Letter to UEA - December 8, 2005

Gary Westorff
Field Representative
University Education Association
639 E Central Entrance
Duluth, MN 55811

Dear Gary,

I was pleased to receive your e-mail dated November 21, 2005, wherein you suggested we meet and talk about the "workload" for the Crookston faculty and how it differs from the workload at UMD.

We would very much like to continue bargaining with the UEA and reach agreement on a new contract for the Crookston faculty. Our team is available to meet on December 16th beginning at 9:00. We understand that such a meeting means we are back at the negotiating table and each party will bringing forward proposals to negotiate terms and conditions of employment specifically for the faculty on the Crookston campus. We suggest that the parties could repackage or reorder the previously identified packages, as well as agree to additional negotiating dates.

This agreement to come back to the bargaining table in no way changes our position that the current contract governing the faculty on the Duluth campus does not automatically apply to faculty on the Crookston campus. We continue to believe that both parties have an obligation to negotiate in good faith as to the terms and conditions of employment of the Crookston faculty.

I am confident the parties can make progress on these terms and conditions of employment when we get back to the bargaining table next week.

Sincerely,

Patti Dion
Director, Employee Relations and Compensation Office of Human Resources University of Minnesota

The University of Minnesota , Crookston (UMC) is one of four campuses in the University of Minnesota land grant system.  UMC is a coordinate campus that provides a unique approach through applied and polytechnic baccalaureate education, research, and service.

UMC is an equal opportunity educator and employer