Article 2: Definitions 2008

Article 2: Definitions

1. Employee: The term “Employee” (and “Employees”) as used in this Agreement

shall mean a member of the bargaining unit.

2. Employer: Western Michigan University, a constitutionally established

institution of higher education located in Kalamazoo, MI, its Board of

Trustees, and the administrative agents of that Board. “The Employer,”

“Western,” “the University,” and “the Administration” shall be regarded as

interchangeable terms.

3. Union: Teaching Assistants Union (TAU), AFT, AFL-CIO, Local Number

1729.

4. Classification of Teaching: All Graduate Assistants, 4. Doctoral Graduate Assistants,

or Doctoral Associates will be assigned the classification of teaching

if their primary duties are coordinating, leading, or assisting in the instructional

process in direct interaction with students or holding regularly

scheduled office hours for direct interaction with students, or grading papers

or examinations in a manner that requires subjective evaluation above

and beyond the mechanical or routine comparison of submitted papers or

examinations with answers, responses, or elements predetermined as correct

or acceptable by another individual or method.

5. Good standing: A graduate student being in good standing is determined

according to current University policy.