Contract Ratification Meetings
February 2012
Three-year contract
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Effective from the date of ratification thru
June 30, 2014
Reopeners on salaries/benefits at request of
either party in both 2012-13 and 2013-14
No general salary increase this year
Salary reopener this year (2012-13) must include
negotiations about CSU’s salary structure and
the lack of movement through the salary ranges
Benefits
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Maintenance of health, dental, vision, and life
insurance benefits, including the Rural Health
Care Stipend, for the life of the agreement.
Parking fees frozen through July 2012
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Thereafter, Parking Fees cannot be raised more than:
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One time during each fiscal year
More than a max of $3/month (or $36 a year total)
May never exceed the amount paid by students
No GSI, No Parking Fee increases
YOU defeated the Parking Fee
pay cut management wanted
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This victory was made possible by the huge member support for
the bargaining team!
See the CSUEU e-news story
Finally, campuses cannot reduce the total number of
non-reserved parking spaces
10 articles remain as they were
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Article 1— Recognition
Article 4 — Effect of Agreement
Article 6 — Concerted Activities
Article 11 — Personnel Files
Article 12 — Corrective Action
Article 13 — Resignations
Article 16 — Leaves of Absence without Pay
Article 19 — Overtime
Article 23 — Health and Safety
Article 26 — Cruise Employees
Highlights of Changes to Contract
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Increased workload and out-of class work are
added as new criteria for granting In-Range
Progressions (IRPs)
Procedural changes in Article 5 (Union rights)
and Articles 7 and 8 (Grievance and Complaint
Procedures). This is especially important for
stewards who are handling your grievances
Additional Changes
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CSU will review the outdated Administrative
Support, Administrative Analyst and IT
classification series
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Article 9.3 was modified to make it clear that it
is CSU policy to fill vacancies with qualified
CSUEU-represented employees (except for
emergency hires of less than 90 days)
Additional Changes
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Expansion of eligibility for sick or bereavement
leave for persons living in your household
No involuntary transfer of employees to satellite
campuses as a result of contracting out
Increased parental leave for parents and guardians
of older children
New leave for serving as election precinct officer
Additional Changes
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CSU insisted upon capping the amount of the
fee waiver for doctoral programs. Program was
expanded from Ed.D to all doctoral programs
Fee waivers for undergraduate and master’s
degree programs remain the same
The contract clarifies that employees or
dependents cannot be denied access to courses
because they are on the fee waiver program
Additional Changes
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Requires that involuntary time base reductions
(i.e. reduction to a 10/12 schedule) must be
governed by lay-off rules
Seniority rights (in reverse order of seniority) are
protected in all lay-off situations
Re-employment lists will apply to all types of
lay-offs
Additional Changes
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Whenever the university cites “operational
needs” to deny any requests for leave,
telecommuting, or an alternate work schedule,
the administrator now must provide a written
explanation of the reason (upon employee’s
request)
CSUEU may appeal any grievances filed on or
after July 1, 2011 (when we worked without a
contract) to binding arbitration.
Explanation of the Ratification
Process
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Informational meetings to be held at all
campuses and the Office of the Chancellor
On Feb. 23 ballots will be mailed out to all
members and fair share fee payers who have
addresses on file
Only members can vote. Join!
CSUEU HQ in Sacramento must receive ballots
by March 15th
Ballots counted for each Bargaining Unit
Reasons to Ratify the Contract
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The Bargaining Team recommends ratification
This is the best agreement we could get in the face of
cuts to CSU of more than $750 million and a
corporate-generated climate of hostility towards public
workers and their unions
The bargaining team negotiated for over eight months.
We were able to hold our own against numerous
management take-away proposals
The team has successfully addressed a number of
important issues for our members
OK, but why ratify?
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This contract provides stability against arbitrary
changes to important benefits and seniority rights
during the life of the contract
Going back to the table offers no clear advantage and
may jeopardize contract provisions which are in place
now
A strong vote signals to management that we have wide
member support to address the “unfinished business”
of this contract beginning right now … the subjects of
salary increases and movement through the salary range
What’s next?
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Continue the campaigns to:
Address the broken compensation and classification system
during reopeners
 Fight back against contracting out
 Address bullying in the workplace and press for
campus policies to prevent it
 Bring CSU into the 21st century with work/familyfriendly policies
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What can you do?
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Become a member
Get involved at any level you can
Learn about and enforce your contract
Consider becoming a steward
Learn about this year’s political campaigns:
it’s our future the legislators are debating
Vote and mail back your ballot as soon as you
receive it
Any Questions?
Visit our website at:
www.CSUEU.org
Or contact your local steward
And get an Answer!