Newsletter August 2023

Dear colleagues,

at the end of the summer semester, we would like to share some important information with you in this newsletter!

Information about the work of the „Mittelbaukonvent“ (Representative Council for Academic Staff) as a representative for the Academic Staff of the University of Passau, topics concerning this group, as well as further contact persons are available on our website https://www.uni-passau.de/en/university/governance-structure/academic-staff-council.

Further contents:

Survey for upcoming collective bargaining
Outlook

1. Survey for upcoming collective bargaining

The negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement of the federal states (Tarifvertrag der Länder) will start in October. These negotiations are not only about higher wages, but also about improving working conditions in general. The trade union „ver.di“ is conducting a survey to identify key concerns for the upcoming negotiations in October. You can take part in the survey via the link www.zusammen-geht-mehr.verdi.de (there under „Und wofür kämpfst du?“ → „Zur Beschäftigtenbefragung“) – regardless of whether you are a member of ver.di. For the trade union ver.di it is especially important that as many of us as possible take part in the survey, because only few employees at universities are members of a trade union and ver.di is therefore often not well informed about the concrete grievances at universities.

There is also an extra survey for student employees, which can also be accessed via the link www.zusammen-geht-mehr.verdi.de (there under „Forderungsbefragung für Studentische Beschäftigte, Auszubildende und dual Studierende“ → „Zur Forderungsbefragung“).

2. Outlook

This is the last newsletter for this legislative period. Starting also in October, the newly elected Representative Council will welcome you.

On our website https://www.uni-passau.de/en/university/governance-structure/academic-staff-council you will find more information about topics concerning the Academic Staff, about our work as a representative body, as well as contact information of the Representatives of the Council.

If you have any questions, hints or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact us! The entire Konvent wishes you a nice summer!

Best regards on behalf of the entire Council

Florian (Brüderlin)

Speaker of the Council