ITEM NO. 111-101-R0501

 

TO:����������������   Board of Regents

 

FROM:����������  Sue Hill, Director

�����������������������  Labor Relations and Personnel

 

RE:����������������� Ratification of Tentative Agreement with the Montana State University-Northern Federation of Teachers

 

DATE:�����������  May 17-18, 2001

 

 

Attached is a summary of the tentative agreement with the Montana State University-Northern Federation of Teachers.� This tentative agreement covers the current fiscal year end will expire on June 30, 2001.

 

The tentative agreement provides for a 1.6% average increase for faculty retroactive to October 1, 2000.� This increase is on top of a $285.00 experience point increase that was implemented on August 1, 2000.� The compensation for the VICA advisors was increased from $950 to $1,200 effective July 1, 2001.�

 

The provisions concerning summer session compensation were revised.� The option to wait until after the appropriations bill is signed by the governor before issuing summer contracts was deleted.� The cap on summer session compensation was removed.� Summer session compensation will in the future be based on the prior year�s salary instead of the subsequent year�s salary.� The requirement that faculty submit a promotion plan was deleted because it had not been uniformly complied with in the past.� The remaining changes are not substantive.

 

The tentative agreement has been ratified by the bargaining unit.� I recommend approval of the tentative agreement.

 

xc:������ Alex Capdeville

����������� Geoffrey Gamble