Differences of opinion on the admission or exclusion of a worker from the bargaining unit are resolved by section 18, Complaints. The University will provide support and supervision to assist units in carrying out Article 9 agreements regarding the duration of appointments and the announcement of appointments for graduate staff. The University will cooperate with university colleges to establish uniform appointment procedures, including: b) The University will provide the Union with up-to-date information on directories. The following information is provided monthly to all graduate employees of the Bargaining Unit who have not removed their directory information: current name, mailing address and telephone number, e-mail address, employment unit, campus office building and room number, type of funding source and, if applicable, assignment as a Graduate Education Assistant or Graduate Research Assistant; and for graduate employees who have signed consent to dismissal, bargaining unit status, salary, student identification number and FTE. (a) The union`s use of university e-mail shall not be more restrictive than that of recognised campus organisations. (b) The use of the university`s e-mail system takes place during the doctoral student`s non-working hours. (c) The trade union, its representatives and the employees of the collective bargaining unit undertake to respect the agreement reached on 1. July 2012 or revised from time to time to comply with the University`s Acceptable Use Policy. (d) The Union indemnifies the Employer against any claim, claim, claim or other legal or administrative action taken against the Employer, the Union or its representatives (including trade union employees, trade union officials and trade union delegates) with respect to communications or the effects of communications that are a direct consequence of the use of e-mail for trade union business in accordance with this Article.
The Oregon State University System does not prohibit the free transmission of e-mail between the Union`s e-mail servers and the OSU`s e-mail servers. In accordance with their legal obligations to negotiate in good faith, the University and the Union met in full and free discussion on issues of “industrial relations” within the meaning of ORS 243.650 (7). This Agreement contains the single and comprehensive agreement between the Parties resulting from those negotiations. The Union agrees that the University will have no other negotiating obligation during the term of this Agreement, except as specified in Section 2. This Agreement shall enter into force upon ratification by the Parties and shall expire on 30 June 2024. The University shall make available sixty (60) hours of leave each financial year without loss of salary, to be distributed among its officials at the discretion of the Union in order to attend trade union demonstrations, provided that the official has informed his superior in writing at least fifteen (15) days before the leave. In an emergency and with the consent of the caregiver, a shorter period is acceptable. No more than two (2) employees with a degree from a department may take such leave at the same time and the leave may not be taken for more than five (5) consecutive days. If necessary, the Employment Unit will arrange a replacement to perform formal duties during this leave, or the graduate employee will arrange to complete the work at a different time, as appropriate. Replacement work shall be remunerated in accordance with Article 11.
AFSCME Local 2831 has 3 active collective agreements with Lane County. Please note that the General Unit and the Nurses Unit have extended their existing contracts until 30.06.2021. (b) Availability of paid sick leave. Sick leave provisions will be available at the beginning of each academic semester during which the graduate employee receives an appointment. Period balances can be viewed by the graduate employee in the online time recording system and at mytime.oregonstate.edu. Decisions or agreements made as a result of these meetings shall be made in writing and signed by the parties. College graduates may be entitled to leave as a student or as an employee under several university guidelines, whether for their own health condition or the condition of a family member. For a full description of vacation policies and coverages that may apply to graduate employees, see: hr.oregonstate.edu/benefits/leaves/family-and-medical-leave-act-fmla/graduate-assistantships-family-medical-leave.
Eligible vacation days, including but not limited to paid sick leave under this section, will apply simultaneously if coverage overlaps. For each medical episode that requires vacation, the employee must first take advantage of the accumulated and donated paid sick leave and then enter the status of leave without pay until returning to work. The workload assigned to an employee who graduated under this section may or may not be distinct from the academic expectations related to the thesis or thesis research. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as prescribing a limitation on the amount of academic work a student needs to achieve satisfactory academic progress on the way to graduation. Collective bargaining is the process by which workers negotiate contracts with their employers through their unions to determine their terms and conditions of employment, including remuneration, benefits, hours of work, vacation, workplace health and safety policies, ways to reconcile work and family life, and more. Through collective bargaining, unionized workers have higher wages, better benefits and more secure jobs. d) The CGE agrees that its right to negotiate contribution rates for future benefits applies only to members of the tariff unit. As soon as the university notifies the union that certain workers in the collective bargaining unit covered by this Agreement are on strike or are implementing other stoppage-of-work measures in violation of this section, the union recommends that these striking workers return to work immediately and in writing at the university.
This article does not prevent a graduate from expressing his or her point of view in his or her capacity as a doctoral student or in an activity outside working hours. Union representatives and workers in the collective bargaining unit may use the University`s e-mail system for union matters under the following conditions: b) Within fifteen (15) calendar days of the union`s notice of intent to arbitrate, the union must notify the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) of the dispute and request a list of arbitrators specifically limited to Oregon. Referees from Washington and Idaho. The Parties shall endeavour to reach agreement on a permanent panel of arbitrators and a procedure for the use of such arbitrators. In the absence of agreement on such a body and procedure, the current selection procedure will be maintained and the Union will request a list of five (5) arbitrators from the Labour Relations Board. The parties will then remove the names in turn, one by one. The part that beats the first name is determined by the throwing of a coin. The last remaining name is the arbitrator chosen to hear the pending complaint. The University is committed to reviewing appointments and positions each academic year to document the use of one-year appointments, student-worker hourly positions, and deviations from notification agreements in a timely manner. The university shall draw up a report on each examination and submit it to the Union. If a unit has recurring issues with timely notification or unapproved use of appointments for individual semesters, the university will work with the Dean and Dean of the Department of Employment to ensure that a plan is in place to meet expectations for subsequent graduate appointments. You can also see a visual representation of our progress in the negotiations.
a) The parties acknowledge that the University has the full right to direct the workforce and to adopt rules, policies, procedures and practices. Subject to the negotiation requirements of SOR 243.698, the University may amend or adopt rules, policies, procedures and practices, provided that they do not conflict with certain provisions of this Agreement. The University will notify the Union at least thirty (30) days prior to the effective date of any change that it is required to negotiate under ORS 243.698. The Union agrees, on its own behalf and on behalf of its officers, agents, members and employees of the Collective Bargaining Unit, that it will not participate in, encourage, induce or sanction strikes during the term of this Agreement, that it will not comply with the picket lines of another union or that it will not participate in sit-ins, slowdowns, rotating strikes or intermittent strikes or intermittent strikes. For the purposes of this section, a picket line includes pickets other than information pickets that comply with the University`s rules of time, manner and place for speaking activities, work stoppage, refusal to work, mass absenteeism, slowdown of any kind, any other interruption or interruption of work, whether carried out jointly or individually. The University recognizes the union as the exclusive representative of the collective bargaining unit for the purposes of collective bargaining. Here you can browse all the collective agreements we have won over the years. The current agreement is available below in HTML and pdf format. The old agreements are only available here in PDF format.
This Agreement shall be opened during the term of the Agreement only by mutual agreement of the Parties or with the proper application of the Articles on Severability (Article 5), the Full Agreement (Article 4) or Section 4 of this Article. Sick leave may be used if the graduate employee requests legal advice, law enforcement services, or medical treatment related to domestic violence, harassment, sexual assault, or stalking for themselves or a minor child. .