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UVM, union seek mediation

Burlington Free Press: UVM, union seek mediation

Contract talks between the University of Vermont and its service workers union are deadlocked over pay and retirement benefits and headed for federal mediation.

That was the message of UE Local 267 Tuesday in a news conference in the atrium of the Davis Center. Union representatives said UVM management was offering 1 percent annual raises over three years, compared with 4 percent sought by the union, and that UVM was seeking the right to eliminate health benefits for retirees. The union also said UVM wants to we

Buffalo News: Mediation pursued in NCCC labor feud

NCCC President James Klyczek said he is trying to address increasing health care and pension costs.Charles Lewis/Buffalo News
Union negotiator Joseph F. Colosi said administrators have asked for too much.

SANBORN — Working without a labor contract for almost three years will go a long way to strain a relationship.

But the continuing feud between the faculty union and the administration at Niagara County Community College doesn’t mean that either side has sat still during the process.