They have a right to talk about union issues. However, it is illegal for any chair or administrator to threaten, coerce, bribe or promise a faculty member with respect to his or her vote. Basically, the university must negotiate on any topic that relates to a term or condition of employment, including, but not limited to, all aspects of compensation, tenure, appointment and reappointment, workload, the role of the senate, and those aspects of governance not handled by the senate. Faculty contracts also vary considerably, because each faculty tailors its contract to its own culture and concerns. As an example, let's look at salaries.
Most contracts specify some type of minimum salary, normally by rank.
Few, on the other hand, set maximum salaries. Some contain only a performance-based increase. Many contracts also address other financial concerns,such as inequities resulting from salary compression, market variables, and gender problems, and they also provide for matching offers. A. First and foremost, the contract that you negotiate through your faculty union will be legally binding. This means that promised resources will not disappear when existing administrators leave, and new administrators will not be able to make sweeping unilateral changes.