The Contract: What it Is and What it Does

CSU-AAUP’s Collective Bargaining Agreement (“Contract”)

The Contract is a document that has been negotiated between the CSU-AAUP Negotiating Team and the Board of Regents (BOR) Negotiating Team. It covers working conditions and salaries of CSU-AAUP full-time and part-time faculty.

Pensions and health care for CSU-AAUP faculty are covered by an Agreement between the State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition (“SEBAC”) and the State of Connecticut. SEBAC is a coalition of 15 state employee unions.

The Contract is a Legal Document that Guarantees Faculty have:

Fair treatment

renewal, promotion and tenure procedures that are clear and apply to all;
salaries that are not arbitrary.

Shared governance

faculty involvement in promotion and tenure evaluations;
faculty involvement in hiring full-time instructional colleagues.

Fair compensation

for labs and for duties beyond regular load;
pay for summer employment;
retirement & health care plans for part-time faculty.

Resources for professional advancement

reassigned time for research and curriculum development;
sabbatical leaves;
travel, conference and workshop funds for part-time & full-time faculty.

Good working conditions

reasonable class sizes and working hours;
vacation, sick, personal and family leaves;
part-time faculty eligibility for multi-semester contracts;
free parking.

Academic freedom and intellectual property

established procedure for violations of academic freedom;
intellectual property belongs to faculty members, not the university.

THE CONTRACT

SEBAC AGREEMENT

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All Members

Healthcare/Retirement
Internal Grants/Funding

Full-time Members

Promotion & Tenure
Reassigned Time

Part-time Members

Rights
Unemployment

Faculty Committees that Administer the Contract

CCSU Contract Administration & Grievance Committee

This committee is responsible for implementation of the Contract and for processing grievances if the Contract is violated. It ensures that all of the guarantees of our Contact are maintained. Any active CCSU-AAUP member can serve on this committee. For current members of this committee: Contact Us.

For Professional Advancement. The CSU-AAUP Contract guarantees funding for Research, time and compensation for Sabbatical Leaves, and a number of market adjustments each year. Our members serve on committees that chose recipients of these benefits:

CSU Research Grant Committee
CCSU Sabbatical Leave Committee
CCSU Market Adjustment Committee

For Fair Treatment. To ensure fair treatment CSU-AAUP members serve on important committees established by our Contract:

CCSU Mediation Committee
CCSU Termination Committee
CSU Sick Leave Bank Committee
CSU Academic Freedom Panel