CORE EMU-AAUP PRINCIPLES:

EMU-AAUP MISSION:
Promote the interests of higher education and research, to advance the standards and welfare of the academic profession, and to serve as the collective bargaining agent for the faculty of the University.

UNIONISM:
A union affords people the basic human right to have a say in the conditions under which they work.

ACADEMIC FREEDOM:
Institutions of higher education are conducted for the common good. The common good depends upon the free search for truth and its free exposition. Academic freedom is essential to these purposes and applies to both teaching and research.

2006-2010 EMU-AAUP Contract

Howard Bunsis' August 6th email to faculty

Faculty Colleagues:

I hope your summer is going well. Before you know it, the fall
semester will be upon us. Here are some news items and notes from
around campus
and the AAUP:

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emu aaup – Fri, 08/08/2008 – 2:51pm

From the AAUP: Congratulations to our new president, Dr. Susan Martin

Faculty Colleagues

Eastern Michigan University now has a new president, Dr. Susan Martin.
This is an incredibly exciting time for EMU, as our new president is
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emu aaup – Mon, 05/12/2008 – 12:56pm

Qualifications for a University President

1. Experience in the classroom at the university level, since academics are central to EMU's mission.

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emu aaup – Tue, 10/30/2007 – 8:28am

EMU Administration Goals for 2007-2008

EMU Administration Goals for 2007-2008
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emu aaup – Sun, 10/28/2007 – 8:33am

Faculty Union Responds to Firing of EMU President John Fallon - 16 July 07

YPSILANTI ”Howard Bunsis, President of the Eastern Michigan University Association of American University Professors (EMU-AAUP), issued the following statement on the firing of EMU President John Fallon and other officials:

Though it is never satisfying to see anyone lose their jobs, we at the AAUP believe that the Board did the right thing in removing President Fallon and the others from office. Now, it is time to move forward and make academics once again the top priority of Eastern Michigan University.

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emu aaup – Mon, 07/16/2007 – 4:31pm

Howard Bunsis' Address to the Board of Regents - 19 June 07

I come before you today to discuss the critical situation regarding safety and security on our campus, as well as ways in which the faculty can work with the Board and the administration in the future.

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emu aaup – Tue, 06/19/2007 – 12:27pm

Fact-finding Presentations and Rebuttals: Compensation, Retirement & Health Care

On Feb 1, the two sides exchanged fact-finding exhibits. On Feb 13, 20, and 21st the sides made presentations and produced rebuttal exhibits. The full set of presentations and rebuttals is available on this page.

MAIN PRESENTATION: Most readers will want to download the adobe.pdf version of the 145 slide presentation (only 300kb). For those who would like to make use of the original powerpoint slides, there is a 2 MB powerpoint version available also.

 

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Howard Bunsis' Address of the Board of Regents - 19 Jan 07

Welcome Regent Parker, Regent Hawks, Regent Ahmed, and Regent Stapleton. Regents Clack, Incarnatti, Sidlik, and Wilbanks, welcome back, and Happy New Year. And it is a new year, and hopefully a new beginning for Eastern Michigan University.

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emu aaup – Mon, 01/22/2007 – 10:39am

Framework for a Fair Contract

In response to events in December of 2006, the EMU-AAUP put together this document in preparation for a meeting with the administration on 4 January 2006.

 

AGENDA AND FRAMEWORK, EMU-AAUP

1. AAUP reconstituted Negotiating Team [more details here]

2. Breach of Confidentiality Agreement [background here]

A. Given the extensive discussions in our last meeting about confidentiality and its importance to the negotiating process, and given the EMU-AAUP’s willingness to return to the table to discuss the offer, there was no need for the administration’s unilateral decision to release the confidential offer before further discussion with the AAUP about the status of confidentiality.

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Fact Finder's Report on Comparable Institutions Has Been Received

Today, at the AAUP office, we received the fact finder’s report on the comparable institutions that will be used in the remaining fact finding hearings (the full report can be viewed as a PDF attachment below).

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emu aaup – Fri, 12/29/2006 – 12:08pm