TUESDAY NEGOTIATION SESSION CANCELLED: THURSDAY IS ON!
Unfortunately, a personal emergency has forced the sides to delay of the first negotiating session to Thursday, April 18th from 2:00-5:00 at Temple University Center City, room to be determined. While there is still one outstanding issue for the administration to respond to in order to settle on the process, we anticipate that it will be resolved, so we are looking forward to sitting down with the administration on Thursday.
We are engaging in Open Bargaining for the first time in our union’s history. All members of the Bargaining Unit, regardless of TAUP membership, are invited to witness the negotiations and to engage with the table team during breaks. Open Bargaining promotes transparency and accountability and shows solidarity among TAUP’s faculty, librarians and academic professionals which gives us the power to achieve common priorities. To do this, we need your participation to ensure robust attendance at each session.
If you are interested in attending Thursday’s session, please contact the TAUP Office, taupaft@gmail.com so we can reach out to you once the room is confirmed. Please plan to arrive at 1:30 p.m. to learn about your role in Open Bargaining and the rules that govern the process.
RALLY: May 1, Noon-1pm at the Bell Tower
Before the semester ends, you’re also invited to make time to show your support for the work your TAUP colleagues have been doing, and meet with union leaders and activists to discuss the issues that we are fighting to make progress on. Join us on Wednesday, May 1st at the Bell Tower from Noon – 1pm, to show Temple that whether or not you are able to show up for a bargaining session or not, you support TAUP’s work at the table. If you can come plan to join us, please rsvp here .
Unemployment Compensation Workshops
TAUP members can collect Unemployment Compensation over the summer to cover basic costs during the break, or even for the upcoming year.
You may be eligible if:
- You have been told that you will not be working in the fall, due to no fault of your own (ex: you didn’t quit, were not fired, etc.)
- If you will be working fewer hours / teaching fewer courses in the fall than this term
- If you’ve been told that you’ll be teaching in the fall, but there is a good chance that the course you’ve been offered will not run.
TAUP offers 90 minute workshops to help our members:
- Understand Unemployment Compensation and how it works
- Assess their eligibility
- Understand key terms, concepts and questions that are used in the process
- Fill out UC applications as accurately as possible
If you would like to attend a workshop, please fill out this form with your availability.
If you have any questions, contact Jennie Shanker at jshanker1@gmail.com
Childcare
Do you know an undergraduate student who needs help paying for child care? The US Department of Education has provided four years of funding to our colleague Annemarie Hindman in the School of Ed that will pay full childcare costs for undergraduate students on Pell Grants. Please announce this to your classes and share with any undergrad students who might need child care. Advise students that this child care will be available for the next 3 years, but there are limited slots. Students need to contact Dr. Hindman as soon as possible.
