Article 6 - Union Rights PDF Print E-mail

Section A.
Representatives of the Union will be permitted to transact official business with appropriate representatives of the University at all reasonable times provided they follow regular University procedures.


Section B.
Where rooms, facilities, or equipment, such as duplicating, computing and audiovisual, are available for meetings or use by other non-university organizations either with or without a charge, such rooms, facilities or equipment will be available to the Union in accordance with established University procedures.


Section C.
The Union may post notices on existing bulletin board space which is not reserved for specific purposes, but in no case shall the Union be denied space sufficient to post one (1) 8 1/2 inch by 14 inch sheet in a department or unit employing Employees. In addition, the University shall provide the Union with bulletin board space designated with the Union’s name for its exclusive use in nine (9) mutually agreed upon areas for the purpose of posting Union notices. Such space in each area will be large enough to hold four (4) 8 1/2 inch by 11 inch sheets. All notices shall be signed by a responsible officer of the Union and be informational to the members of the bargaining unit concerning Union business and social events. See Appendix D for the locations of these bulletin board spaces as of June 23, 2008.


Section D.
In accordance with the rules and regulations of work study programs which the University administers, the University agrees to receive application from the Union for eligibility as an employer.


Section E.
Each semester, upon request of the Union, each appointing unit will make thirty (30) minutes available to the Union during its first meeting of any Employee training session or its first meeting of Employees with scheduling at the discretion of the unit. The purpose of this time will be to inform Employees about the Union’s function, to explain dues and service fee deductions, to recruit departmental stewards, and to discuss current bargaining status or any other Union business.


Section F.
The University will, by the end of the first full week of each term, supply to all Employee supervisors and to all faculty appointed to courses that employ Graduate Student Instructors a document summarizing those terms and conditions of this Agreement relevant to those faculty and the Graduate Student Instructors or Graduate Student Staff Assistants they are supervising. This document will be co-written and co-signed by the University and the Union, and will be reviewed and re-issued each year by August 1.