ARTICLE 34

DURATION AND IMPLEMENTATION

34.1

Except as provided in provisions 34.2 and 34.3 below, this Agreement shall become effective upon ratification by both parties and shall remain in full force and effect up to and including June 30, 2008.

34.2

All contractual provisions changed from the prior Agreement shall be effective upon ratification of this Agreement by both parties except that wherever a date is specifically indicated herein as the effective date for a change, such specifically indicated date shall govern.

34.3

The parties agree to extend the collective bargaining agreement, dated November 8, 2005 to June 30, 2008, until July 1, 2010 with the following possible reopeners:

  • Following the adoption of the 2008-2009 CSU budget and at the request of APC the parties will reopen Article 23, Salary, and provision 32.5, Parking, if and only if CSU receives at least 7.5% over gross revenues from the prior year (2008-2009) final state budget for the CSU; and, (2) that the state legislature has not redirected CSU compensation funding for other purposes.
  • Following adoption of the 2009-2010 CSU budget and at the request of APC the parties will reopen Article 23, Salary, and provision 32.5, Parking if and only if CSU receives at least 7.5% over gross revenues from the prior year (2008-2009) final state budget for the CSU; and, (2) that the state legislature has not redirected CSU compensation funding for other purposes.

34.4

In the event the agreement has been extended through June 2010 pursuant to provision 34.3 above, negotiations for a successor agreement shall commence when one of the parties delivers to the other its proposals in writing, no earlier than February 1 and no later than March 1, 2010.

34.5

Any term(s) of this Agreement which is deemed to carry an economic cost shall not be implemented until the amount required therefor is appropriated and made available to the CSU for expenditure for such purpose(s). If less than the amount needed to implement this Agreement is appropriated and made available to the CSU for expenditure, the term(s) of this Agreement deemed by the CSU to carry economic cost shall automatically be subject to the meet and confer process.

Return to Table of Contents