May 18-19, 2000
ITEM
107-111-R0500 Approval
of Tentative Agreement with The University of Montana-Missoula College of
Technology Faculty Association
THAT:����������������������������������������������������������� The Montana Board of Regents of
Higher Education approves the Tentative Agreement with The University of
Montana-Missoula College of Technology Faculty Association
EXPLANATION:����������������������������������������� See attached memo to Board of
Regents from
����������������������������������������������������������������������� Sue
Hill, Director, Labor Relations and Personnel
ATTACHMENTS:���������������������������������������
a.�������� Memo
to Board of Regents from Sue Hill�
b.�������� Tentative
Agreement between the� Montana Board of
Regents of Higher� Education and The
University of� Montana-Missoula College
of� Technology Faculty Association
Item 107-111-R0500� ATTACHMENT
TO:���������������� Board of Regents
FROM:���������� Sue Hill, Director
����������������������� Labor Relations and
Personnel
RE:���������������� Approval
of Tentative Agreement with The University of Montana-Missoula College of� Technology Faculty Association
DATE:����������� May 18-19, 2000
The faculty at the
The University of Montana-Missoula College of Technology recently voted to form
their own bargaining unit.� Previously,
they were included in a state-wide bargaining unit (Vocational Technical
Educators of Montana) along with faculty at the other colleges of technology.
The attached
tentative agreement with The University of Montana-Missoula College of
Technology Faculty Association shows the changes made to the 1997-1999
agreement with the Vocational Technical Educators of Montana (VTEM).� Most are not substantive and are intended to
reflect the new bargaining unit structure.�
In the future, the faculty and administration at The University of
Montana-Missoula College of Technology would like to work towards an agreement
that more closely parallels the agreement with the faculty at The University of
Montana-Missoula.� As a first step, the
salary structure included in the VTEM agreement was replaced with salary
floors.� The collective bargaining
agreement covering The University of Montana-Missoula College of Technology
will specify only minimum levels for new hires as opposed to a set schedule
which allows for very little flexibility to address the realities of the
marketplace.� The salary increases for
faculty at The University of Montana-Missoula College of Technology were
determined by taking the pool of money generated under the salary settlement
with VTEM and redistributing it as an across-the-board percentage
increase.� The only other substantive
change was to delete the requirement that all employees pay dues or a representation
fee to the union.� The faculty
bargaining team initiated that change.
The faculty will have
voted to approve the tentative agreement prior to the May Regent meeting or
this item will be withdrawn.� I
recommend approval of the tentative agreement with The University of
Montana-Missoula College of Technology Faculty Association.
xc:������ Commissioner Crofts
����������� President Dennison
����������� Dean Lerum