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ARTICLE 25
UNION RIGHTS
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| A. MEETINGS
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The UC-AFT and the University, at the request of
either party, shall meet
at a mutually agreeable time and place to discuss matters
of mutual concern. When practicable, meetings concerning a
local campus problem will be held on the affected campus.
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Topics for discussion at the meeting shall be communicated
to the other party at the time the meeting is requested. The parties
will attempt to finalize an agenda at least seven (7) calendar
days prior to the scheduled date of the meeting.
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Each party shall designate a chair for the meeting, who shall
coordinate the agenda and arrangements for the meeting. Whenever
possible, such meetings shall be scheduled so as not to conflict
with UC-AFT representatives' course meetings or other duties.
If such conflict should occur, representatives shall be without
loss of compensation.
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When issues of concern to NSF arise which are not
appropriate for labor-management discussions, any written
comments which the UC-AFT wishes to submit will be forwarded
by the University to the relevant University official or committee.
Labor-management meetings shall not preclude or substitute
for appropriate consultation with NSF through normal academic
channels.
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No provision of this MOU assures or prohibits participation
by unit members on campus or systemwide committees.
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| B. MEMBERSHIP
LISTS
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The University shall provide the UC-AFT with an
annual list of bargaining unit members electronically, via
the FTP site.
[1]
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The employee list on the FTP site shall contain the following
information: name, employee identification number, title,
title code, monthly salary, campus address, and home address
unless the NSF has requested that her/his home address not
be released, most recent date of hire, department/organizational
unit, percent of appointment, type of appointment, and appointment
end date where applicable. Effective February 1, 2003, the
FTP site shall include the NSF e-mail address contained in
the campus e-mail directory. The University will update the
e-mail addresses in the FTP site on a quarterly basis.
[2]
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C. COPY OF UNION
DOCUMENTS
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Unless otherwise agreed, following negotiations,
ratification and approval by the parties, the University shall
prepare a draft of the revised MOU as soon as practicable for
review by the UC-AFT.
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The cost of printing copies for distribution to NSF will be
borne equally by the Union and the University. The requesting
party will pay for additional copies.
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| 3. |
Appointment Letters provided to bargaining unit employees shall
include a paragraph that states that the MOU governs the terms
and conditions of their employment and that the MOU is available
via the University website and in a specified University office.
The University’s and AFT’s web site addresses
shall be included in the appointment letter. [3]
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The parties understand and agree that during the
term of this MOU, the information described in the Appendices
will be subject to modification to maintain currency. [4]
The parties further understand and agree that the University
will provide to the UC-AFT the updated information and will
have the MOU updated.
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D. USE OF FACILITIES
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Access
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a. Subject to the campus policies and procedures
in effect at the time the use is requested, the UC-AFT
shall be able to use bulletin boards, general classrooms,
information tables and meeting rooms when not otherwise
in use. [5]
b. During formal meet
and confer sessions held at University facilities,
the University shall provide reasonable access to any
on-site copy machine.
c. The UC-AFT and its members shall not conduct internal
union business on work time such as membership solicitation,
grievance solicitation, campaigning for union office,
hand billing or other distribution of literature. All
other union activities, except direct contact with and/or
response to the University, or as specifically set forth
in this MOU, shall take place during non-work time and
without the use of University resources, such as telephones,
copy machines, e-mail, fax, etc.
d. Local union officers may use existing University telephones
to conduct business with the University pertaining to the
administration of this MOU and/or to communicate with NSF
to attempt to resolve and/or process grievances under this
MOU. This does not include the conduct of any research or
investigation regarding filed grievances. No calls shall
be made that result in costs to the University; for example,
calls involving tolls, long distance, ATSS, Fax, etc. The
frequency and duration of permitted phone calls shall not
interfere with or disrupt completion of work assignments
or impair the efficiency of University operations. In the
event phone use interferes with or is disruptive to the
accomplishment of assigned work or to University operations,
the University may terminate access to the University's
telephone facilities as provided herein.
e. The UC-AFT shall not list work telephone numbers in
any union publication.
f. The University policy concerning the use of electronic
communications shall apply to NSF in the same manner
as it applies to Senate Faculty and staff.
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U.S. Mail Delivery
The University will distribute in the normal manner United States
mail that it has received, on which postage has been paid, and
which bears the name and correct specific campus address of NSF.
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Use of Mailboxes
In locations where NSF mailboxes exist, the UC-AFT may reasonably
use such boxes in accordance with existing campus procedures in
effect at the time of the use. Where such mailboxes are in restricted
work areas, the Union may make arrangements with the responsible
campus official in the restricted work area to have the Union
mail placed in the employee mailboxes by the normal method. Where
mailboxes do not exist for employees, the University will distribute
Union mail to employees by the normal method.
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E. REGENTS MATERIAL
The University shall post at the University website the agendas for
the meetings of the Board of Regents.
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F. INFORMATION
REQUESTS
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When the University makes updates and/or changes
to the Academic Personnel Manual, and/or changes to local campus
manuals or regulations related to NSF, it posts those changes
on the University’s web site. The University will provide
notice to the UC-AFT of the proposed and final changes to the
APM and the web address where the changes can be viewed.
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The University shall fulfill UC-AFT requests for information
and reports relating to employment conditions of NSF to the extent
required by law. The UC-AFT will bear all appropriate costs associated
with additional copies or other information requests.
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G.
The UC-AFT shall retain any union rights expressly guaranteed by HEERA
except as specifically limited by this MOU.
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The UC-AFT may pursue, through the grievance procedure
allegations that the University has violated a union right afforded
by this contract.
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The UC-AFT may pursue, through the PERB process, allegations
that the University has violated a union right afforded under
HEERA which is not specifically addressed in this MOU.
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Any allegation by the UC-AFT that one of its rights has been
violated shall be addressed through one but not both of the above
dispute resolution processes/procedures.
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