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It’s a TAUP Summer: Negotiation Prep, Surveys, a Membership Drive and Activist Training

It’s summertime and, like everyone else, TAUP is shifting gears. Between terms, we have the opportunity to assess the work we’ve done over the semester and to think ahead in planning for the fall.

MEMBERSHIP DRIVE

To build power to negotiate for our pay, benefits, and working conditions, we need strong relationships with colleagues both in and outside of our individual departments and schools. Becoming a dues-paying member of TAUP is an important and meaningful way for you to connect with colleagues, with the university and with communities both on and off campus. By signing a membership card your voice can, and will, be heard.

Our strength in negotiating at the table is directly linked to our membership numbers. If you are not currently a dues-paying member, if you want the Union to be in a good position to fight for a strong new contract and to build on and maintain the gains you enjoy, it’s time to join.

This summer, we’ll be out knocking on doors, both on campus and off. Why do we go to people’s homes? Because it is that important. Let us know if we’ve caught you at a bad time. Our experience with members through home visits has been very positive. We wouldn’t continue to do it if that were not the case. We’ve been able to connect with people at their homes whom we’ve been unable to contact with on campus. Unlike at school, people have time to talk. If you’re not currently a dues-paying member and you’d prefer to meet at school or at a specific time at home, contact our organizer, Abbey Bricker, to make arrangements.

NEGOTIATION PREPARATION

We’ll be back at the table in Spring of 2019, and in preparation, we’re engaged in research and in outreach to members of the bargaining unit. If you’d like to help by taking on a small project, or if you’d be interested in being a liaison between the Union and your department, please contact TAUP President Steve Newman or VP Jennie Shanker .

BARGAINING SURVEYS

This summer, you’ll be hearing from us. Negotiations for the full bargaining unit start in Spring of 2019, and in preparation for them, we’ll be sending out surveys to help us identify the top priorities for each of our constituencies. Be sure to respond to surveys when you receive them. When we hear from you, we can represent you well.

ACTIVIST TRAININGS

Keep an eye out for an announcement for our activist training this summer. For the past two years, we’ve held one-day boot camps for members who are interested in working with colleagues in TAUP to improve our lives and working conditions at Temple. If you are interested in attending this summer’s training, send your contact information to Abbey Bricker.

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.