What's New at United Academics

  • STATEWIDE HEALTHCARE RALLY ON MAY 1:UA members are urged to join in a statewide healthcare rally with Senator Bernie Sanders on Saturday, May 1 to support healthcare reform in Vermont.
    - 11 a.m.: Gather at Montpelier City Hall (39 Main Street)
    - March on the Statehouse
    - Noon: Rally at the Statehouse with Senator Sanders
    Transportation from Burlington to Montpelier will be provided; details to be announced.
  • BARGAINING TEAM INVITATION. Our contract for full-time faculty expires in June 2011. We need to select our bargaining team for the spring 2011 negotiations by Jan. 15, 2010 to ensure that the faculty members involved receive course releases for their work. Click here for more information.
  • FREE LEGAL CONSULTATION SERVICE FOR UA MEMBERS. UA members are entitled to a half hour of free consultation on any legal issue--except those related to your employment at UVM--by the Burlington law firm that represents United Academics. Click here for more information.
  • ANALYSIS OF FY 2010 PERFORMANCE INCREASES BY ACADEMIC UNIT United Academics has analyzed the performance increases awarded this fiscal year by academic unit. Click to read a brief narrative and to see tables summarizing this information by academic unit and by position, including average $ and average %.


  • PART-TIME FACULTY RATIFY TENTATIVE AGREEMENT ON NEW CONTACT On August 17th, UA's part-time faculty unanimously ratified the tentative agreement on a new three-year contract that the union had reached with the UVM administration on July 2nd. Negotiations, which began in January of this year, were particularly challenging given these difficult economic times. Click here for UA's full announcement including highlights of the tentative agreement.

  • CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE (CAC) WORKING FOR UA MEMBERS The Contract Administration Committee have been even busier than usual this past spring, discussing an issue or answer a faculty inquiry on almost a daily basis. Since the Fall of 2007, there have been more than of 6,500 e-mails to the Committee! Click here to read the latest update from the CAC.

  • SALARY ADJUSTMENT FIGURES RELEASED You should have already recieved a letter detailing your salary for this coming fiscal year. The contract allocates 5% percent of the salary pool to raises this year: 3% percent to across-the-board (which everyone gets), 1% percent to performance (allocated by Deans in consultation with Chairs), and 1% percent to market/compression. United Academic's salary committee allocates market/compression funds, with the approval of UA's Executive Council. We have completed this year's market adjustment analysis and forwarded numbers to the administration. Most faculty will receive some market adjustment this next year. We wanted you to know about the process and its outcomes. Click here to read our report on this year's salary adjustment. Or click here for our Salary Adjustment FAQ, which will give answers to more general questions about the process at UVM.

  • UA FIGHTS FOR ACADEMIC QUALITY DURING BUDGET CRISIS During the past academic year, UVM and the university community has been rocked by a series of actions relating to the budget. UA took the strongest possible position in support of academic quality during this challenging time. Here are just a few things UA did to support our members, commuunity, and students.
    • On January 29, 2009, UA's Executive Council (EC) sent a formal letter to the entire Board of Trustees articulating UA's concerns and calls for the administration and the Board to consider alternative approaches that are now being explored at other universities. Click here to read this letter.
    • On April 6, 2009 UA partnered with Students Stand Up!, United Electrical Workers Local 267, and United Staff to throw a "Let Them Eat Gruel" Budget-Cut Protest Oatmeal Breakfast. Click here for the event Announcement, Flyer, or Press Release.
    • On April 5 and 23, 2009 United Academics' Executive Council issued statements to the UVM Administration on the Students Stand Up! Student Walk-Out and subsequent Sit-In of Waterman Building.
    • On May 12, 2009 United Academics and Students Stand Up! held a Joint Press Conference expressing our serious concerns over the administration's budget cutting measures, and stressing that the budget doesn't need to be balanced on the backs of students, staff, and faculty. Click here to read the press release for the event.
    Click here to read a more detailed summary of UA's actions in this trying time.

  • NEW CONTRACT TIPS! Check out the Contracts page for new contract tips that could help you. Recently added: Have you submitted your RPT dossier but have new materials to add? You may be in luck! Click here to read more. Are you a Lecturer II or III? If so, there are Professional Development Funds available to you. Click here for the details. Are you on Sabbatical or Professional Development Leave? If so, click here to read about important deadlines.

  • FULL CONTRACT TEXT -- The contract for full-time faculty is now available for you to download and read. Click this link: http://www.uvm.edu/~facrsrcs/?Page=unioncontract.html to go to the contract page where you can download the contract as a PDF document. The contract for the part-time faculty will be linked here as soon as it is published by UVM.

  • Not Getting Academe? Full results of the salary survey will appear in the next issue of Academe. If you haven't been receiving AAUP's bimonthly Academe, mailed to all United Academics' members, please contact Steve Finner.

Last updated April 26, 2010