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Full Time Proposals
 

1) Article XXXI Salary: 

a) Section 1 General Increase: 11% per year each year.   The same increase will be applied to the adjunct/overload rate, the minimum salary for each rank, and all other per capita and stipend rates enumerated in the contract.

b) Article XXXI Section 4, Minimum and Initial Appointment Salary:  Delete subsection (c ).  Change subsection (b) as follows:

“Initial Appointment   The salary of a unit member upon initial appointment shall be set forth in (a) above.  However, the Administration shall have the option to establish a salary at initial appointment above the minimum set forth in (a) above.  Should the salary requested exceed the minimum set forth in (a) above by more than ten (10) percent, the dean will submit a recommendation to the union committee on salary.  In the event that the union committee fails to agree with the dean's recommendation, the matter will be submitted to the President.  The President or his/her designee will then personally consult with the union president prior to making the appointment. up to ten (10) percent above the minimum set forth in (a) above.   In exceptional, fully documented circumstances and prior to an offer being made this limit may be waived subject to approval by the LIUFF

c) Adjunct/Overload (Article XXXI, Section 5.): Insert the following:

 “Adjuncts assigned to the Library will be paid such that three hours per week of work is compensated at the rate equivalent to one contact hour at the Adjunct/Overload rate for the appropriate rank.”

d) Compensation for Department Chairs (Article XXXI, Section 10.): 
Remove (b) Compensation, paragraphs 1, 2 and 3.   Paragraph 4, Vacation Stipend, will be increased as per the same annual rate as continuing salary.  Replace deleted subsections with:

“(1) Effective September 1, 2006, all chairs shall have a teaching load of six (6)  three (3) credits per semester.
 (2) Chairs in English, Biology, Psychology, Mathematics, Chemistry, Sociology/Anthropology, History, Philosophy, Computer Science, Management, Accounting, Teaching and Learning, Human Development and Leadership, Journalism, Physical Therapy, Speech and Library will receive a stipend each semester equivalent to six (6) contact hours paid at the adjunct/overload rate for their rank.
 (3) Chairs in all other department not named will receive a stipend each semester equivalent to four (4) contact hours paid at the adjunct/overload rate for their rank.”

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2) Fringe Benefits (Article XVII):
a) Healthcare:  Reversion to conditions that existed in the 2000-2003 CBA with regard to University payment of health care insurance premiums for full-time faculty and their families.
b) Section 1, (f) 2-(a), Early Retirement: Normal Retirement age 65-delete, obsolete under change in Article XVIII, Section 1, Retirement Age.
c) Section 5 (c ), Retiree Healthcare. Change as follows:

“ The University shall continue to cover retirees who completed ten (10) years of employment under the major medical plan to the extent of a maximum benefit of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) $500,000, replenished at a rate of up to $100,000 per year, or a University payment not to exceed twelve hundred  twenty four hundred dollars ($1,200 2,400) per annum, to be used toward the retiree’s purchase of Medigap insurance.

d) Section 15: Wellness Center: Replace with:
 “Full-time faculty and retirees will have free and complete access to the facilities of the Wellness Center.”

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3) Workload (Article XIV)

Article XIV: Workload, Section 2(h): Delete subsection 1, Reasonable increase in class size quotas.  This has served its purpose and is obsolete.  Replace with language from the 2000-2003 CBA”

“Consistent with past practice, existing class size maxima shall not be exceeded without the concurrence of the full-time faculty of the affected department.  Such concurrence shall not be unreasonably withheld.” 

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4)  Status of Administrators(Article XXXV) 

Insert the following as new section 1, renumber other sections accordingly:

“ Section 1: Administrators with Teaching Responsibilities: 
a) The teaching of courses for credit within Long Island University is the exclusive purview of the faculty. (clarification) 
b) No Administrator hired on or after September 1, 2006 shall teach courses for credit unless said Administrator receives an adjunct appointment from a department or division. 
c) Section (b) shall not apply to Administrators employed by Long Island University prior to September 1, 2006. 
d) Should an Administrator employed by Long Island University prior to September 1, 2006 separate from his or her employment as an Administrator and is later rehired as an Administrator, section (b) will apply. 
e) Administrators shall have no voting rights. (clarification)

