The Faculty Association of Monmouth University (FAMCO) today is filing an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) for the administration’s failure to provide necessary and important information for negotiating healthcare premiums for the upcoming final year of our current contract with Monmouth University. The data in question is the following document:

1. The FEBP 2024

We need to review this information because we are committed to moving forward toward a settlement. We are concerned about the University’s continued delays in providing this information to fulfill the union’s request as best as the University is able–information that is available or can be made available to the University by Segal. This delay includes our agreement to postpone three bargaining sessions to allow the University additional time to obtain the Horizon claims experience as reviewed by Segal.

The information we have repeatedly requested is essential to bargaining premiums for 2024. FAMCO requested the information above be delivered on or before Wednesday, June 14 (after multiple previous requests) so that we can proceed with informed discussions. We also requested that the University confirm if parts of the information we have been requesting do not exist in any form by Wednesday June 14 so that we know the University can meet its obligation to provide the information requested, including in any preliminary or partial capacity as it pertains to understanding the costs of healthcare to the University.

FAMCO is taking action for fairness by filing an Unfair Labor Practice as Monmouth University fails to provide vital information for negotiating healthcare premiums, hindering progress towards a settlement and raising concerns about transparency and fulfilling obligations. Stay tuned for more!