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January 2009 —

UC - CNA Bargaining Update - January 26, 2009

In an effort to reach agreement on reopener bargaining for nurses, the University and CNA have agreed to meet with a state-appointed mediator on Wednesday, January 28 and Thursday, January 29.  These will be the first bargaining sessions since post fact-finding negotiations in November, 2008.

Highlights of the University’s previous offers include:

• WAGES: UC’s latest offer would provide market-competitive wage increases as reflected in the University’s salary survey results and supported by CNA’s own information presented during fact-finding. 

• STAFFING:  UC believes that because most staffing concerns vary location to location, the most effective means of addressing staffing matters is through collaboration between nurses (through the PPC) and nursing management.  This process is already available in the UC-CNA contract and has been effectively used at UCLA. 

• RETIREMENT BENEFITS:  The University is not proposing to change current contract language, which guarantees that the University and CNA will negotiate about the restart of contributions to the UC Retirement Plan before any nurse’s contributions are required.  No changes to UCRP contributions are proposed at this time.

• MEDICAL BENEFITS:  CNA’s proposal reflects the UC proposed rates for 2009.  As a part of this agreement, in 2009, the University would contribute an even higher percentage toward health insurance costs due to a special one-time subsidy as recently announced.

More information, including an up-to-date, detailed chart comparing the fact-finder’s recommendations with the University proposals and CNA’s positions can be found here.