1. IFO-MinnState Tentative Settlement 2017-2019 Information Presentation
Oscar Flores
Bargaining Team member
Minnesota State University Moorhead
January 2018

2. Ratification process
This settlement will not become effective until and unless
IFO membership vote to ratify
MinnState Board of Trustees ratify
Minnesota Legislature approves

3. Economics: Salaries Fall 2017 Fall 2018
Each step on the salary scheduled is enhanced 1.6%.
Retroactive to Fall all faculty will see a 1.6% pay enhancement
Fall 2018
Each step on the salary schedule is enhanced another 2.4%.

4. Economics: Salaries Career Steps—2 steps salary increase Currently
On years 11, 21, and 31
Effective Fall 2018
On years 11, 18, and 26

5. Economics: Estimating your pay
Fall 2017
Find your current salary step
For example Professor salary step 11, $65,128
2. Add 1.6% to your current step
Step 11 is now $66,170
3. You should receive retroactive pay to Fall 2017
You should receive retroactive pay on any overload and (or) extra duty days worked as well
This applies even if is your first year
Minimum adjunct pay increases to $1, 449

6. Economics: Estimating your pay
Fall 2018
Stay in you current step which is enhanced 2.4% with respect to 2017
For example Professor salary step 11, $67,758
Minimum adjunct pay increases to $1, 484

7. Economics: Estimating your pay
Promotions
To the prior adjustments add two salary steps--an additional 4.8% pay increase.
For example if promoted effective Fall 2017, and you were in salary step 11 now move to step 13, $69, 381. Then in Fall 2018, step 13 is enhanced 2.4% to $71,046
If after adding the two steps for promotion, your salary is below the minimum step for your new rank, then you move to the minimum step for your new rank.
Career Steps
Fall 2017: If you are starting your 11th, 21st, or 31st year of service, add two steps.
Fall 2018: If you are starting your 11th, 18th, or 26th year of service, add two steps.
Promotions and Career Steps
Add 4 steps.

8. Economics: Faculty Development and other changes effective Fall 2018
Professional Improvement Funds
Increase in 19A by $120,000 to $520,000
Established a fund for PIF for adjuncts
Increased PIF for community faculty at Metro
Professional Study and Travel Funds
Increase 19B funds to non-adjunct faculty by $70 to $1450
Health and Dental Insurance per Coalition Bargaining

9. Some Language Changes
Maximum workload for adjuncts to 12 credits per academic year.
Salary equity written notification of review due to promotion and terminal degree completion.
Parental Leave. Clarification of who is eligible and that sick leave is not required to be used for parental leave. Intermittent used permitted with agreement of surpevisor.

10. Some Language Changes
Effective Fall 2018, program and department modification should be done by February 1st.
Clarifying language in Professional Development reports
Appendix G. Clarifying language in different criteria. For example, in Criterion 2, adds that playbooks or coaching manuals should count. In Criterion 4, assisting in the scholarly work of students should count.

11. The complete value of a union
What is not included in our contract
Examples MinnState proposed
Use of adjuncts at the discretion of the president
New class of professors with higher load and who could not obtain tenure
Eliminate Duty Day and use Duty Year