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What's New
- UA & UVM ADMINISTRATION REACH AGREEMENT ON FULL-TIME FACULTY CONTRACT! After approximately 150 hours of negotiations over eight months, United Academics reached a tentative contract agreement with the University of Vermont on September 4th. Click here to read the full press release.
- The new contract, when ratified by faculty vote, will run until July 2011. The collective bargaining agreement for full-time faculty at the University provides substantial salary increases over three years, improved child-bearing and child rearing leave, paid leave for family care, increases in funds to support the faculty's professional development , and increased benefits for faculty who obtain research grants. In addition the parties reached agreement on complex health insurance issues.
- "It is a victory for both parties," said chief negotiator Ross Thomson, Associate Professor of Economics. He describes the contract as one of the best contracts for Full-Time Faculty negotiated in the country over the past 2 years.
- "It is evidence," said David Shiman, President of United Academics, the faculty union, "that the administration and faculty share a commitment to making UVM the premier small research university in the country."
- Click here to read the full press release.
- Until we've ratified the new contract, our negotiations information page will still need to be available only to UA members. If you'd like to learn how to access these negotiations updates and information, e-mail .
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Last updated 2 September, 2008