DISPUTE BETWEEN AFT LOCAL 3220 AND THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON ADMINISTRATION

WHEREAS, teaching assistants at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have enjoyed collective bargaining rights under a voluntary recognition agreement since 1969; and

WHEREAS, that recognition agreement has resulted in five collective bargaining agreements; and

WHEREAS, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Administration has refused to bargain in good faith since the most recent collective bargaining agreement expired on August 26, 1979; and

WHEREAS, during a 34-day strike by teaching assistants in April and May of 1980, the University of Wisconsin- Madison Administration refused to accept a compromise contract proposal from an impartial mediator or final and binding interest arbitration; and

WHEREAS, the primary unresolved issues remaining between the University of Wisconsin-Madison Administration and AFT Local 3220 are the final and binding arbitration of disputes, and the right of all members of the bargaining unit to be paid for their labor and receive the rights and benefits of the collective bargaining agreement; and

WHEREAS, on August 5, 1980, the University of Wisconsin-Madison declared its intent to terminate the bargaining relationship with 3220 effective immediately:

RESOLVED, that the AFT condemns the University of Wisconsin-Madison Administration for its failure to bargain in good faith with Local 3220, and its intent to terminate the bargaining relationship with local 3220; and

RESOLVED, that the AFT will include a notice that this dispute is still in progress in every issue of the American Teacher until the dispute is settled; and

RESOLVED, that AFT members who are alumni of the University of Wisconsin-Madison do not make donations to the University and that the AFT does not provide any research funds to the University; and

RESOLVED, that AFT members will not attend any convention, conference, or other special event at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; and