The goal is to clarify and simplify appointment procedures that currently leave lecturers spending more time worrying about their jobs than working at them. Central to our new version of the appointments article is a rational definition of instructional need, so faculty can expect appointments in line with their current employment levels, as long as the university plans no serious changes in a lecturer's department. Its repeated invocation is a means by which to legitimate changing the balance of power between faculty and administration, altering faculty's professional terms of employment. We are also fighting for other important issues, including more money for professional development, merit reviews every three years, and a return to the once-historical link between our salary increases and those of Senate faculty. The next bargaining session will be held on May 5 at the Clark Kerr Conference Center at UC-Berkeley, starting at 10 a.m.
Observers are welcome.
The bargaining teams met in Berkeley on April 20. The University still has not responded to the substance of the salary proposal made by the UC-AFT on March 30. The union is preparing counterproposals to these articles for our next bargaining session. The University's April 20 proposal made no movement in this area. As always, unit members are welcome and encouraged to observe the negotiations.