Northern Illinois University, pursuant to authority vested in it by the Board of Trustees, shall be considered the Employer. The University, as Employer, shall recognize the University Professionals of Illinois (UPI), Local #4100, as the exclusive bargaining representative for all persons in the bargaining unit. As defined in the Illinois Education Labor Relations Board certification (see Appendix A), the bargaining unit
Includes: All full-time faculty members in the ranks of Faculty Assistants, Instructors, and Lecturers who currently hold temporary appointments of 50% or more of a normal faculty appointment, including employees who devote 50% or more of their working time to non-instructional duties at Northern Illinois University.
Excludes: Retirees who have been rehired as temporary faculty, faculty who are employed exclusively at off-campus sites, faculty employed at the College of Law, faculty who are employed for less than two calendar quarters, faculty who have been offered regular continuing appointments conditioned on their obtaining a necessary visa or on completion of their work for a degree, persons employed part-time but who are full-time graduate students (nine credit hours or more per semester), employees whose salaries, benefits and other working conditions are specified in governmental grants, all other statutorily excluded persons (supervisors, managerial, confidential and short-term employees, students, and any others excluded by statute).
Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent the Board or the University, or their members, officials, agents, or representatives from meeting with any individual or organization to discuss any matter. The specific and express terms of this Agreement, however, shall not be changed as a result of any such meeting except by mutual agreement of the Board and the Union.
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