With handmade signs, water bottle maracas and chanting “Contract now,” the University of Oregon’s faculty union — United Academics  — held a demonstration outside the Knight Library in support of their negotiating team and their efforts to complete negotiations with the UO administration regarding their contract proposal.

The faculty negotiating team proposed the collective bargaining agreement to the administration in November of last year but have been unable to come to an agreement.

“We’ve worked since last summer putting together what we think are thoughtful, well-crafted proposals to go into the collective bargaining agreements and these are going to set the working conditions for the bargaining with the university administration,” said Yvonne Braun, a United Academics negotiator.

The union is working to reach a fair agreement with the administration before the end of spring term to provide enough time to implement the collective bargaining agreement before the 2013-2014 academic year begins.