November 6, 2000

In negotiations today, the MUNFA Negotiating Committee presented a revised salary proposal, in combination with a statement of our positions on outstanding monetary issues.

The administration negotiators withdrew to consider this set of proposals and, this evening, responded with a salary proposal of their own, which we are studying.

In the past two days, in addition to the matters mentioned in Negotiating News #29, the Administration has withdrawn its proposal to implement a cap on its insured benefits costs and has withdrawn its proposal that distance education teaching be compensated on a sliding scale. The current distance education compensation rate of $106 per student will continue to be paid. Travel funds will remain at $600 per ASM per year.

Outstanding issues are:

• Salary
• Paid vacation carryover
• Severance pay
• Stipend for overload teaching and banked time
• Reduction of 6 course norms.

Negotiations will resume tomorrow morning.

MUNFA Negotiating Committee:

• Bill Schrank (Economics) - Chief Negotiator
• John Bear (Medicine)
• Elizabeth Browne (Library)
• Jon Church (Medicine)
• Malcolm Grant (Psychology)
• Clar Matchim (Business)
• Eric Mintz (SWGC)
• Jim Overton (Sociology)
• Elizabeth Yeoman (Education)
• Chris Youé (History)
• Marian Atkinson (MUNFA Executive Officer, non-voting member)

All issues of Negotiating News are accessible at http://www.mun.ca/munfa/negnews.html