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Negotiations Update 

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.

 

 

TAUP Digest 3/11-3/15, Negotiations Update, Contract Campaign Kick-Off, Student Debt Clinic, Trainings, the Struggle at Community College

Negotiations Update 

We hope that you had a restful and productive Spring Break.  TAUP members were hard at work last week preparing for the upcoming negotiations.  We have been responding to administrative concerns about Open Bargaining while continuing to adhere to its fundamental principles of inclusion and transparency in the negotiation process for our members.  As we move toward agreeing on procedure, we are continuing to sift through data and develop bargaining proposals.  You can find out more about the state of negotiations and how you can get involved at the . . .

 

. . .TAUP Contract Campaign Kickoff Event 3/13!

With labor & political allies, food & drink, and TAUP swag 

This will be the first full contract that will cover all of the faculty, alongside our librarians and academic professionals. Join us to build connection,strength and solidarity across campus as we launch our campaign for a strong contract that fully supports the fundamental educational mission of Temple University: teaching, research & learning..

Wednesday March 13th

4-6pm

Pub Webb – 1527 Cecil B Moore Ave

All dues paying TAUP Members are encouraged to attend, alongside any Temple Faculty, Librarians, and TAUP Academics Staff who are considering joining.

Be sure to RSVP here.

Organizing Conversation Trainings

Organizing does not stop during negotiations; it’s essential to our strength at the table.  If you want to learn how to talk with your colleagues about the Union, we’ll be holding Organizing Conversation trainings on Friday March 15th from 12-2pm and Friday March 22nd from 12-2pm at the TAUP office, Ritter Annex 721. Please RSVP here.

The Struggle at Community College of Philadelphia

Our sister union at CCP has been working without a contract for three years. They recently authorized a strike vote, though they hope that a strike will not be necessary.  They are fighting administrative proposals that would increase their workload, gut faculty governance, raise health-care costs, and refuse to pay their classified staff a living wage.

TAUP stands in solidarity with FSFCCP in this fight, and we invite you to join us in supporting them.  Their next event is a hearing at City Councilthis Tuesday from 11:00-2:00 p.m.  They will be advocating for the nearly $16 million in additional funding that CCP should be getting from the City. This is based on the accepted formula that municipalities should fund 1/3rd of a community college’s operating budget.

Know Your Contract:  Grievances

If you believe that your rights under the contract have been violated, contact TAUP.  Our staff will put you in touch with our grievance specialists, who can help determine whether a grievance should be filed.  Remember that grievances have to be filed within 20 working days from the action being grieved for full-time members and 10 working days for adjuncts.  If you have a concern about something you’re experiencing on the job, please don’t delay in contacting your Union!

Student Debt Clinic

TAUP remains committed to helping our members, many of whom are saddled with significant student loans, alongside Temple students and alumni. Student debt–now at $1.5 trillion– has a long-term negative effect on borrowers and on the economy as a whole, discouraging individuals from making substantial purchases and starting businesses.

For our students, it increases their stress while in school, forcing them to make decisions about what classes to take, what major to pursue, what apartment to rent and what food to buy. Too many students are pressured to drop out of school, or never to attend in the first place. It has had a significant influence on universities–including Temple–as a place to study and as a place to work.

We are partnering with our citywide AFT local, the United Academics of Philadelphia, in offering a free Student Debt Clinic. The clinic is open to everyone in our bargaining unit.

 March 21st from 7-9 p.m

United Academics of Philadelphia

601 N 12th St, Philadelphia, PA 19123

 

Please be sure to RSVP here.

General Membership Meeting

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GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Monday September 24th
4:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Howard Gittis Student Center, Room 200A

Join TAUP in our first General Meeting of the Fall semester! Come and meet your fellow union members and learn about our upcoming plans for negotiations, events that we are hosting and find out how to get involved. Come and leave as your schedule allows! See you there!