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Bargaining Session and GMM this Week

April 20, 2008

On Monday at 3pm in Memorial Union, the TAA bargaining team will be meeting with the state for what may potentially be the bargaining session that results in a tentative agreement on a contract. This session has the potential to last late into the evening. The reason that this may happen is because Monday is the last date on which we could bargain and still go through our necessary constitutional procedures for contract ratification and then get the possibly ratified contract to the state for the last legislative session of the fiscal year.

So, the state is pushing hard to get the contract done on Monday, April 21st starting at 3pm. However, the TAA and state positions are still significantly far apart on wage issues, segregated fees, domestic partnership benefits, paid paretnal leave, and a whole host of language issues.

The more TAA members that come to this bargainign session, the greater opportuntiy we have to influence the members of the state team and get them to move towards the TAA's position. Come out and make your voices heard for quite possibly the last bargaining session of the semester on Monday at 3 pm!

The next General Membership Meeting is on Thursday, April 24th with socializing and beer and snacks starting at 5pm and the business starting at 5:30 pm in Memorial Union. Agenda highlights include presentations from elected officer candidates, a bargaining update, reviewing the TAA budget, officer stipends, election of political education committee members, and other goodies. This will be the last GMM of the semester, so come on out to find out what's happened with bargaining and to have a bit of fun.

posted by Mark Supanich

 

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