TO: Board of Regents 

FROM: Sue Hill, Director,  Labor Relations and Personnel

RE: Approval of Tentative Agreement with Montana State University-Billings Faculty Association

DATE: May 17-18, 2001

Attached is a summary of the tentative agreement reached with the MSU-Billings Faculty Association. The tentative agreement provides for a 3% average increase retroactive to October 1, 2000. The faculty are expected to ratify the tentative agreement prior to the May Regent meeting and if that does not occur, this item will be withdrawn.

The collective bargaining agreement that covers the MSU-Billings faculty is in effect until June 30, 2003. Compensation issues will be renegotiated for FY 2002 and FY 2003.

Under the tentative agreement the student complaint procedure will be removed from the collective bargaining agreement and replaced with a reference to the student complaint procedure contained in the student handbook. The option to receive paychecks in 26 biweekly installments will be offered on a trial basis. The evaluation and assessment procedures for lecturers were made more flexible. Dates for evaluation and notification of probationary faculty were modified.

I recommend approval of the tentative agreement with the MSU-Billings Faculty Association.

 

xc: Chancellor Sexton

President Gamble