TENTATIVE AGREEMENT DETAILS
The WPI-GWU-UAW Bargaining Committee has reached a tentative agreement with the university, pending an upcoming ratification vote by WPI-GWU members.
Read the highlights of the tentative agreement here.
Read a detailed summary of the tentative agreement here.
Read the full tentative agreement here.
You can sign up to be a member here.
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Previous Bargaining Status
Here are all our current proposals as they stand, and you can view each of the counter proposals by clicking on their date:
| Outstanding Contract Provision | Who Proposes Next? | Union Proposal | University Counter | Union Counter | University Counter | Union Counter | University Counter | Union Counter | University Counter | Union Counter | University Counter | Union Counter |
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| Non-Economic Proposals | ||||||||||||
| Appointments Notification | WPI | 1/25 | 2/15 | 2/22 | 3/9 | 4/5 | 4/20 | 5/3 | 5/17 | 6/12 | 6/28 | 6/29 |
| Employment Files | Union | 1/11 | 1/25 | 2/15 | 2/22 | |||||||
| Management’s Rights | Union | ——- | 2/15 (Initial) | 4/5 | Reasserted | Reasserted | 6/28 | |||||
| No Strike/No Lockout | Union | —– | 1/25 (Initial) | 4/5 | Reasserted | 6/12 | 6/28 | |||||
| Non-Resident and Non-Citizen Graduate Worker Rights and Protections | Union | 1/25 | 4/20 | 5/3 | 5/17 | 5/31 | 6/12 | 6/28 | 6/29 | |||
| Union Access and Rights | WPI | 1/25 | 3/8 | 4/20 | ||||||||
| Union Recognition | Union | 3/8 | 4/20 | |||||||||
| VCAP | WPI | 1/25 | Rejected | 2/23 | ||||||||
| Economic Proposals | ||||||||||||
| Childcare | WPI | 3/23 | Rejected | 4/20 | 5/3 | 5/17 | 5/31 | 6/12 | 6/28 | |||
| Compensation | WPI | 3/23 | 4/5 | 4/20 | 5/3 | 5/17 | 5/31 | 6/12 | 6/28 | |||
| Emergency Grant | WPI | 3/23 | Rejected | 4/20 | 5/3 | 5/17 | 5/31 | 6/12 | 6/28 | |||
| Food Security | WPI | 3/23 | Rejected | 4/20 | 5/3 | 5/17 | 5/31 | 6/12 | 6/28 | |||
| Health Benefits | WPI | 3/23 | 4/5 | — | 5/3 | 5/17 | 5/31 | 6/12 | 6/28 | |||
| Holidays | WPI | 3/23 | 4/5 | 4/20 | 5/3 | 5/17 | 5/31 | 6/12 | 6/28 | |||
| Housing | WPI | 3/23 | Rejected | 4/20 | 5/3 | 5/17 | 5/31 | 6/12 | 6/28 | |||
| Leaves | WPI | 3/23 | 4/5 | 4/20 | 5/3 | 5/17 | 5/31 | 6/12 | 6/28 | |||
| Parking and Transit | Union | 3/23 | 4/20 | — | 5/3 | 6/12 | 6/28 | |||||
| Subcontracting | WPI | 1/25 | Rejected | 4/5 | Rejected | 5/17 | 5/31 | 6/12 | 6/28 | |||
| Tax Assistance | WPI | 3/23 | Rejected | 4/20 | 5/3 | 5/17 | 5/31 | 6/12 | 6/28 | |||
| Titles and Classifications | Union | 1/11 | — | — | 5/3 | 5/17 | 5/31 | 6/12 | 6/28 | |||
| Tuition and Fees | WPI | 3/23 | Rejected | 4/20 | 5/3 | 5/17 | 5/31 | 6/12 | 6/28 | |||
| Vacations | Union | 3/23 | 4/5 | 4/20 | 5/3 | 5/17 | 5/31 | 6/12 | 6/28 |
| Completed Contract Provision | Who Proposes Next? | Union Proposal | University Counter | Union Counter | University Counter | Union Counter | University Counter | Union Counter | University Counter | Union Counter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appointment Security Union | — | 1/25 | 2/15 | 2/22 | Agreement | |||||
| Discipline and Dismissal | — | 1/18 | 1/25 | 2/15 | 2/22 | 3/8 | 3/23 | Agreement | ||
| EAP | — | 1/11 | 1/25 | Agreement | ||||||
| Grievance and Arbitration | — | 1/18 | 2/22 | 3/8 | 3/23 | Agreement | ||||
| Health and Safety | — | 1/11 | 1/25 | 2/15 | 3/9 | 3/23 | 4/20 | Agreement | ||
| Intellectual Property | — | 1/25 | 2/15 | Agreement | ||||||
| Job Posting | 1/18 | 1/25 | 2/15 | 2/22 | 3/8 | 3/23 | 4/5 | 4/20 | Agreement | |
| Non-discrimination | 1/25 | 2/15 | 3/8 | Agreement | ||||||
| Professional Development | — | 3/23 | 4/5 | Agreement | ||||||
| Severability | — | 1/18 | Agreement | |||||||
| Training | — | 1/11 | 1/25 | 2/15 | 3/8 | Agreement | ||||
| Travel | — | 1/18 | 1/25 | 2/15 | 2/22 | 3/8 | Agreement | |||
| Workload | — | 1/25 | 2/15 | 2/22 | 3/9 | Agreement | ||||
| Union Management Committee | — | 1/11 | 1/25 | 2/15 | 2/22 | 3/8 | Agreement | |||
| Union Security* | — | 1/25 | 2/15 | 3/8 | Agreement* | |||||
| Workspace and materials | — | 1/18 | 2/15 | 2/22 | 3/8 | 3/23 | 4/20 | Agreement | ||
| — | 3/23 | Rejected | ||||||||
| — | 3/23 | Rejected | ||||||||
| — | 1/18 | Rejected | 4/5 | Rejected |
