UFE News:

23 FEB 10 - READ: The United Faculty of Eastern's Contract: 2009-2013 UFE Contract

WANT TO JOIN UNITED FACULTY OF EASTERN?

Become a member today: Eastern faculty can become a member of the United Faculty of Eastern by printing this online membership form: UFE Membership Form. Fill out the printed form and contact Liping Zhu, lzhu@ewu.edu. We appreciate your membership and welcome your involvement in creating a vibrant and democratic faculty union!

12 June 09 - UFE Spring Election Officer Results!

President: Gary Krug (Communication Studies)

VP for Union/Mgmt Relations: Ted Otto (Library)

VP for Affiliate Relations: Dale Garraway (Mathematics)

Secretary: Romel Mackelprang (Social Work)

At-large Members -- Tenure/Tenure Track faculty: Dana Elder (Honors Program) and Elizabeth Kissling (Communication Studies)

At-Large Member -- Special Faculty: Kathleen Huttenmaier (History)

Congrats to the UFE Officers and the UFE Members who Voted!!! Democracy in Action!!!... read

New Membership Application... download

5 June 09 - Grievances Settled:

Through the efforts of negotiating with UFE and the Provost's office, two grievances have been settled: Back pay for faculty who taught internships (495s) as far back as 2006 and Promotion for qualified Lecturers to Senior Lecturer rank with the 5% pay increase negotiated in the last CBA. read

27 April 09 - Bargaining Update:

The UFE and Adminstration Bargaining Teams met April 22 for the second session of the current negotiations. The sides exchanged proposals for changes and refinements to Article 2 "Appointment, Assignment, Rank and Promotion" and Article 7 "Grievance Procedure." The next session is scheduled for Friday, May 1.

6 April 09 - Out of State Faculty Travel to be Funded... read

UFE Fights for Professional Development Funds... read

18 Mar 09 - UFE Starts Bargaining with EWU Administration... read

16 Mar 09 - UFE: Appoint Qualified Faculty to Senior Lecturer!

On Wednesday, March 11, we filed a grievance protesting the administration’s refusal to appoint at least five Lecturers who qualified to Senior Lecturer despite the fact that they were approved by their DPC, CPC, Chair and Dean. The reasons given were “financial”, which makes no sense despite the budget crunch. There is very little in the way of pay increases pursuant to the promotion and precious little additional protection afforded by a two year contract than a one year contract. So, why did they do it?

Despite the fact that contract language states that the administration “may” appoint Lecturers to Senior Lecturer, we found some language in one of the college policies and procedures that we are using as the basis for the grievance.

Our union is committed to representing EWU faculty and so we had to find a way to address this injustice and we did. We will keep you posted as the grievance progresses through the procedure.

Appointment grievance... read