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Negotiations Updates

Updates posted to this page briefly summarize each negotiating session and share other relevant updates.

Update: SEIU Professional Session 16

Posted on September 18, 2020

The University and SEIU met for a half day of bargaining. The session ended approximately at 2:00 pm. This is the fifth session with Federal mediator Stephen George. SEIU began the session by…

Update: SEIU Clerical Negotiation Session 13

Posted on September 17, 2020

The University and SEIU met for a half day of bargaining that ended at 1:15pm. This is the seventh session with federal mediator Stephen George. Jason Bajor from FMCS also attended the meeting.…

Update: SEIU Technical Session 9

Posted on September 17, 2020

The University and SEIU met for a half day of bargaining. This is the seventh session with federal mediator Stephen George. The union began the session by probing and questioning a campus announcement…

Update: SEIU Service and Maintenance Negotiation Session 9

Posted on September 16, 2020

The University and SEIU met for a half day of bargaining. The session ended approximately at 4:00pm. This is the sixth session with Federal mediator Stephen George. SEIU began the session by sharing…

Update: SEIU Clerical Negotiation Session 12

Posted on September 15, 2020

The University and SEIU met for a half day of bargaining that lasted approximately 3 hours. SEIU and UIC committee representatives for all 4 contracts attended the negotiation session. This is the sixth…

Update: SEIU Technical Negotiation Session 8

Posted on September 13, 2020

The University and SEIU met for a full day of bargaining that lasted approximately 5 hours. This is the sixth session with federal mediator Stephen George. The union began the session by proposing…

Update: SEIU Clerical Negotiation Session 11

Posted on September 13, 2020

The University and SEIU met for a half day of bargaining that lasted approximately 3 hours. This is the fifth session with federal mediator Stephen George. The union began the session by proposing…

Update: SEIU Service and Maintenance Negotiation Session 8

Posted on September 12, 2020

The University and SEIU met for a half day of bargaining. The session ended approximately 4:30pm. This is the fifth session with Federal mediator Stephen George. UIC began the session by presenting its…

Update: SEIU Professional Negotiation Session 15

Posted on September 12, 2020

The University and SEIU met for a half day of bargaining. The session ended approximately at 10 pm. This is the fourth session with Federal mediator Stephen George. UIC began the session by…

Update: SEIU Professional Negotiation Session 14

Posted on September 10, 2020

The University and SEIU met for a full day of bargaining that lasted over 10 hours, concluding around 8 pm. This is the third meeting since the COVID19 pandemic and the third session…

Update: SEIU Clerical Negotiation Session 10

Posted on September 09, 2020

The University and SEIU met for a full day of bargaining that lasted over 13 hours, concluding around 11:15 p.m. This is the fourth session with federal mediator Stephen George. The University began…

Update: SEIU Professional Negotiation Session 13

Posted on September 03, 2020

The University and SEIU met for a full day of bargaining; this is the second meeting since the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2nd session with Federal mediator Stephen George. Federal mediator Rosa Tiscareno…

Update: SEIU Technical Negotiation Session 7

Posted on September 01, 2020

The University and SEIU met for a full day of bargaining. This is the fifth session with federal mediator Stephen George. The University began the session by tendering non-economic counterproposals on Article 10…

Update: SEIU Clerical Negotiation Session 8

Posted on August 27, 2020

The University and SEIU met for a full day of bargaining. This is the third session with federal mediator Stephen George. The University began the session by tendering a comprehensive counterproposal on non-economic…

Update: SEIU Clerical Negotiation Session 9

Posted on August 27, 2020

The University and SEIU met for a full day of bargaining. This is the third session with federal mediator Stephen George. The University began the session by tendering a comprehensive counterproposal on non-economic…

Update: SEIU Technical Negotiation Session 6

Posted on August 20, 2020

The University and SEIU met for a full day of bargaining. This is the fourth session with federal mediator Stephen George. The University began the session by tendering counterproposals on Article 10 (Work…

Update: SEIU Technical Negotiation Session 5

Posted on August 05, 2020

The University and SEIU met for a full day of bargaining. This is the third session with federal mediator Stephen George. The University began the session by tendering counterproposals on various noneconomic proposals.…

Update: SEIU Professional Negotiation Session 12

Posted on July 28, 2020

The University and SEIU met for a full day of bargaining; the first since the COVID-19 pandemic. Federal mediator Stephen George was present during this session. The union presented seventeen economic proposals, including…

Update: SEIU Service and Maintenance Negotiation Session 5

Posted on July 24, 2020

The University and SEIU met for a full day of bargaining. Federal mediators Stephen George and Kevin Farrell attended the session. The University began the session by reviewing and responding to the union’s…

Update: SEIU Technical Negotiation Session 4

Posted on July 22, 2020

The University and SEIU met for a full day of bargaining. This is the second session with federal mediator Stephen George. The University began the session by tendering proposals and counterproposals on various…

Update: SEIU Clerical Negotiation Session 7

Posted on July 21, 2020

The University and SEIU Local 73 met for a half-day bargaining session; the first since the COVID-19 pandemic. This was also the first session with Federal Mediator Stephen George. The SEIU spent the…

