ARTICLE 6: Rights of TAUP

ARTICLE 6
RIGHTS OF TAUP

A. TAUP shall have reasonable access to university premises upon application to, and approval from, the appropriate Temple authority on the same basis as granted to any other non-student groups within Temple for the purpose of administering this Agreement.

B. TAUP shall have the right to post official TAUP communications on one (1) approved bulletin board in the principal faculty office building of each College or School in the Bargaining Unit. TAUP shall have the right to use at no cost the campus mail and mailboxes for distribution of its official communications.

C. Temple shall make available to TAUP, upon reasonable notice, information and data concerning the wages, hours, and terms and conditions of employment of members of the bargaining unit including, but not limited to, the following:

1. Salary and seniority information for all members of the bargaining unit including name, salary, department, college, rank, date of promotion to present rank, date of tenure, and mode of payment (fiscal 12, academic 10, academic 12). Such information shall be supplied at least annually on November 1 (based on the September payroll).

2. Benefits information for members of the bargaining unit, including the numbers of members participating in each benefit and the total level of participation by members of the bargaining unit.

3. The university shall make available to TAUP, upon reasonable notice, the following additional information for adjunct faculty members in the bargaining unit, when available:

a. Gender, TU employee #, TU email, TU phone, DOB, date of initial hire (if available), date of current appointment, rank, semester salary, race, home address and phone. TAUP understands that certain of the preceding information will be provided only if supplied by the employee. Such information shall be supplied on October 1 (based on the Fall Semester payroll), on March 1 (based on the Spring Semester payroll), and June 1 (based on the Summer Semester payroll).

b. Credit hours taught, basis of pay (e.g., per credit hour, number of students or other), and last semester worked prior to the current semester.

D. Temple shall reproduce and provide 3,000 copies of this Agreement to TAUP within sixty (60) days following ratification of the Agreement. The cost of such reproduction shall be borne equally by the parties.

E. TAUP shall have the right to use the duplicating services at the established standard rate.

F. Temple shall allow reasonable time for librarians and academic professionals for the processing of their grievances during normal working hours.

G. Participation in TAUP Activities

1. Since TAUP has historically been a professional organization, participation in TAUP activities is eligible for consideration when making personnel-related decisions.

H. Temple shall provide Charles Library with at least one copy of the detailed computerized version of the Temple budget (presently referred to as the B2 budget) as well as the overall final budget for each year and the breakdown of income for each year as soon as each is available.

I. Temple shall list the address, two TAUP telephone numbers, and the email address for the local office in both the printed and on-line (electronic version) of the university’s Telephone Directory.

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