...cost-of-living increases were added to salaries at the discretion of the regents. Jim Johnsen, UA's vice president for faculty and staff relations, said there have been three increases in the last five years. The new policy will award increases...

...Johnsen, who has been chief of staff for University of Alaska President Mark Hamilton, has been named vice president for faculty and staff relations. Johnsen replaces Janet Jacobs. He will take over the $130,000 per year position on Jan. 20...

...University of Alaska has made its "last, best" offer to one of its faculty unions, according to the UA vice president for faculty and staff relations. But Alaska Community Colleges' Federation of Teachers president Bob Congdon said negotiations will...

A union is seeking to represent the last nonunionized workers at the University of Alaska. Organizers for the University of Alaska Staff United have been collecting employees' signatures since November to petition for an election on whether the union should represent them in collective bargaining.