CSN and NFA met on Friday 3/7/25 with very little discussion. Admin presented counters on Article 31 Faculty Job Descriptions and on the Nursing article, which is a new article originally proposed by NFA. NFA presented a counter on Article 24 Work Out of Title.
–Article 31 Faculty Job Descriptions, presented by Admin: Admin continues to reject any job descriptions in the contract and eliminated all elements of a consistent job description. They stated that each faculty member may receive a copy of their individual job description by reaching out to Human Resources and asking. This is highly inefficient and is largely inaccessible for faculty.
–Nursing Article, presented by Admin: Admin rejected contract language that states the nursing to student ratio in clinical and lab courses will be 1:8 students. CSN will bring a subject matter expert to discuss the matter next. However, CSN admin did not know that the current ratio for clinical is 1:8. They were largely unaware of current legal requirements or precedent.
–Article 24 Work Out of Title, presented by NFA: The article clarifies and retains language around compensation for duties assigned that are outside of the typical faculty job description. NFA pointed out that faculty need access to their Faculty Job Description, which needs to be included in the contract.
Generally, negotiations are slow. NFA is waiting on CSN Admin to offer counters on nearly all issues, including their first responses on important articles such as: Article 7 Salary & Economics, Article 8 Summer Teaching, Article 9 Relocation Expenses, Article 12 Academic Leadership Positions, Article 13 Reassigned Time, Article 14 Rank O Faculty, Article 18 Grievances, Article 25 Overload Requests, Article 26 Contact Hours, and Article 29 Faculty Infobook.
NFA is waiting on CSN Admin’s first responses to new articles including: Benefits, Emeritus, Evaluations, New Faculty Workloads, Tenure & Probation, Progressive Discipline, Records Management, Representation, Sabbatical Leave, Seniority, Sick Leave, Substitute Pay, and Union Rights.