Negotiations between United Academics and the University of Alaska began on August 30, 2021 and are ongoing. The two teams are currently in mutually-agreed-upon mediation with the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS). Until a new CBA is tentatively approved by both teams, ratified by the membership, and approved by the BOR, the previous CBA remains in effect. This is clearly outlined in our ground rules, linked below.

Both parties agreed to a set of ground rules, which are guiding this process. In addition, United Academics’ negotiation team is guided by the Commitment to Excellence, endorsed by the Representative Assembly in spring 2021 and again in October 2021.

At the start of negotiations, the University’s team requested information from United Academics, which really had no bearing on topics up for negotiations. Where their request did relate to negotiations, they questioned how we came up with numbers in our opening presentation that we’d found through data they provided to us. Click the links to read their request for information and our response.

All of UNAC’s pre-mediation article proposals to-date are linked below the documents and slide decks. All material on this page was presented during various bargaining sessions and UNAC meetings, and helps illustrate what’s driving our proposals. In addition, following is our most recent proposal, provided on July 28, 2022 to the UA management team, through our FMCS mediation.

Mediation Proposal – Thursday, July 28, 2022

UNAC mediation package proposal

UNAC’s Contract Negotiations Campaign Platform

Following are United Academics’ campaign platform and guiding principles for our current CBA negotiations. In the document below our platform, we’ve included an email President Pitney sent to the entire UA Community, in which she focused only on monetary gains and exaggerated UNAC’s proposals. While we know compensation gains are critically important to maintaining a competitive university system, we believe that non-monetary improvements to the CBA are also important and should be bargained fairly. We also believe in compromise.

UNAC_CBA_Platform_2021 Download

April 11, 2022 Presentation: Inflation vs. Salary Increase Proposals

InflationSalary-Increase-Proposals Download

President Pitney’s Misleading email to the Entire UA Community

President-Pitneys-Update-on-UNAC-CBA-Negotiations Download

UNAC’s Response to President Pitney’s email

Response-to-PP-email-to-UA-community Download

Here’s How the Management Team Arrived at 200+ Changes Suggested by UNAC

UA-Quantification-of-UNAC-Proposals Download

Summary of UNAC’s Compensation Proposals in Article 15

Summary-of-UNAC-Article-15-proposals Download

3/14/22 UNAC Revenue Memo

March142022UNACrevenue Download

12/7/2021 General Membership Meeting Presentation

This presentation was delivered by negotiation team member, Jill Dumesnil, during our December 2021 General Membership Meeting. While you’ll miss out on Jill’s excellent accompanying remarks, we encourage everyone to review the slides to help stay up to date on negotiations and United Academics’ priorities for the next CBA.

Membership meeting presentation – 12_07_21 Download

Our Midterm Presentation

UNAC Midterm Presentation Download

Our Article 15 (Salary) Presentation

Article 15 Presentation Download

Our Opening Presentation

Our first bargaining sessions took place on Monday, August 30 and Tuesday, August 31. We began with a short presentation that gave an overview of United Academics, its history, and its current bargaining team and platform. You can view the presentation below.

United Academics Opening Statement Presentation Download

UA Management Team’s Proposals

(permission to post beginning 4/4/22)

Monday, April 25:

LAST BEST OFFER – Package 10: Article 6: Academic Freedom and Responsibility; Article 9: Faculty Status-Appointment, Evaluation, Promotion, Tenure, and Termination; Article 10: Reduction in Force Due to Discontinuance or Reduction of Program; Article 11: Disciplinary Action; Article 13: Workload; Article 15: Compensation; Article 16: Personnel Benefits; Article 17: Working Conditions

Administration’s Package Proposal on Tuesday, April 12 and Monday, April 18:

Package 9: Article 6: Academic Freedom and Responsibility; Article 9: Faculty Status: Appointment, Evaluation, Promotion, Tenure, and Termination; Article 10: Reduction in Force Due to Discontinuance or Reduction of Program; Article 11: Disciplinary Action; Article 13: Workload; Article 15: Compensation; Article 16: Personnel Benefits; Article 17: Working Conditions

Administration’s Package Proposal on Monday, April 4:

Package 8: Article: 1: Agreement and Duration; 2: Purpose; 3: Recognition; 6: Academic Freedom and Responsibility; 9: Faculty Status-Appointment, Evaluation, Promotion, Tenure, and Termination; 10: Reduction in Force Due to Discontinuance or Reduction in Force; 11: Disciplinary Action; 13: Workload; 15: Compensation; 16: Personnel Benefits; 17: Working Conditions

United Academics’ Proposed Articles

United Academics posts our proposed drafts of articles below. We will update this page as we introduce new draft articles for negotiation, putting the most recently introduced articles at the top of the list. We hope you will read through our proposals below and stay up-to-date with our progress. We welcome your feedback: tony.rickard@unac4996ak.com and/or membership@unac4996ak.com

Counter Proposals on Tuesday, April 26:

Counter Proposal Article 6: Academic Freedom and Responsibility

Counter Proposal Article 10: Reduction in Force Due to Discontinuance or Reduction of Program

Counter Proposal Article 11: Disciplinary Action

Counter Proposal Article 17: Working Conditions

Counter Proposals on Tuesday, April 19:

Counter Proposal Article 6: Academic Freedom and Responsibility

Counter Proposal Article 9: Faculty Status: Appointment, Evaluation, Promotion, Tenure, and Termination

Counter Proposal Article 10: Reduction in Force Due to Discontinuance or Reduction of Program

Counter Proposal Article 11: Disciplinary Action

Counter Proposal Article 13: Workload

Counter Proposal Article 15: Compensation

Counter Proposal Article 16: Personnel Benefits

Counter Proposal Article 17: Working Conditions

Counter Proposals on Monday, April 11:

Counter Proposal Article 9: Faculty Status: Appointment, Evaluation, Promotion, Tenure, and Termination

Counter Proposal Article 13: Workload

Counter Proposal Article 16: Personnel Benefits

Counter Proposals on Tuesday, April 5:

Counter Proposal Article 1: Agreement and Duration

Counter Proposal Article 2: Purpose

Counter Proposal Article 3: Recognition

Counter Proposal Article 6: Academic Freedom and Responsibility

Counter Proposal Article 10: Reduction in Force Due to Discontinuance or Reduction of Program

Counter Proposal Article 11: Disciplinary Action

Counter Proposal Article 15: Compensation

Counter Proposal Article 17: Working Conditions

Counter Package Proposal on Monday, March 14:

Articles 1: Agreement and Duration; 2: Purpose; 3: Recognition; 6: Academic Freedom and Responsibility; 9: Faculty Status: Appointment, Evaluation, Promotion, Tenure, and Termination; 10: Reduction in Force Due to Discontinuance or Reduction in Program; 11: Disciplinary Action; 13: Workload; 15: Compensation; 16: Personnel Benefits; and 17: Working Conditions

Counter Package Proposal on Monday, February 21:

Articles 1: Agreement and Duration, 2: Purpose, 3: Recognition, 6: Academic Freedom and Responsibility, and 10: Reduction in Force Due to Discontinuance or Reduction of Program