This past Tuesday and Wednesday, February 17th to 18th, SSAPs and RPSPs finished our first session of mediation with UC management through the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB). Our bargaining team and the University agreed to bring in a neutral third party mediator to work through difficult issues and facilitate a faster paced process. While the details of the back-and-forth in mediation are confidential, our tentative agreements will be shared on our bargaining tracker as we are able to share them. Once a full contract is reached, all RPSPs and SSAPs will participate in the democratic process and vote to ratify the contract.
During this mediation session, we reached tentative agreements on:
- Transfer & Promotion, which will codify fair processes for reclassification when employees’ job responsibilities expand
- Employment Information, which will ensure all new employees have a job description and other vital employment information
- An addendum to the Recognition article regarding classifications
- An agreement that guarantees employees whose in-unit status is still being reviewed based on supervisory duties will receive makeup pay or benefits should they be found to be included in our bargaining unit
Reach out here or to a bargaining team member if you have questions about any of these tentative agreements or this phase of bargaining. With our successful cross-unit ULP Strike Authorization Votes, we have entered mediation with an undeniable demonstration of our unity and power. However, in order to make progress on all our priorities, RPSPs and SSAPs are planning our next steps to hold UC management accountable for their unfair labor practices.
Join the Last Chance Picket & Day of Visibility organized by RPSPs, SSAPs, and ASEs at every campus – Thursday, March 12th from 12 PM to 2PM! These public shows of support and solidarity are key to showing UC our collective voice– do your part, and RSVP below or get in touch here to be connected to a fellow SSAP/RPSP organizer at your campus.
