Spring 2025 Collective Bargaining Meeting Summaries

1/14/25 Collective Bargaining Session Summary

New Proposals passed by KU:

  • Reimbursements
  • Parental Leave
  • Modified Instructional Duties
  • Sick and Shared Leaves
  • Intellectual Property
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Benefits to Retirees
  • Facilities & Equipment
  • Health & Safety

Counterproposals passed by UAKU:

  • Academic Freedom & Responsibility

Counterproposals passed by KU:

  • Union Rights
  • University Rights

 

1/28/25 Collective Bargaining Session Summary

New Proposals passed by KU:

  • Workload
  • Sabbatical leaves

Counterproposals passed by KU:

  • Facilities & Equipment
  • Health & Safety
  • Academic Freedom & Responsibility

Tentative agreement reached by UAKU & KU:

  • Academic Freedom & Responsibility

 

1/30/25 Collective Bargaining Session Summary

New Proposals passed by KU:

  • Appointments
  • Evaluations
  • Promotion & Tenure

Counterproposals passed by KU:

  • Voluntary Leave without Pay with Benefits
  • Leaves

 

2/4/25 Collective Bargaining Session Summary

New Proposals passed by UAKU:

  • Terms of Agreement
  • Compensation
  • International Support Services
  • Supplemental Professional Support
  • Benefits
  • Public Service Loan Forgiveness
  • Pay Schedules
  • Financial Exigency
  • Academic Program Discontinuation

 

2/25/25 Collective Bargaining Session Summary

Counterproposals passed by KU:

  • International Employment Support
  • Availability of Agreement:
  • Pay Schedules
  • Benefits
  • Notices
  • Public Loan Service Loan Forgiveness

Counterproposals passed by UAKU:

  • Health & Safety
  • Facilities
  • Non-discrimination

 

Spring 2025 HLC Collective Bargaining Updates

2/26/25 HLC Presentation for UAKU: Senior Vice Provost Jennifer Roberts gave a presentation on the upcoming HLC site visit and invited UAKU representatives to participate in two HLC site visit special sessions with the site visitors team: (1) governance and (2) UAKU negotiating team members

3/4/25 HLC Site visit: UAKU negotiating team members participated in a session with governance leaders and a session specific for the union to speak to the collective bargaining process. KU management negotiating team members participated in a session specific to management to speak to the collective bargaining process.  

 

2/28/25 Collective Bargaining Session Summary

Counterproposals passed by KU:

  • Benefits to Retirees
  • Modified Instructional Duties 

Counterproposals passed by UAKU:

  • Notices
  • Availability of Agreement
  • Personnel Files

 

3/14/25 Collective Bargaining Session Summary

Counterproposals passed by KU:

  • Financial Exigency
  • Academic Program Discontinuation
  • Personnel Files

Counterproposals passed by UAKU:

  • Notices
  • Availability of Agreement
  • Personnel Files

Tentative agreements reached by UAKU & KU:

  • Notices
  • Availability of Agreement
  • Personnel Files

 

3/28/25 Collective Bargaining Session Summary

Counterproposals passed by KU:

  • Supplemental Professional Support
  • Health & Safety
  • Facilities & Equipment
  • Sabbatical 

Counterproposals passed by UAKU:

  • Modified Instructional Duties
  • Benefits to Retirees

 

4/11/25 Collective Bargaining Session Summary

Counterproposals passed by KU:

  • Appointments

Counterproposals passed by UAKU:

  • Sabbaticals
  • Leaves 

 

4/22/25 Collective Bargaining Session Summary

Counterproposals passed by KU:

  • Workload
  • Modified Instructional Duties
  • Grievance & Arbitration

Counterproposals passed by UAKU:

  • Public Loan Forgiveness
  • Financial Exigency
  • Program Discontinuation

 

4/29/25 Collective Bargaining Session Summary

Counterproposals passed by KU:

  • Annual Performance Evaluation

Counterproposals passed by UAKU:

  • Union Rights
  • Supplemental Professional Support
  • International Employee Support

 

5/6/25 Collective Bargaining Session Summary

Counterproposals passed by KU:

  • Periodic Reviews
  • Public Service Loan Forgiveness

Counterproposals passed by UAKU:

  • Health & Safety
  • Facilities & Equipment

Tentative agreement reached by UAKU & KU:

  • Public Service Loan Forgiveness

 

5/9/25 Collective Bargaining Session Summary

Counterproposals passed by KU:

  • Discipline & Dismissal
  • Benefits to Retirees

Counterproposals passed by UAKU:

  • Workload
  • Modified Instructional Duties
  • Grievance & Arbitration
  • Job Titles/Appointments

Collective Bargaining at KU