Article VI: Union Rights
Section A. Official Business
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. Rooms, Facilities, Equipment
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. Bulletin Boards
The Union may post notices on existing bulletin board space in departments or units employing Employees, if the space is not reserved for specific purposes. In no case shall the Union be denied space sufficient to post one (1) 8 1/2 inch by 14 inch sheet.
Section D. Work Study Employer
In accordance with the rules and regulations of work study programs which the University administers, the University agrees to receive an application from the Union for eligibility as an employer. This provision does not imply endorsement by the University of any outcome with respect to such an application.
Section E. Orientations
Thirty (30) days prior to the start of each academic year, the University will provide the Union with the names and telephone numbers of contact persons responsible for scheduling each appointing unit’s first new Employee training session or its first meeting including new employees.
Each semester, upon request of the Union, each appointing unit will make thirty (30) minutes available to the Union immediately following its first new employee training session or its first meeting including new Employees, with scheduling at the discretion of the appointing unit, in the same room or with directions to the new room.
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, to discuss current bargaining status, and to answer new Employee questions consistent with contract provisions and the law.
If an appointing unit either (1) does not hold such a new Employee training session or a meeting including new Employees and does not arrange with another unit to perform these functions, or (2) arranges with another unit to perform these functions and that other unit does not allow GEO the thirty (30) minutes for the purposes outlined above, then the appointing unit shall make thirty (30) minutes available to the union for the purposes outlined in this Section.
Further, the appointing unit shall not require Employee attendance at other programming or work-related meetings during the time available to the Union under this Section.
The Union and the University agree that they will comply fully with the Public Employment Relations Act (PERA) during this time, and will not by force, intimidation, or unlawful threats compel or attempt to compel any Employee to exercise, or refrain from exercising, any right set forth in PERA. The Union further agrees to indemnify and hold the University harmless for any liability arising under PERA as a result of the Union’s activities during this time, including but not limited to damages, court costs and reasonable attorney fees.
Section F. Contract Summary Document
The University will, by the end of the first full week of each term, supply to the Union and make available to all units that appoint Graduate Student Instructors or Graduate Student Staff Assistants, a document summarizing key terms and conditions of this Agreement relevant to those units and the Graduate Student Instructors or Graduate Student Staff Assistants whom those units appoint. Each unit will, in turn, assure that the availability of this document is made known to Employee supervisors and to all faculty appointed to courses that employ Graduate Student Instructors.
Section G. Printing and Publication of Contract
The University and the Union shall share the cost of printing one thousand two hundred (1,200) paper copies of this Agreement. The University and the Union will publish copies of this Agreement on their respective websites. At the request of the Union, the University will prepare and provide a digital version of this Agreement to the
Union, for the purpose of printing and/or distributing additional paper copies of this Agreement as the Union may see fit.
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