General Membership Meeting Postponed
May 1st is International Workers’ Day! Due to scheduling issues on campus, we’re pushing the Spring General Membership Meeting that was to be held that evening back a couple of weeks.
The upside is that this will also allow our members to participate in the many other May Day events happening that day, including those organized by the GTFF and PCUN.
The General Membership Meeting is now scheduled for May 29. Additional details will be shared soon. Save the date!
Support UO Student Workers on Strike
The UO Student Workers are on day three of their strike! As a reminder, while we cannot strike in sympathy, we can join them on the picket line during our breaks.
Join the picket line to show your solidarity and support! You can also support the strike by refusing to cross the picket line (i.e. don’t spend money at UO campus dining locations). Learn more about the status of UOSW bargaining, and check their Instagram @uostudentworkers for updates.
We have some UA + UOSW solidarity signs at the Union Hall. Pick one up for your door/workspace!
Reminder re: Scabbing and Overload Assignments
We have heard reports that faculty are being asked to take on additional labor in order to cover the work of striking student workers or to track those workers’ attendance.
Remember that our CBA
- Requires that work that goes beyond a faculty member’s primary duties be compensated as an overload assignment, and;
- Allows faculty to decline an overload assignment.
As we have argued in past strike situations, faculty already have full professional and personal lives, and it is completely reasonable that they do not have capacity to take on additional work.
Article 41, Section 2. In the event of a strike by other employees of the university, bargaining unit faculty members, if requested by the University, will consult about how work which was previously performed by a striking employee will be covered. Any work previously performed by a striking employee assigned to a bargaining unit faculty member shall be considered an overload assignment. Bargaining unit faculty members will not unreasonably refuse to perform such work.
Article 17, Section 6. Overloads. An overload assignment is (1) an assignment that is in addition to the bargaining unit faculty member’s regular assignment and FTE status; (2) a one time or limited assignment, made or approved by the Office of the Provost, that is in addition to or different from regular or usual assignments for the member’s classification and rank; or (3) assignments unrelated to the bargaining unit faculty member’s primary job responsibilities.
No bargaining unit faculty member may be disciplined or terminated for refusing an overload assignment.