If these changes are accepted, you’ll have a way to formally address the issue of excessive workloads. The university will be required to solve excessive workload issues as they hear about them, rather than waiting for a grievance trigger to be fulfilled. Our proposal gives you a say in the process and helps prevent burnout.

We propose to:

Right now, the only way to push back on excessive workloads is to file a grievance. But it’s unclear what constitutes “excessive,” and all of the current contractual definitions can only be identified after you’ve already been working more than you’re paid to—there are no proactive metrics to address workplace changes that might cause excessive […]