Contract Proposal Comparison

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3	Article #	Issue	Current CBA	Union Prop	School Prop
4	1	Bargaining unit definition	As defined by NLRB	Same as CBA	Restrict to 27 & 33 Garden employees
5	3	Non-discrimination	Typical non-discrimination language	Same as CBA	If faculty member files complaint with federal or state government, he/she waives right to arbitration under the CBA
6	5	Union visitation rights	Union has right to conduct business on campus	Same as CBA	Exclude terminated Union members from campus, even if they are on campus to conduct Union business while their termination is being grieved
7	5	Union bulletin board posting	Union can post but postings can't contain anything derogatory of the School, its officers, employees, or agents.	Same as CBA	The School will determine what is "derogatory"
8	10	Layoffs	School can layoff for financial exigency or discontinuance of a program, department, curriculum, discipline, or section	Same as CBA	Add "decrease in enrollment" as another reason
9	10	Recalls	Faculty are recalled to same or similar positions before any other new faculty are hired	Faculty are recalled to same or similar or any position for which they are qualified before any other new faculty are hired	Recall rights are limited to 60 days after layoff and apply only to "a position that had been eliminated as part of the layoff"
10	12	Appointments	3-year probationary period for new hires	1-year probationary period for new hires	4-year probationary period for new hires
11	12	Reappointments	Being negotiated in LMC	Reappointment according to Fac Evals and defined procedure	Reappointment at School's sole discretion with no opportunity to grieve decision
12	19	Teaching assignments	Students can only be removed from teacher's studio after consultation with the faculty member	Same including more explicity language that requires a face-to-face meeting with the faculty member before any decision is made reassign a student	No requirement to consult or meet with the faculty member
13	22	Base rate	School can set or raise the base rate at any time. Bargaining Unit members get annual across-the-board raises of 3%, 2%, and 3% in the 3 yrs of contract	School can set or raise the base rate at any time. Bargaining Unit members get annual across-the-board raises of 10%, 5%, 5% in the 3 yrs of contract. Bargaining Unit members with Fac Eval Overall Rating of 4 or greater get Merit increase. BU members get automatic Experience Level increases when crossing between Levels 1, 2, 3, 4. Levels are defined by years of professional experience.	Eliminate Levels. No raises. No merit increases. No annual increases. Base rate is set once when you are hired and never changes.
14	22	Coordinated classes	Faculty coordinators of coordinated classes get paid for coordinating each class and for teaching some of the classes	Same as CBA	Faculty coordinators are not paid coordination fee for classes they teach themselves
15	22	Private lessons	[long-standing practice] studio class time can substitute for some of private lesson time	studio class time can substitute for some of private lesson time	Nothing can substitute for private lesson time
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17	22	Auditions	[long-standing practice] faculty members may attend and be compensated for juries and incoming student auditions in their discipline	Same as CBA	Faculty members must receive written permission from Department Chair to attend incoming student auditions and juries
18	22	Studio Classes	[long-standing practice] as Union published in email to faculty	Added Appendix F to explicitly put long-standing practice in writing in contract	Faculty must receive written permission from the School to hold studio classes. No compensation for studio classes. They cannot substitute for private lessons. Cannot be offered at any times that conflict with other student classes. School's decision to deny studio class cannot be grieved.
19	26	Management Rights	Visiting Faculty limited to 2 years. Artists in Residence limited to 7% of total faculty. School can enforce "reasonable" work rules.	Same as CBA	Visiting Faculty limited to 3 years. Artists in Residence limited to 15% of total faculty. School can enforce "work rules" with word "reasonable" removed.
20	27	Full-time faculty	N/A	Full-time faculty proposal for faculty with 27 or more benefit units	N/A
21	Appendix A	Labor Management Committee	Three members appointed by President of School, and three members appointed by Union Executive Board.	Same as CBA	Members must be "actively employed by Longy"
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