What is Really Going on Here?

I heard on the radio last night that contract talks are not moving forward. It was reported that in light of the Unions’ latest offer, which includes substantial concessions on salary increases, the parties are now only 160,000 a year apart.

The Unions have shown they are willing to negotiate. Why won’t the Administration negotiate?

Each member of the College Community: Students, Faculty, Staff and Administrators alike must ask themselves, “what is really at stake here?” For the Administration, it would seem even to the most casual observer that it obviously is not about money or we would be back in the classroom by now.

Since the strike began, the Unions looked to return to the bargaining table, but the Administration refused. Over the weekend when the Unions attempted to submit revised concessions to their salary proposals to bring the two parties closer together, the Administration refused. Last night in the presence of the state mediator, once again the Administration refused. On KYW the Administration’s spokesman said “we have made the best offer.”

This does not sound like a negotiation.

What is really going on here?