Salaries

Merit pool raises will be 1.5% in 2018, 1.5% in 2019, 2.0% in 2020, and 2.0% in 2021.

Minimum salaries

Effective October 1, 2018, an increase to the minimums of the ranks of Lecturer, Assistant Instructor, Instructor and Specialist to $35,000 for Academic Year appointments and $42,778 for an Annual Year appointment. An increase to the minimums of the rank of Assistant Professor to $45,000 for Academic Year appointments and $55,000 for an Annual Year appointment.

Minimum salaries will increase 1.5% in 2019, 2.0% in 2020, and 2.0% in 2021.

In this contract, the Union concentrated on raising minimum salaries and on addressing the situation of some members for whom the raise to the minimum salary was more than their merit raise, with the result that experienced and meritorious faculty were getting no more than new faculty who were being hired at the minimum. To address this, the new contract includes a $60,000 pool that will be distributed to members who are in this situation as of September of 2018. The pool will be distributed to these members in proportion to their merit raises in the previous four years and will added to the new base salaries as described above.

Designation B

The new contract reduces to 8 the number of teaching semesters required to be eligible for Designation B status, and it increases to 7 the number of years in which a member can accumulate those semesters.

The new contract also includes a $1,000 raise in base pay for faculty who achieve Designation B status under the new contract.

Benefits

The enrollment period in which members can enroll for benefits has been changed to 30 days from the 60 days allowed in the old contract. The University insists that this brings the contract into compliance with common practices.

Grievances

The time allowed for the filing of grievances has also been reduced to 14 days from the 21 days of the old contract.

Release Time for the UNTF President

The new contract allows the UNTF President a one-class paid release per semester. This will enhance the efficiency of the union and reduce the need for paid staff.  

What do we hope to see in our next contract?

The common concerns we hear from colleagues are job security, health insurance, and wages. These are the very issues that we can address through organizing our colleagues into a stronger union and negotiating with the university administration again in 2022.

More Information

Use the following links to read the full UNTF Contract, read our Constitution, or to find answers to frequently asked questions about Designation B.