The GTFF and the University of Oregon Administration tentative agreed to (TA’d) a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA). A brief, one page, summary of the agreement is here. A longer explanation will be available soon.
The collective bargaining process created a new Graduate Student Assistance Fund. The Fund is created and described through Memorandum of Understanding between the University President, Dean of the Graduate School, and the Graduate Assistance Fund Committee. This document is here.
Below are copies off all articles in the complete collective bargaining agreement tentatively agreed to on Dec. 10, 2014. There will be ratification vote on the CBA by the GTFF soon.
| Article 3 | Union Rights | Signed 2/14/14 |
| Article 4 | Dues deductions/Fair Share Members | Signed 2/21/14 |
| Article 8 | Nondiscrimination | Signed 4/18/14 |
| Article 9 | Work Agreement/Work Assignment | Signed 9/30/14 |
| Article 10 | Health, Safety and Work Environment | Signed 5/7/14 |
| Article 12 | Evaluations | Signed 2/14/14 |
| Article 13 | Grievances | Signed 3/14/14 |
| Article 15 | Arbitration | Signed 2/14/14 |
| Article 16 | Discipline and Discharge | Signed 3/14/14 |
| Article 17 | Appointment/Reappointment | Signed 5/9/14 |
| Article 18 | Summer Term | Signed 12/10/14 |
| Article 20 | Layoffs | Signed 5/9/14 |
| Article 21 | Salary | Signed 12/10/14 |
| Article 22 | Tuition Waiver | Signed 12/10/14 |
| Article 23 | Health Insurance | Signed 12/10/14 |
| Article 25 | Courses as a Condition of Employment | Signed 3/21/14 |
| Article 28 | Absences | Signed 12/10/14 |
| Article 29 | Totality of Agreement | Signed 12/10/14 |
| Article 30 | Severability | Signed 2/14/14 |
| Article 31 | Negotiation of Successor Agreement | Signed 12/10/14 |
| Article 32 | Printing and Distribution of the Contract | Signed 2/14/14 |
| Article 33 | Notices and Communications | Signed 12/10/14 |
| Article (Last article) | Definition | Signed 12/10/14 |
| Appendix A | Data Network Improvements | Signed 12/10/14 |
| Appendix B | Family and Medical Leave (This appendix was moved into Article 28) |
Signed 12/10/14 |
| Appendix H | Ongoing Systematic Monitoring of Course Load | Signed 3/21/14 |
| Appendix H | Health Insurance Contribution Rates | Signed 12/12/14 |
| New Appendix | Criminal Records Checks | Signed 3/14/14 |
| New Appendix | Drug Testing | Signed 4/18/14 |