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This contract is valid from July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2012.  A summary of the contract changes and provisions are given in CONTRACT SUMMARY.  You may download the ENTIRE FILE or select separate articles and appendices (as follow).  The June 2010 memorandum of agreement for this Contract can be downloaded from MOU. 

  


Index and Tables
 Table of Contents 
 


A.  The University and the Union
I Definitions 
II Recognition and Fair Practices 
III University Management Rights and Prerogatives 
IV Scope of the Agreement
V General Rights
VI Grievance Procedure 


B.  Personnel Policies and Practices
VII Criteria for Appointment, Promotion and Tenure 
VIII Tenure and Promotion Procedure 
IX Evaluation of Faculty and Librarians 
X Nonunit Faculty: Performance of Bargaining Unit Work 
XI Affirmative Action Programs 
XII Access to Official Faculty Personnel Files 
XIII Retrenchment 
XIV Termination, Dismissal and Resignation Policies 


C.  Academic Work
XV Academic Freedom and Responsibility
XVI Workload 
XVII Department Chairperson / Department Committees Academic Policy 
XVIII Support Services and Facilities


D.  Compensation, Benefits and Leave
XIX Salary and Other Financial Benefits 
XX  Supplemental Benefits 
XXI Sabbatical Leave 


E.  The Contract in Force
XXII Appropriation by the General Court 
XXIII No Strike Clause or Lock Out 
XXIV Duration and Extent 
XXV Savings Clause 
XXVI Agency Service Fee 


Appendices
A1 Payroll Deduction Authorization 
A2 Mass. General Laws. Chapter l50(e), Section 10 
A3 Addendum in Partial Settlement of the
Statutory Based Contractual Agency Fee Obligation 
A4 Intellectual Property Policy 
A5 Policy on Conflicts of Interest Relating to Intellectual Property and Commercial Ventures 
A6 Policy on Faculty Consulting and Outside Activities 
A7 Conflict of Interest Disclosure Form 
A8 Personnel Forms #16A and #14,
Professional Vita and Annual Merit Evaluation 
A9 Personnel Form #6,
Comprehensive Professional Vitae 
A10 Memorandum of Agreement for Sabbatical Leave of Absence 
A11 Personnel Forms #9 and #8,
Memorandum of Professional Academic Reappointment 
A12 Grievance Form 
A13 Agreement PMYR 
A14 Joint Labor / Management Committee 
A15Externally Funded Research Faculty
A16 Graduate Coordinators, Undergraduate Coordinators, and Transfer Coordinators   




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