2004-2005: Bargaining Report #5: December 1-2, 2004, Santa Barbara, CA
Bargaining Update re: 2 Bonus Leave Days
Bargaining sessions held in Santa Barbara on December 1st and 2nd with
university negotiators ended without an agreement concerning the 2 Bonus
Leave Days.
The university negotiators rejected the counterproposal offered by the CUE
bargaining team.
You should know that CUE has filed an unfair practice charge with PERB
regarding the curtailment shutdown. One of the remedies which CUE will seek is
reimbursement of vacation time, comp time, and wages for those using leave
without pay during the curtailment period.
University chief negotiator Peter Chester recently contacted CUE's negotiator
to schedule an additional session on Tuesday, December 21 in Oakland. CUE
bargaining team members will attend the session but it is doubtful that a
resolution will be reached. It appears that the university has requested this
meeting merely as a legal formality in hopes of establishing a defense against
the union's unfair practice charge.
CUE will notify you if there is any change in the negotiations, however, your
available options regarding the curtailment period are:
- to notify your supervisor that you intend to come in to work,
- schedule vacation time or comp time,
- take leave without pay.
Please note that this would be authorized leave without pay therefore you will
be paid for the specified holidays.
If you are advised by your supervisors or payroll representative that leave
without pay the day before or after the holiday will result in your not receiving the
holiday pay, this is inaccurate information. This issue was discussed during the Santa
Barbara bargaining sessions and the university representatives confirmed that
anyone using leave without pay-despite its proximity to a paid holiday--would
be paid for the holiday because the leave without pay is "authorized." Please
notify CUE if there is any dispute regarding this with your department payroll
representative.
CUE Bargaining Team
Norine Shima -- UC Berkeley
Brigitte Moon -- UC Davis
Bert Thomas -- UC Los Angeles
Stacey Fullwiler -- UC Riverside
Nancy Kabzenell -- UC San Diego
Mary Higgins -- UC San Francisco
Dina Gabriel -- UC Santa Barbara
Kevin Parks -- UC Santa Cruz
Amatullah Alaji-Sabrie -- UC Berkeley, chief negotiator