Excerpt from WKEF/WRGT
Update Nov. 3, 2018 — The union for Wright State faculty intends to reject the fact-finder report and its recommendations.
In a statement released Friday afternoon, AAUP-WSU Contract Administrator Noeleen McIlvenna said, "These recommendations would do permanent damage to Wright State, to our students, and to the community." McIlvennasaid it's time for faculty to "draw a line in the sand."
The union said that the report was overwhelmingly negative for the faculty because it meant that the administration could lay off many of the full-time teaching faculty and give the rest many more classes to teach.
According to the university, there are 792 full-time faculty members, and 562 of them are in AAUP-WSU. There's also 480 adjunct faculty, 18 part-time faculty, 1,179 full-time staff and 369 part-time staff.
From Nov. 2, 2018:
The Wright State Board of Trustees voted Thursday to accept the recommendations by a fact-finder who heard and reviewed evidence from the administration and American Association of University Professors-WSU as they discussed open contract items.
The vote means that the solutions from David Stanton should be incorporated in the next faculty contract. Trustees did note that they did not give either party all of what they were seeking or all of the long-term solutions they were hoping to agree on, but it did give some short-term relief for the university to help facilitate financial recovery.
They also said that the resolutions included language that made it clear many of the changes would not be permanent, and could come up for renegotiation at the end of the contract.
“The trustees felt that approving this report was in the best interest of our students and the university and it will help Wright State move forward,” Wright State University President Cheryl B. Schrader said. “I think both parties would have preferred we would have negotiated a longer settlement.”
Officials said the move was done in an effort to be proactive and show commitment to embracing compromise to settle the prolonged labor negotiations with AAUP-WSU.
The report was issued on October 29, and both sides have 14 days to determine if it wants to accept or reject the suggested as the new contract. Faculty said they've been without a contract since June 2017.
