Bargaining Session 06/06/2024

This bargaining session, UF brought back proposals on Article 3 and Article 13. For both of these articles GAU had proposed new language to add clarification and protections for GAs. UF brought both of these articles back largely crossed out and with little suggestion or feedback. During an at length discussion on Article 13, we went section by section hear the university's reasoning for striking the provisions. Below outlines the university's general position.

The university feels that the extensive provisions GAU has added to extend discrimination protections for GA’s are not in their interest. In order to keep the protections the same for “all employees” they refuse to add additional protections to our contact. In short, UF crossed out the vast majority of our proposal and refuses to consider adding any part of it to this article. They feel that the CBA will not be used in discrimination cases as much as legal precedent and regulations - i.e. GA’s can file a grievance but, they will probably make more progress outside of the grievance process. As far as sexual harassment, UF similarly crossed out all additional clauses that specified forms of harassment or further protected GAs from different forms of sexual harassment. GAU argues that most of the added language throughout this article is to clarify what protections GAs have under the law and university policy and what their recourse could be for each type of infraction.