2024年4月

4月10日, in response to the economic proposal TAUP presented on April 2, university representatives presented a full economic counterproposal that proposes increases in benefits and in compensation. 

Highlights from the university’s latest counterproposal include the following.

薪酬的增加  

• 追溯至七月一日, 2023, full-time bargaining unit employees will receive either a 4% or $3,750年筹集, 二者中较大的一个. 除了, there will be an additional 1% merit pool; and then 2% across the board raises with an additional 1% merit pool in each of the next four years.  

• Retroactive to the fall 2023 semester, the per-credit minimum for adjunct faculty will be increased by 19% from $1,550 to $1,850, 把它放在上面 the average Philadelphia rate of $1,600 per credit. Adjuncts in the bargaining unit as of fall 2023 and/or spring 2024 who earned above the minimum will receive a one-time payment of $450, and the adjunct per-credit minimum will increase by $50 per year beginning fall 2024 semester. 

• Increases to salary minima across all employee categories, ranging from 12% to 72%. 

工作保障 

• Severance pay for long-term non-tenure-track (NTT) faculty who are not renewed  

• Payment to adjuncts for late cancellation of classes will be increased from 4% to 10%. 

效益增加 

• The university retirement contribution for NTT faculty will be increased to 8.5%, providing equity between NTT and tenured/tenure-track faculty.  

• Addition of prescription coverage for adjunct faculty  

• Paid parental leave for librarians and academic professionals  

• Increase in short-term disability benefit from $225/week to $350/week, or the opportunity to enroll in another university plan that provides 60% of pay 

This latest counterproposal from the university is conditioned upon ratification by May 15, 2024, 如果获得批准, this collective bargaining agreement will remain in effect through June 30, 2028.

2024年3月

TAUP provided the university with two meeting dates for the month of March.

3月18日会议期间, TAUP presented a counter proposal in response to the university presenting its economic proposal on Feb. 26.

After reviewing the counter proposal from TAUP, the university used the March 25 session to discuss specific elements of the proposal and ask several in-depth questions to better understand it and the union’s goals so that both parties could get closer to an agreement.

2024年2月

威尼斯赌场网站 representatives were first to present an economic package proposal to TAUP reps, on the condition that it be ratified by March 31, 2024. 查看完整的经济方案, which included the following.

• 追溯至七月一日, 2023, 4% across the board raises for full-time bargaining unit employees, with another 1% merit pool; and then 2% across the board raises with an additional 1% merit pool in each of the next four years. 
• Effective for the fall 2023 semester, the adjunct per-credit minimum will be $1,800 (up 12.1,600美元起价5%). Adjuncts in the bargaining unit as of fall 2023 and/or spring 2024 who earned above the minimum will receive a one-time payment of $400, less required withholdings and deductions, paid within 30 days of ratification. The adjunct per-credit minimum will increase by $50 per year beginning with the fall 2024 semester.
• Librarians and academic professionals will be eligible for paid parental leave under Temple’s policy applicable to non represented Temple staff.
• Librarians and academic professionals will be eligible for short-term disability benefits on the same terms applicable to non represented Temple staff.

2024年1月

Temple officials and TAUP reached tentative agreements on several proposals and language for what will be in the new contract, 包括

• revisions to the grievance and arbitration processes,
• the formalization of scheduled time off for librarians,
• the use of gender-neutral language in the new CBA, and 
• the deletion of dated material in the contract that is no longer relevant.