APSOU Bargaining Unit Poll Results
2001-2003 Biennium (77 responses)
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Wage and Compensation Issues |
Strongly Disagree |
Disagree |
Neutral/ Don=t Know |
Agree |
Strongly Agree |
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1.APSOU should bargain for more floors within ranks (e.g. every 2 years instead of 3 or 5). |
2 3% |
6 8% |
24 31% |
26 34% |
19 25% |
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2. Merit pay for all ranks should be included in the next contract. |
19 25% |
8 11% |
18 24% |
17 22% |
14 18% |
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3. The contract should define minimum salaries for new hires at given rank and years in rank. |
4 5% |
3 4% |
14 18% |
40 53% |
15 20% |
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4.If starting salaries in a discipline are $10,000 below levels at comparator institutions, APSOU should support the hiring of new faculty at higher salary levels based on market criteria. |
5 7% |
9 12% |
15 20% |
26 35% |
19 26% |
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5.The current summer school compensation plan (2% of 9-month salary/credit hour) should be renegotiated. |
2 3% |
8 10% |
25 32% |
18 23% |
24 31% |
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Benefit Issues |
Strongly Disagree |
Disagree |
Neutral/ Don=t Know |
Agree |
Strongly Agree |
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1. An APSOU priority should be to provide faculty choices for health and dental care. |
0 |
3 4% |
7 9% |
36 47% |
30 39% |
|
2. The current Acafeteria@ system should be continued and provide adequate money for health and dental coverage. |
0 |
1 1% |
9 12% |
27 36% |
39 51% |
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3. Faculty on 600-hour contract should receive health benefits regardless of their teaching schedule. |
3 4% |
6 8% |
29 38% |
22 29% |
16 21% |
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4. The cash back option should remain in place. |
3 4% |
5 7% |
10 13% |
26 34% |
32 42% |
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5. APSOU should pursue an additional retirement option (perhaps with extended medical coverage) that supports full retirement at age 55. |
3 4% |
4 5% |
17 22% |
26 34% |
26 34% |
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6. OUS should separate themselves from PEBB. |
2 3% |
6 8% |
47 63% |
9 12% |
11 15% |
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Working Condition Issues |
Strongly Disagree |
Disagree |
Neutral/ Don=t Know |
Agree |
Strongly Agree |
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1. SOU should pursue converting to the semester system by fall 2003, even if SOU is the only OUS institution to convert to semesters. |
17 22% |
10 13% |
14 18% |
11 14% |
24 32% |
1. Wages and Compensation.
Please rank your top three choices.
Top choice = 1.
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Choice |
1 |
2 |
3 |
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Salary dollars go to across-the-board raises (e.g. everybody gets a fixed percentage raise). |
38 |
10 |
11 |
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Salary dollars go to raising floors within ranks. |
10 |
30 |
11 |
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Salary dollars go to increasing the number of floors. |
3 |
10 |
18 |
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Salary dollars go to merit pay plans. |
6 |
6 |
8 |
|
Salary dollars go to correcting salaries based on market criteria. |
15 |
9 |
7 |
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Salary dollars go to increasing summer school compensation. |
2 |
8 |
9 |
|
Other- See below |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2. Should negotiate that salary increases should be weighted to 'teaching' at a teaching institution. With a 3% increase the president's & provost's 3% increase siphons a substantial amount from increases to classroom teachers
1. Raising incoming salaries for new hires!!! And more full-time, rather than adjunct, faculty
4. Develop support for working parents. For example, a day care center with flexibility to help with day care issues when we have late afternoon meeting or no school on Parent-Teacher conference Fridays or any of the other irregular events that don't fit into a rigid day care schedule. This institution does so little to support parents and yet expects them to be available from 8 am to 8 p.m. on any given day.
3. Restore the 'permanent' merit pay of faculty that lost their merit increases when their salaries were brought up to floor levels.
3. Restore retroactively the merit pay that was removed.
2. Professional Development
Dollars. Please rank your top three choices.
Top choice = 1.
How would you prioritize the following areas for increased budget support beyond current levels in Article 9 of the contract.
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Choice |
1 |
2 |
3 |
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Faculty professional travel. |
26 |
23 |
14 |
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Faculty recruitment and retention fund. |
5 |
6 |
9 |
|
Instructional/professional development |
17 |
20 |
21 |
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Paid professional dues. |
3 |
7 |
8 |
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Reinstating the individual faculty professional development account. |
13 |
9 |
9 |
|
Research. |
11 |
8 |
10 |
3. Support Service Dollars.
Please rank your top three choices.
Top choice = 1.
The following areas aren=t directly subject to collective bargaining, but APSOU can sometimes influence and inform the administration about faculty priorities. If SOU had additional dollars to spend in one or more of the areas--beyond what is currently spent--how would you prioritize?
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Choices |
1 |
2 |
3 |
N |
|
Departmental services and supplies |
20 |
20 |
10 |
50 |
|
Departmental library/media funds |
2 |
6 |
11 |
19 |
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Direct support to the Computer Center |
4 |
4 |
5 |
13 |
|
Direct support to the Library |
4 |
5 |
3 |
12 |
|
Equipment |
16 |
17 |
14 |
47 |
|
Secretarial and staff support |
19 |
8 |
10 |
37 |
|
Software fund |
0 |
7 |
5 |
12 |
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Training |
7 |
2 |
8 |
17 |
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Other- 1. Relieving faculty of advising responsibilities by hiring and training advisors for general education, junior and senior plan checks. 3. A parking structure. |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
Updated October 9, 2009