Academy for Academic Personnel Administration
Fall 2003
Round Table Report
1. Institution Information
Name of Institution/System: University of Northern Iowa
Name of Individual Responding: Mike Mixsell
Title of Individual Responding: Academic Administrative Services Coordinator
2a. Description of Faculty Bargaining Unit(s) – Size and Composition
UNI United Faculty – about 600 tenured and tenure track faculty. Department heads are not included (exempt.)
Bargaining Agent: AAUP
Date of First Contract: July 1, 1977
Number of Succeeding Contracts: 13
3. Activity Report (e.g., status of current agreement or negotiations, details of last contract settlement, etc.):
Voluntary agreement reached for July 1, 2003 – June 30, 2005 contract. Salary increase of 3.5% for first year and 3.75% for second year. First year increase consists of 1.87% increase to base salary plus a $335 incremental increase plus merit (average of $608.) Second year adds 2% to base salary plus a $371 incremental increase plus merit (average of $674.) Adjunct rate increased from $1,150 per credit hour to $1,200 for the first year and $1,250 for the second year.
Contract is available on the web at: http://www.uni.edu/vpaa/03-05faculty contract/
4. Special or noteworthy happenings (e.g., relevant arbitration or court decisions, organizing campaigns, labor agency decisions, etc.)
Iowa legislature did not fund negotiated salary increases for FY 04 and is considering charging a usage fee (rent) for all state government buildings for FY 05.
No grievance went to arbitration during the life of the 2001-2003 contract.
5. Special happenings related to fiscal issues (e.g., salary reductions, health and dental insurance costs, reductions in force, early retirement programs, program consolidation or elimination, etc.):
Tuition and fees were increased by 19.7% for FY 03 and 19.4% for FY 04 to partially offset budget cuts and underfunding by the Iowa legislature. Larger classes and fewer adjuncts are anticipated for FY 04. Program consolidation or elimination will be studied during this fiscal year.