Dear Colleagues-
By now, we hope you have read the email from Mr. Robert Roop, Interim Chief Human Resources Officer, dated 3/25/19 and sent via MC Communications to “All Employees,” regarding the full time faculty compensation study undertaken by the College through the services of Segal-Waters. If you have not taken the time to read the memo, please do so now, as it contains important information to which we as full-time faculty all need to pay attention.
The full-time faculty compensation study by Segal-Waters was completed sometime prior to our negotiations last fall. However, the results of the study were not shared with the negotiating team at any time during or since the completed bargaining process. We, like you, await the results and have questions about the purpose, methods, and validity of the study.
We have significant concerns when Mr. Roop notes that “I will continue to keep you informed about the process,” when it has been almost a year since any information about this study has been presented to the College community. The memo also says, “Thank you for your patience as we deploy the College’s new compensation design.” We, as your negotiating team, want to remind you that anything related to compensation, such as salary, EAP and overload, can only be implemented through the collective bargaining process, and not unilaterally “deployed” by Senior Management. This will not change, regardless of any suggested plans for deployment. Again, nothing can be “deployed” without negotiating with the AAUP.
We strongly urge all of you to make time to attend one of the information sessions, pay careful attention to what is said, and ask questions. When potential changes to aspects of our employment are being discussed by management, we as faculty must demonstrate that we care about our union and our contract by showing up, making our voices heard, and by respectfully sharing our concerns.
As shared by Mr. Roop, the schedule for the compensation forums are as follows:
| Date | Time | Location |
| Monday, April 1, 2019 | 1 pm – 2 pm & 4 pm – 5 pm | Takoma Park/Silver Spring Commons (CM) 211 |
| Tuesday, April 2, 2019 | 1 pm – 2 pm & 4 pm – 5 pm | Germantown Bioscience Ed Ctr (BE) 160 |
| Thursday, April 4, 2019 | 1 pm – 2 pm & 4 pm – 5 pm | Rockville Science West (SW) 302 |
There will be members of the Negotiating team and the AAUP Executive committee at each information session, and we hope to see you there. As always, we thank you for your support.
For the Chapter,
Sharon Piper, Lead Negotiator
AJ (Tito) Baca
Michael Gurevitz
Tammy Peery
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