Contracts

Status Quo

THE STATUS QUO PERIOD: WHEN A CONTRACT EXPIRES

When a labor agreement between the University of California and a labor union expires, some of the provisions in the expired contract continue in force and others lapse. The status quo requires the University to maintain the same wages, hours, and terms and conditions of employment for represented employees that existed at the time the contract expired, until an agreement with the union is reached.

The status quo period can be a difficult time for campus managers and supervisors. Much of management's discretion over various terms and...

Research Support Professional Unit (RX) Bargaining Unit Update

UC seeks progress in contract negotiations with UPTE

Since bargaining began in mid-December, the University of California has been frustrated with the progress of negotiations with UPTE and believes that negotiations have yielded little movement toward a new contract covering 8,600 research and technical employees.

The March 20-22, 2013 bargaining session at UC Santa Cruz followed this pattern. The University and union had less face-to-face time than planned, either because UPTE could not meet at the scheduled time or because UPTE left a bargaining session early. In total, the...