PURPOSE
APSCUF
has been certified to represent, for purposes of collective bargaining,
department chairpersons, full-time teaching faculty (including librarians with
faculty status), part-time teaching faculty and librarians without faculty
status and faculty members of the UNIVERSITIES whose basic responsibilities lie
outside of the classroom setting.
APSCUF
and the STATE SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION, desiring to cooperate each with the
other in mutual respect and harmony, have agreed to the provisions of this
Agreement in consideration of the following:
1. The UNIVERSITIES exist for the common good of
the citizens of the Commonwealth, particularly the students who attend such
UNIVERSITIES. In a world of rapid change
and recurring crises, all will be served best by an intellectual environment
which encourages the search for truth.
2. APSCUF as the representative of the above
named employees recognizes its obligation to permit all individuals and groups
on each campus to be included in the consideration of matters relating to them.
3. The parties recognize that collective
bargaining in good faith will further their common aim of offering the best
possible educational opportunities at the UNIVERSITIES and assert their
intention to abide by the terms of the Agreement.
4. For the purposes of this Agreement, the
following definitions shall be applied:
"ACADEMIC
FACULTY" -- The bargaining unit consisting of department chairpersons,
full-time teaching faculty including librarians with faculty status, part-time
teaching faculty, librarians without faculty status and faculty members whose
basic responsibilities lie outside of the classroom setting who have, by
certification of the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board (PLRB), been designated
as ACADEMIC FACULTY (PERA-R-775-C).
"ADMINISTRATIVE
FACULTY" -- The bargaining unit consisting of faculty members whose basic
responsibilities lie outside of the classroom who have not been designated as
ACADEMIC FACULTY (PERA-R-1354-C).
"APSCUF" -- The Association of
"UNIVERSITIES"
-- All institutions of the State System of Higher Education including
Bloomsburg University, California University, Cheyney University, Clarion
University, East Stroudsburg University, Edinboro University, Indiana
University of Pennsylvania, Kutztown University, Lock Haven University,
Mansfield University, Millersville University, Shippensburg University,
Slippery Rock University, and West Chester University; and their respective
branch campuses.
"STATE
SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION" -- That System created by Act 188 of 1982, the
State System of Higher Education Act, hereinafter referred to as the STATE
SYSTEM.
"COMMONWEALTH" -- The Executive Branch of the
"FACULTY"
or "FACULTY MEMBERS" -- All members of the bargaining units described
in PLRB case numbers PERA-R-775-C and PERA-R-1354-C.
"REGULAR"
-- A tenured or tenure track FACULTY MEMBER.
"PROBATIONARY
NON-TENURED FACULTY MEMBER" -- A FACULTY MEMBER who is appointed to a
tenure track position and who has not been granted tenure.
"NON-TENURE
TRACK FACULTY" -- A FACULTY MEMBER who is appointed to service in a position
in which service will not be credited toward tenure. Examples of such positions include Temporary
Part-time, Temporary Full-time and Regular Part-time.
“DOMESTIC PARTNER” – The criteria listed
below must be met in order to qualify for benefits extended to domestic
partners in this agreement and a FACULTY MEMBER and domestic partner must
provide management with a completed, notarized
“Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Domestic Partner Verification Statement”
that will be maintained in the FACULTY MEMBER’S official personnel file:
1. Each
partner is the same gender.
2. Both
partners are unmarried.
3. Both
partners are at least 18 years old and mentally competent to enter into a
contract in the
4. Partners
are the sole domestic partner of the other person.
5. Partners
have lived together in the same residence on a continuous basis for at least
six months immediately prior to the date of the notarized statement, with the
intent to reside together permanently.
6. Partners
are not related to each other by adoption or by blood, to a degree that would
prohibit marriage in the
7. Neither
partner has been a member of another domestic partnership for the past six
months (unless the prior domestic partnership ended as a result of the death or
marriage of one of the domestic partners).
8. Partners
are jointly responsible for the common welfare and financial obligations of
each other.
"CHILD
OF SAME SEX DOMESTIC PARTNER" - The biological or legally adopted
child or a child for whom the Domestic Partner is the legal guardian. CHILDREN OF SAME SEX DOMESTIC PARTNERS are
eligible to receive benefits on the same basis as dependent step-children of a
FACULTY MEMBER’S spouse (i.e., the FACULTY MEMBER must demonstrate that the
child is the legal dependent of the FACULTY MEMBER’S certified DOMESTIC PARTNER
and that the FACULTY MEMBER has assumed financial responsibility for the child
of his/her DOMESTIC PARTNER).