The faculty contract for Bargaining Unit 7 determines the employer’s contribution for health premiums to the EUTF based on the highest premium contribution made to any one of the other 12 public employee bargaining units. The rates have been set through contract negotiations for the HGEA, UPW, and HSTA bargaining units (you can find those on the EUTF website) but the negotiations for the police and fire fighters, Units 9 and 10, have not been completed. Those employer contribution rates could be higher (which means lower costs being paid by the faculty-employee) than those already negotiated by the other unions, therefore, the rates for the UH faculty will not be set until these two contracts are also completed.
