This website includes details of the tentative agreement reached between the University Professionals of Illinois (UPI) and the administration of Northeastern Illinois University.

Summary of All Articles

Preamble			No Changes (TA'd)
Article	1	Recognition	Language deletion. (TA'd 2/15/11)
Article	2	Consultation	No Changes (TA'd)
Article	3	Nondiscrimination	No Changes (TA'd)
Article	4	Informational Technology	Article updated to reflect current technologies and expected levels of availability, training, support to be provided by the University and expected levels of use of university systems by Employees. Expectations related to privacy of computer files and systems clarified. (TA'd)
Article	5	Personnel Files	No Changes (TA'd)
Article	6	Notice of Vacant Positions	Language deletion to provide clarity (TA'd)
Article	7	Transfer	No Changes (TA'd)
Article	8	Program Reorganization	Language deletion to provide clarity (TA'd)
Article	9	Academic Program Elimination Review Committee	No Changes (TA'd)
Article	10	Union Rights	No Changes (TA'd)
Article	11	Facilities, Equipment and Safety	Previously Facilities and Equipment, renamed Facilities, Equipment and Safety. Article addresses issues of emergency preparedness and clarifies expectations of employees regarding safety. The article additionally addresses issues regarding space assignment and entry to assigned workspaces. (TA'd)
Article	12	Dues Checkoff and Fair Share	Language change to provide clarity (TA'd)
Article	13	Management Rights	No Changes (TA'd)
Article	14	No Strike or Lockout	No Changes (TA'd)
Article	15	Severability	No Changes (TA'd)
Article	16	Miscellaneous Provisions	No Changes (TA'd)
Article	17	Information and Reporting	Article updated to reflect use of electronic resources for distribution of information and sharing of data regarding bargaining unit members. (TA'd)
Article	18	Leave without Salary	Language change to provide clarity (TA'd)
Article	19	Compensable Fringe Benefits	Language changes to provide clarity, new section addresses parental leave and a new benefit allowing the use of two consecutive weeks of parental leave at full pay in addition to benefits currently in place. A new benefit regarding the creation of a UPI voluntary sick leave bank to provide additional paid leave for employees who have exhausted their sick and vacation leave. (TA'd)
Article	20	Grievance Procedure	Entirely new grievance process, developed primarily in IBB, designed to be more collegial and encourage problem-solving. New process involves an Exploratory Resolution stage, a Hearing Panel stage, and a Presidential Review and decision. Keeps previous rights to arbitration, similar to previous contract. (TA'd)
Article	21	Compensation	(TA'd 5/18/2011)
Article	22	Employment Status Statement	Language change to provide clarity (TA'd)
Article	23	Faculty Responsibilities and Assignment of Duties	(TA'd 5/18/2011)
Article	24	Credit Unit Equivalencies	(TA'd 5/18/2011)
Article	25	Evaluation and Evaluation Criteria	Process expanded, under certain circumstances, allowing employees to add materials to portfolio after the evaluation process has begun. (TA'd)
Article	26	Retention	Language change to provide clarity (TA'd)
Article	27	Promotion	Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor have been linked. Promotion to Associate has increased from $2700 per year to $5400. Promotion from Associate to Full Professor has been increased from $2700 to $6300 per year. With a projected employment of 30 years this change increases the employee's lifetime earnings by over $127,000. With projected annual salary increases the lifetime earnings difference will increase more. (TA'd 5/18/2011)
Article	28	Tenure	Language changes to provide clarity. Review article above as well. (TA'd)
Article	29	Staff Reduction Procedures	No Changes (TA'd)
Article	30	Sanctions and Termination	Process codified regarding prior notification that specific behavior might be subject to sanction. (TA'd)
Article	31	Employment Status Statement	Forms process clarified in line with new campus information systems (TA'd)
Article	32	Evaluation and Evaluation Criteria	Reduced frequency of evaluation for instructors after 5 consecutive evaluation years with satisfactory rating. Process expanded, under certain circumstances, allowing employees to add materials to portfolio after the evaluation process has begun. (TA'd)
Article	33	Retention	Language change to provide clarity (TA'd)
Article	34	Staff Reduction Procedures	No Changes (TA'd)
Article	35	Sanctions and Termination	Process codified regarding prior notification that specific behavior might be subject to sanction. (TA'd)
Article	36	Professional Responsibilities and Assignment of Duties	(TA'd 5/18/2011)
Article	37	Credit Hour and Instructional Effort Indicator	(TA'd 5/18/2011)
Article	38	Duration and Implementation	A five year agreement to be dated and signed upon ratification and approval by the Board of Trustees. (TA'd 5/18/2011)
NEW		Academic Freedom	New article on Academic Freedom, Its Rights and Responsibilities articulates and affirms a mutual understanding of academic freedom. (TA'd)
NEW		Intellectual Property Committee	Committee proposed to review intellectual property issues, especially in relation to online courses and electronic content. (TA'd 2/15/2011)
Appendix	xx		Procedures to be followed by the Hearing Committee described in Sanctions and Termination (TA'd)
Appendix	CEFEIP	Key 7 (clinicals, etc.)	(TA'd 5/18/2011)
Additional Definitions		Definitions in addition to those in current contract	Throughout the negotiations process, changes had been agreed to in the Definitions section. This section contains additional terms that both teams agreed needed to be defined. (TA'd 3/1/2011)