Prof. Star Swift
swifts@gvsu.edu

                                                           
BARGAINING INFORMATION

This section of the site is to help GVSU students with their bargaining project. Each semester groups of students bargain entire collective bargaining contracts.  The sites below assist the students with finding model contract language and comparable wages and benefits. 

The winter of 2009 the class will break into groups (union and management) and bargain contracts for various unions at a fictional Swift University. The University is not as remarkable as GVSU but it is a close second. This is the first collective bargaining class at GVSU to use web cams to meet and bargain outside of class thanks to the help from ooVoo.com.  The students were able to exchange documents, see one another and speak to each other while being at different locations because they had the free use of ooVoo.


HELPFUL WEB LINKS

A. Contract Information

Berkeley Data Bank of Contracts

Michigan State Employee Salary Data Bank 
(To find salary information go to menu tab on right titled "Government".)

Michigan Public Employee Salaries

MSU Data Bank of Public Sector Labor Contracts
 

Office of the State Employer Labor Contracts   (This site has all the State of Michigan employee labor contracts.)

Michigan Public School Contracts

                                                           
B. 
Demographic & Economic Information

Aging Employees 
(Social Security Administration)


Bureau of Labor Statistics (US Dept. of Labor)

Census Information
(Lansing State Journal)


State Health Facts (Kaiser Family Foundation)


Michigan Birth Rates (By F. Ignatovich)

Michigan Economic, Census, Education and other Data (U of Wisc.)

Michigan Labor Market Data (Unemployment Rates)

Michigan Poverty Rate Rising

Michigan State University Wage and Salary Survey

Moving Out of Michigan (Mackinac Center)

Projected HS Senior Enrollments in Michigan ( By F. Ignatovich)

Terms to Know for Bargaining

University of Michigan Salaries for Faculty and Staff

US Employment Map

C. Pension, Health Insurance and PTO

Basic Information About Pension Plans

More information regarding pensions

Basics of Health Insurance in US

GVSU Costs for Benefits

Health Insurance Terms

Health Insurance  - Average Cost of Premiums

Changes in Health Care

Sick Leave vs PTO

VEBA Accounts

6th Circuit COA upholds retiree CBA benefits

Health Insurance Terms and Plans

D.  Issues That May Impact State Funding In the Future

Data by City

House Foreclosure Rate by State

Unemployment and CPI in Michigan














 

 


  Last Modified Date: October 20, 2009
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