Service Maintenance Staff
Appendix 2
Articles of Cooperation
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Staff covered by
these articles
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Articles agreed to by the Administration and Local 1477, AFSCME. These articles pertain only to employees eligible for membership in Local 1477. |
| Article 1 |
When
an employee organization has been accorded exclusive recognition
of a representation unit, stewards may be designated by the
employee organization in accordance with work areas and shifts so
that employees will have access to a steward in their working
areas. Names of stewards and assigned areas must be
furnished to the Assistant Vice Chancellor of Human Resources, who
in turn shall advise all unit management personnel concerned.
Employees and stewards shall be allowed reasonable opportunity for discussion of complaints or grievances subject to approval of the supervisor of each as to the earliest practical time when they both can be spared from the job. |
| Article 2 | Recognized employee organization officers shall obtain permission from their immediate supervisors when it is necessary for them to leave their jobs in order to discharge the tasks arising out of the Conditions for Cooperation. Such permission shall not be unnecessarily withheld. Officers thus engaged will report back to their jobs and will suffer no loss in pay or other benefits as a result thereof, provided the time thus spent is kept at a minimum. |
| Article 3 |
When
an employee organization has been given exclusive recognition of a
representation unit, it shall have available to it copies of the
following administrative materials and information that are
pertinent to the employees of the representation unit:
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| Article 4 | No administrative officer of Indiana University and no managerial, supervisory or administrative representative of an administrative officer shall cause work normally performed by a regularly appointed member of the staff to be performed by an independent contractor thereby causing loss of employment by any regular appointed staff member as a penalty or reprisal for employee organization membership or activity authorized by the Board of Trustees in their Conditions for Cooperation and articles made a part thereof. |
| Article 5 |
Articles
of Cooperation to implement and supplement the Conditions for
Cooperation in local situations and having solely local
application shall be permissible, subject to review by the Board
of Trustees. Agreements on such articles, between the university
administration and employee organizations with exclusive
recognition, shall become effective as of the regular Trustee
meeting for which the agreements are placed on the agenda, unless
or until rescinded or amended by the Trustees.
Under authority of Article 5, the following Articles of Cooperation have been agreed to between the university Administration and AFSCME Local 1477 representing the service and maintenance staff. |
| Article 5A |
When it is necessary for any department of the university to maintain a skeleton staff or the entire staff on any holiday, either those mentioned in Policy 3.2 or any granted to the staff by the Board of Trustees or the President, employees so detained will be granted time off at a time mutually agreed upon by the employee and his immediate supervisor. |
| Article 6 | The Union shall be allowed space on designated bulletin boards of the university for the purpose of posting notices pertaining to official Union business such as notice of Union meetings, election of officers, etc. Anything pertaining to matters other than official Union Business must first be submitted to and approved by the Assistant Vice Chancellor of Human Resources before it is posted. |
| Article 7 | Provided there has not been a disciplinary report for an offense of a similar or related nature in the interim, disciplinary reports which are twelve (12) months old or more will not be used for the purpose of imposing additional discipline on an employee. |
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