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TAUP General Membership Meeting Agenda

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TAUP will be holding a General Membership Meeting this upcoming Monday, February 26th. It will be from 6-7:30 pm, and we’ll meet in Tyler’s Architecture building room 104.

The following items are on the agenda:
General report on the Union’s activities
The Faculty Senate vote on the proposed football stadium
The FAST Fund, emergency funds for students administered by the Union
Issues for the 2019 negotiations
What we’re hearing from visits to departmental faculty meetings
What you’d like TAUP to consider

If there are issues you’d like to add to the agenda, please contact Steve Newman (President) at stevenewman1970@gmail.com or Jennie Shanker (Vice President) at jshanker1@gmail.com.

The meeting is open to all dues-paying TAUP members and those who are seriously considering membership.

If you would like to invite TAUP officers to your department for a meeting, please contact taupaft@gmail.com

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Do You Have a Student with an Emergency Financial Need?
TAUP has been asked to administer the FAST Fund, a fund for students with an urgent financial need that might challenge their ability to remain in school. Please share information about this resource with your students, as you may not be aware of all of your students’ needs.

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Come to a Working People’s Day of Action, Feb. 24th
February 24th marks the 50th anniversary of the first march in Memphis for the rights of sanitation workers; Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated while supporting their cause. As we continue to honor Dr. King, we continue to struggle for the rights of the people against racism, against the concentration of wealth and power that threatens to silence workers’ rights and democracy, and against other threats facing our nation and world.

Help the Fast Fund for Students in Need

E-Bulletin for 2/12/18

Help the TAUP FAST Fund for Temple Students in Need

TAUP is happy to announce that we have been designated by Prof. Sara Goldrick-Rab (College of Education) as the administrator of the seventh Faculty and Students Together (FAST) Fund, designed to help Temple students in need.  Building on Prof. Goldrick-Rab’s important work analyzing and calling attention to the pressing needs of college students, the Fund is designed to provide rapid assistance to students whose attendance at Temple is threatened by financial emergencies such as overdue rent, car repairs, or insufficient funds for food.  For more on how the FAST Fund works and how you can refer students for assistance, click here.  Although Prof. Goldrick-Rab’s founding gift is very generous, we will need to supplement it if we want to reach as many students as we aim to help.  Please consider making a tax-deductible donation here.  

 

Take the Childcare Survey

After many discussions and considerable research into how nearly 20 other peer and aspirant universities approach child care for their employees, the joint TAUP-Faculty Senate Committee on Child Care is ready for the next step—to hear from you about a range of potential options to address this crucial issue.  If you haven’t already, please take the survey.  Your responses will be critical in shaping any proposal TAUP and the Faculty Senate presents to the administration.

 

Come to a Working People’s Day of Action, Feb. 24th

February 24th marks the 50th anniversary of the first march in Memphis for the rights of sanitation workers; Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated while supporting their cause.  As we continue to honor Dr. King, we continue to struggle for the rights of the people against racism, against the concentration of wealth and power that threatens to silence workers’ rights and democracy, and against other threats facing our nation and world.  To move that struggle forward, rallies will be held on 2/24 in Memphis, New York City, Washington D. C., and many other cities, including Philadelphia, where we’ll gather from 10 a.m.-noon at Thomas Paine Plaza, 1401 JFK Blvd. Please contact TAUP (taupaft@gmail.com) if you plan to go!

 

Attend the TAUP General Membership Meeting, Feb 26th TAUP wants to give its constituents as many opportunities as we can to hear what’s on your mind and to let you know about how your Union is working for you.  Please come to a monthly General Membership meeting 2/26 6:00-7:30 p.m., Tyler 104. See you there!  

 

 

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TAUP Childcare Survey

eBulletin 2/7/2018

Dear Faculty, Librarians, and Academic Professionals,

After many discussions and considerable research into how nearly 20 other peer and aspirant universities approach child care for their employees, the joint TAUP-Faculty Senate Committee on Child Care is ready for the next step—to hear from you about a range of potential options to address this crucial issue.

So please fill out this survey by February 16th.  If there is sufficient support for some sort of childcare benefit, your responses will shape the proposal our Committee will put forth; the current TAUP contract obliges the administration to “review, consider, and respond to any proposals in a timely fashion.”

If you have any questions or concerns or would like to join the Committee, please contact the Chair, Marsha Weinraub (Psychology): marsha.weinraub@temple.edu.

Thank you!

Sincerely,

Steve Newman,

President,  TAUP and Faculty Senator for CLA, on behalf of the Child Care Committee