Bargaining Updates
Bargaining Update #12: One Agreement Forward, Two Rejections Back
Topline Summary: Our elected Bargaining Committee met with the JHU admin on Monday for the 12th time, and we were joined by two postdocs as observers. We started the session by signing a Tentative Agreement (TA) on Union Rights and amending and re-signing our TA on...
Read and sign our open letter today!
Sign our Open Letter and share with your colleagues today! As you know, our Union is bargaining with the JHU administration for a first contract to improve our working conditions. Our Bargaining Committee (BC) has been negotiating and fighting on behalf of each and...
Bargaining Update #10: Questions and contradictions around policy persist, despite achieving some progress and one new tentative agreement.
Topline Summary: On July 7th, our elected Bargaining Committee had our 10th session with the JHU admin, and we were joined by three postdocs as observers. We reached a tentative agreement (TA) on Job Posting, which improves the information that supervisors are...
Bargaining Update #9: TA’s stalled despite productive session; our rights and safety are not up for debate.
Our elected Bargaining Committee had our ninth bargaining session with the JHU admin yesterday, and we were joined by six observers. We passed the JHU admin seven counterproposals, and they gave us six counterproposals in total. We are close to a tentative agreement...
Bargaining Update #8: Good discussions and improved mutual understanding.
Yesterday, our elected Bargaining Committee met with the JHU admin for the eighth time, and we had a very productive session. We were joined by four observers, who saw the JHU admin pass us six counterproposals, and we passed them three counters. We encourage any...
Join us at our Next General Bargaining Unit Meeting!
With all the non-economic articles introduced and on the table in front of the JHU admin, we need to continue to demonstrate that we’re all working together to win improvements to our conditions and make JHU a more equitable and transparent place to work for all of...
Bargaining Update: Presenting the last non-economic proposals with a majority of support!
Our elected Bargaining Committee had our seventh bargaining session with the JHU admin yesterday, and we passed the remainder of our non-economic proposals. We were joined by eight observers, and we encourage any interested postdocs to RSVP to be an observer at future...
Bargaining Update: Articles introduced, but admin proposes some unreasonable counters.
Yesterday, our Bargaining Committee met for the sixth time with JHU admin. We were joined by ten observers, who were able to witness JHU admin reveal some disappointing proposals and counters. Most notably, admin proposed suspensions without pay at their sole...
Bargaining Update: Engaging admin in a productive session
Our Bargaining Committee celebrated May Day on Friday by having our fifth bargaining session with the JHU admin. The session was productive, with one Tentative Agreement (TA) signed on our Severability article. We passed two additional counters to the JHU admin (Job...
Next Bargaining Sessions Booked!
We confirmed yesterday with JHU admin that we will have our next three (3) bargaining sessions on the following dates: Friday, May 1st: 11:00am-2:00pm (location TBD) Monday, May 11th: 11:00am-2:00pm (location TBD) Wednesday, May 27th: 11:00am-2:00pm (location TBD)...