Article 5: Union Rights 2008

Article 5: Union Rights

1. The Union’s internally-designated representatives will be permitted to

transact official business with appropriate representatives of the Employer

at mutually agreeable times provided that they follow regular Employer

procedures.

2. The Union may request to schedule periodic meetings to conduct Union

business on campus, subject to customary charges, if any. Requests for

such space shall be processed through regular Employer procedures. Other

facilities or equipment, such as computing and audiovisual, may also be

available at customary charges.

3. Each semester/session, upon request of the Union, twenty (20) minutes will

be made available to the Union at the first Employee training or Employee

orientation session (if any) of any academic department/school, academic

college, or the Graduate College, with scheduling at the discretion of the

department, school, or college.

4. Upon request, the Employer shall provide the Union with bulletin board

space designated with the Union’s name for its exclusive use in ten (10)

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. In no case will the Union post on Union

bulletin board space derogatory or defamatory material about the University,

its units, or any employee of the University.

5. The Employer will, by the end of the first full week of each semester/session,

supply to all Employee supervisors and to all faculty appointed to

courses that employ Employees a document summarizing those terms and

conditions of this Agreement relevant to those faculty and the Employees

they are supervising. This document will be co-written and co-signed by

the Employer and the Union, and will be reviewed and distributed each

year by August 1.

6. The Employer shall provide the Union with file space for a Union website,

along with links to the Union website from the Human Resources and

Graduate College webpages.

7. The Union shall be permitted to distribute materials in University mailboxes

on the basis of an employing unit’s customary means and through

electronic mail.