Step 3 Grievance over Lump Sum Contributions

On November 22, the AAUP-UD’s Executive Council voted unanimously to file a Step 3 Grievance with the administration concerning faculty 403(b) retirement contributions, and filed this grievance on November 25 through their legal counsel. The grievance was filed because the administration failed to match faculty retirement contributions for the 2018 $1,500 lump sum payment as required by Section 12.2(c) of the Collective Bargaining Agreement after faculty contributions were made. In addition, the administration did not allow faculty contributions for the earlier 2017 $1,000 lump sum payment. We hope that this dispute will be solved amicably by allowing faculty to make a contribution toward the 2017 payment and by the administration making their required match payments to faculty retirement accounts.