiation team.