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5) ARTICLE XXXVII, Non-Tenure Track Positions (ARTICLE XXXVII)
a) Section 1. Definition- Include the following statement as the final sentence in the paragraph: 

 “The total number of NTTA’s shall not exceed 10% of the entire full time faculty, nor shall that number exceed 20% of the full time faculty in any given department.”

b) Section 5. Workload- Change as follows: 

“The workload will be 12 nine (9) hours per semester, including related, clearly defined administrative and/or professional duties that will be recommended by the department and subject to approval by the administration.  These responsibilities and their workload contact hour equivalency will be specified at the time the request for an NTTA is initiated and shall be included in the NTTA’s contract.  Such duties may be amended prior to annual renewal”

c) Section 8: Voting Rights – Amend as follows:
“NTTA voting rights within the department will be determined on a department-to-department basis at the time the request for the NTTA is initiated.  The Faculty Elections Committee shall be notified of these rights by October 15th of each year.”

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6) Promotion (Article X)

 Section 3 (c) & (d): Procedure-  There is a timeline discrepancy in the procedure which can be removed by the following change: 

“(c)  The chairperson of the FRC shall be responsible for forwarding the candidate's file to the appropriate dean for review and recommendation. In the event of disagreement between the President and the FRC, the President and the FRC shall meet in accordance with Article  VI, PEER EVALUATION - FACULTY EVALUATION COMMITTEES, Section 5 (b) prior to the Dean’s forwarding the candidate’s file to the University Center for review and recommendation.

(d)  The Dean shall submit all recommendations, both positive and negative, to the University Administration and the Board. In the event of disagreement between the President and the FRC, the President and the FRC shall meet in accordance with Article  VI, PEER EVALUATION - FACULTY EVALUATION COMMITTEES, Section 5 (c).  When a determination is made by the Board's Academic Affairs Committee that a negative recommendation is unjustified, the matter shall be remanded to the campus for a de novo review by all appropriate campus committees and officers.
 

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Adjunct Proposals.

1) Article XXXVI, Section 4- Health Care for Adjuncts:

Long Island University assumes the responsibility of providing adjuncts with health insurance.  Adjuncts who have taught a minimum of 6 credits per semester for three semesters will be eligible for full health insurance under the condition that they maintain a teaching level of six credits per semester.  This provision will be included in Section 4 of Article XXXVI, Health Care for Adjuncts.

Present Section 4 Healthcare for Adjuncts: Have the following paragraph added:
“Adjunct Faculty will have free and complete access to the facilities of the Wellness Center.”

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2) Promotion:
 

a) Memorandum of Understanding III (Adjunct Promotions) enter the contract as the new ARTICLE XXXVI, Section 2, replacing the current section 2. entitled Reappointment and Promotion of Adjuncts. 

b)Present Section 2. of Article XXXVI be renumbered section 3 and subsection   (c ) be modified as follows:

“A candidate is eligible for reappointment or promotion for promotion before completing 4 years at his or her present rank provided that the candidate's review and evaluation results in the candidate's affirmative recommendation for such action by the departmental review committee, the chair, discipline and campus-wide review committees, the dean and the President.”

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3) Section 3, Special Compensation  be renamed Other Compensation and include a new subsection (a) Longevity  stating:

“Adjuncts who have already achieved the rank of Full professor shall, upon the completion of each subsequent four years of service, with no more than a one year gap in service, receive an additional 7% longevity increase in their per credit rate of pay.  This increase will be applied during the first year of eligibility prior to the application of the general percentage increase in the adjunct/overload per credit rate of pay.  For each subsequent year, the general percentage increase in the adjunct/overload per credit rate of pay for the affected adjunct will be applied to the per credit rate that said adjunct received for the prior year.”
 

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4) Article XVII, Section 11 (c ) Adjunct Faculty, SRA Contribution:  Be amended as follows:

“All adjunct faculty are entitled to make contributions through payroll deduction to SRA accounts in accordance with IRS Regulations.  Contributions by adjuncts who have taught a minimum of 6 credits per semester for three semesters will be matched by the University at a rate not to exceed 11% of the adjuncts salary in any given semester.  Such Adjuncts will remain eligible for such matching funds under the condition that they maintain a teaching level of six credits per semester.”

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* New proposals may be added within three bargaining sessions