Update: SEIU Technical Negotiation Session 3

Posted on July 06, 2020

The University and SEIU met for a one (1) hour bargaining session. This is the first session with federal mediator Stephen George and the first since the COVID-19 pandemic. At the outset, the…

Update: SEIU Professional Negotiation Session 11

Posted on March 09, 2020

The parties and two federal mediators met for a full day of bargaining. The parties discussed various outstanding non-economic proposals. The parties also entered a tentative agreement regarding Article 17 (Grievance Procedure). Finally,…

Update: SEIU Professional Negotiation Session 10

Posted on February 25, 2020

Both parties and the federal mediator met for a full-day session. UIC distributed copies of 3 articles that include University counters along with an updated Proposal’s chart detailing the SEIU’s 60 outstanding proposed…

Update: SEIU Service and Maintenance Negotiation Session 3

Posted on February 19, 2020

The UIC bargaining team met with the SEIU Local 73 bargaining team for approximately 3.5 hours. The session began with the University offering its rejections for portions of Union Proposals 1-5. These proposals…

Update: SEIU Professional Negotiation Session 9

Posted on February 13, 2020

Both parties met for a full-day session. The newly appointed federal mediator introduced himself to the group and explained his role. UIC distributed the latest Status of Proposals chart, which details the SEIU’s…

Update: SEIU Technical Negotiation Session 2

Posted on February 12, 2020

The University and SEIU met for a 3-hour bargaining session. The University requested clarifications concerning a number of sections in SEIU’s proposal #1. After responses to the questions, the parties met separately and…

Update: SEIU Professional Negotiation Session 8

Posted on January 24, 2020

Both parties were scheduled to meet from 9:00 am-3:00pm. UIC presented the outstanding proposals spreadsheet. UIC presented and explained 3 counterproposals SEIU reviewed UIC’s counters and responded. SEIU agreed to present counterproposals at…

Update: SEIU Professional Negotiation Session 7

Posted on January 13, 2020

Both parties were scheduled to meet from 10:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m., and agreed more progress is needed. UIC presented a handout from OAE’s Dispute Resolution Services to assist in the negotiation process.…

Update: SEIU Technical Negotiation Session 1

Posted on November 19, 2019

The University and SEIU met for a 4 hour bargaining session. After initial introductions, SEIU presented a group of 10 non-economic proposals. After a brief explanation of their proposals, the parties met separately…

Update: SEIU Service and Maintenance Negotiation Session 1

Posted on October 24, 2019

UIC and SEIU bargaining teams met for approximately 1 hour. SEIU had 10 members on their bargaining committee including Shea Marshall and Diane Palmer SEIU president. Ground rules were established. SEIU requested full…

Update: SEIU Clerical Negotiation Session 5

Posted on October 16, 2019

UIC and SEIU bargaining teams met for approximately 2 hours. The union opened up by proposing new ground rules and wished to reset the button. UIC indicated that they would like that. Union…

Update: SEIU Professional Negotiation Session 6

Posted on October 09, 2019

Both parties met for approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes. Union presented proposals. The question of one union proposal, related to communication, was raised by the union as it considers the proposal to…

Update: SEIU Clerical Negotiation Session 4

Posted on October 01, 2019

UIC and SEIU bargaining teams met for approximately 1 hour. There was discussion regarding waiting approval for market increase for one group. UIC expressed that in order to move the negotiations further it…

Update: SEIU Professional Negotiation Session 5

Posted on September 27, 2019

The UIC bargaining team met with the SEIU Local 73 bargaining team for approximately 3 hours. UIC expressed that it felt the teams were having difficulty making sufficient progress. The union indicated that…

Update: SEIU Professional Negotiation Session 4

Posted on September 12, 2019

The UIC bargaining team met with the SEIU Local 73 bargaining team for three hours. The union made only one proposal. The University then provided a packet of proposals and presented them in…

Update: SEIU Clerical Negotiation Session 3

Posted on September 10, 2019

UIC presented and reviewed new proposals related to 10 separate articles. Although these proposals were new the majority of them dealt with items in the contract that are currently uncontested by both parties.…

Update: SEIU Clerical Negotiation Session 2

Posted on August 21, 2019

UIC and SEIU bargaining teams met for approximately 4 hours. The session began with a reiteration of the ground rules and some further discussion regarding the mechanics of work releases for union bargaining…

Update: SEIU Professional Negotiation Session 3

Posted on August 16, 2019

The UIC bargaining team met with the SEIU Local 73 bargaining team for approximately 2.5 hours. The session began with a reiteration of the ground rules and minimal discussion regarding work releases, room…

Update: SEIU Professional Negotiation Session 2

Posted on July 31, 2019

UIC and SEIU were scheduled for a 4 hour session but met for approximately one hour. SEIU requested that UIC address their proposals from July 3. UIC requested that SEIU presented their proposals…

Update: SEIU Clerical Negotiation Session 1

Posted on July 17, 2019

UIC and SEIU bargaining teams met for approximately 4 hours. UIC and SEIU bargaining teams met and established ground rules. The union informed management that in addition to the bargaining committee they had…

Update: SEIU Professional Negotiation Session 1

Posted on July 03, 2019

The UIC bargaining team met with the SEIU Local 73 bargaining team. SEIU presented a total of 13 pages worth of proposals. Management indicated that we would review their proposals and get back…