00 CS FOR HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 12(L&C)                                                                                     
01 Supporting the collective bargaining agreement between the University of Alaska                                         
02 and the Alaska Community Colleges' Federation of Teachers.                                                              
03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:                                                                         
04  WHEREAS the University of Alaska and the Alaska Community College Federation                                           
05 of Teachers Local 2404, AFT, AFL-CIO, representing Alaska Community College teachers                                    
06 entered into a collective bargaining agreement that was the subject of arbitration; and                                 
07  WHEREAS an arbitrator ruled that under the contract, members of the collective                                         
08 bargaining unit were entitled to a three percent salary increase; and                                                   
09  WHEREAS, in fiscal year 1995, the legislature funded appropriations for salaries for                                   
10 the University of Alaska that included salaries for teachers who are members of the Federation                          
11 of Teachers Local 2404, AFT, AFL-CIO, without rejecting the salary increase for members                                 
12 of Local 2404; and                                                                                                      
13  WHEREAS the University of Alaska has asserted that it is not obligated to pay the                                      
14 increase because the legislature did not specifically appropriate money for that purpose;                               
01  BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives that the University of Alaska                                           
02 should be held obligated to pay the three percent salary increase awarded by the arbitrator.