Excerpted from CSU-AAUP Newsletter, 09/09/03 Statement of CSU-AAUP Regarding 2003 Negotiations The CSU-AAUP team members enter the interest-based bargaining process with open minds and in a spirit of cooperation. Our objective in the process is to represent our constituents in such a manner that we insure that they receive all the rights and benefits they are entitled to and to help improve the quality of their lives as faculty members at Cleveland State University. We understand that the CSU Administration team members will be seeking to solve a number of problems that relate to the management of the institution. However, we also believe that the ultimate goal of both parties is to insure that we continue to serve our students effectively. We are hopeful that the interest-based bargaining process will allow all of us to achieve our goals by jointly finding solutions to problems and doing so in an efficient manner. Statement of CSU Administration We are about to embark on negotiation of the fourth contract between the Cleveland State University administration and the CSU Chapter of the American Association of University Professors (CSU-AAUP). |
Although we have successfully negotiated three previous contracts by traditional adversarial bargaining, the process was often lengthy and required eleventh-hour mediation by outside parties. The collective bargaining environment at CSU has now matured to the point where a new approach to contract negotiation is desirable. We are very pleased that CSU-AAUP has agreed to join us in a conscientious effort at principled negotiation through the technique of Interest Based Bargaining (IBB). The administration will bring several issues to the table. No doubt CSU-AAUP will also identify a number of issues of concern. Some of the issues are likely to be the same. Although the interests underlying the issues for each party will differ, we are confident that a mutual exploration and understanding of those interests will result in resolutions that are feasible, beneficial, and acceptable to both the administration and CSU-AAUP. |