OFFICIALLOCAL NEWSLETTER—SEIU LOCAL 503–SUB-LOCAL FOCUS 085–UNIVERSITY OF OREGON APRIL 2017 BARGAINING STAY INFORMED, GET UNION INFO FAST Update or add your email address for news about bargaining, UNION MAKES INITIAL protest actions and more. BARGAINING PROPOSALS By Johnny Earl, UO chief bargaining delegate seiu503.seiu.org/page/signup/alerts People who represent the union and management Or contact your Local 085 UO met for their first face-to-face negotiation session organizers to get connected March 30 and 31 at Portland State University. Following and receive email updates. are the proposals the SEIU bargaining team crafted for 2017-19 negotiations; they are based directly on your responses to the recent bargaining survey. Evangelina Sundgrenz WAGE INCREASE increases in vacation [email protected] Three percent Cost accrual rates (0–5 of Living Adjustment years=8 hours, 5–10 David Pinsonneault during 2017 and an years=10 hours, 10–15 [email protected] increase equal to the years=12 hours, etc.) rise in the Consumer Price Index plus one SICK LEAVE CASH OUT percent during 2018 Allow cash out of 50 percent of sick leave Local 085 Monthly Meeting LIVING WAGE FLOOR after 10 years of service Wednesday, May 10 No job classification Noon–1 p.m. will earn less than $15 FLOATING HOLIDAYS Erb Memorial Union per hour Add one floating holiday 119 Diamond Lake Room Lunch is provided. INSURANCE HOLIDAYS ALL MEMBERS WELCOME No change to our Make President’s Day current premium share an official work holiday arrangements It is the third Monday during February MEETINGS AND EVENTS SICK LEAVE RATE Increase accrual rates SPECIAL/GOVERNOR’S DAY Bargaining Information Table by two hours every Expand use period to April 25 and May 9 five years similar to Nov. 15–June 30 Erb Memorial Union terrace West of bldg. We want to see you—all members invited BARGAINING CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 LOCAL FOCUS—SEIU 085 NEWSLETTER APRIL 2017 BARGAINING CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 JOIN YOUR UNION BROTHERS AND SISTERS—INSIST ON A FAIR CONTRACT PERSONAL LEAVE DAYS WAGE DIFFERENTIAL IT WORKERS—SALARY Increase to 32 hours per Lift salary range threshold ELIGIBILITY DATE year and pro-rate for part- from SR 24 or below to SR When an employee time workers 26 or below is moved to a higher competency level, their CAMPUS CLOSURE DAYS HAZARDOUS MATERIALS Salary Eligibility Date shall Employees shall be granted DIFFERENTIAL be adjusted to 12 months up to five campus closure Increase to $2–$2.50 per hour following the date they days with pay per year were placed in the higher starting on the second day LEAD WORK DIFFERENTIAL competency level of any closure Increase to 7 percent, We stand with you, and expand eligibility to all we know you stand with your SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL employees who supervise SEIU bargaining team. We Increase general shift four or more students may not get everything we differential from $0.75 per want, but that’s why they hour to $1.50 per hour. IT WORKERS—COMPETENCY call it bargaining. However, Change start time to 3 LEVEL REVIEW I do know that we won’t win p.m. Extend eligibility up to Allow all IT workers to any of these proposals if Salary Range 26. request to be moved to a people don't engage in the higher competency level NURSE SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL bargaining process. regardless of whether Feel free to contact me at Increase shift differential for they are above or below [email protected]. RN, LPN, Mid-Level Medical the control point for their This year, we will need to Practitioners, and Staff classification and to grieve work hard together to protect Nurses to $2.10 per hour denials of such requests what we already achieved— no take backs. SPEAK WITH UNIVERSITY BOARD MEMBERS NOMINATE SOMEONE FOR A CLASSIFIED STAFF AWARD Honor your excellent colleauges—nominate University of Oregon Board of Trustees someone for the UO Senate Classified Staff June 1 Noon–1 p.m. Ford Alumni Center Leadership Award. Any member of the Lunch is provided campus community may submit a nomination. Nominations are to be accepted through Email [email protected] the following by Tuesday, April 25. April 24 to join board members for discussion. Ҿ Your name Ҿ Department NOMINATIONS DUE APRIL 25 Ҿ Phone number Ҿ Years of service Ҿ Job classification [email protected] If necessary, members of the board staff will work with the supervisors of employees who HOW TO NOMINATE A WORKER would normally be working during this time to attempt to arrange for your participation. senate.uoregon.edu/awards-2 For answers, call 541 346 3166. 2 LOCAL FOCUS—SEIU 085 NEWSLETTER APRIL 2017 JOBS WITH JUSTICE STRATEGY REPORT By Louie Vidmar, Contact Action Team member, General Council delegate, Eugene and Springfield Solidarity Network board member People gather during the Jobs with Justice Strategy Conference in Washington D.C., February 22–25, at Tommy Douglas Conference Center, formerly the National Labor College. LOUIE VIDMAR Jobs with Justice is “the premier workers’ Do we stand together on defense and react rights network” with chapters all over the to what the right-wing throws at us, or do we country. Lonnie Douglas and I attended the continue on the offense pushing a progressive 2017 Jobs with Justice (JwJ) Strategy Conference pro-worker agenda? We need to do both. in Washington D.C., February 22–25. Ian We need to build solidarity within our local McTeague also attended from the UO Student union, and you should join people who are your Labor Action Project (SLAP). Approximately 80 fellow union workers. We need to involve more member leaders attended. people in union efforts and build coalitions with We networked with other JwJ and SLAP other ally organizations. chapters, participated in numerous workshops Members of your union UO SEIU regularly and talked about meet the second Wednesday of each month (i.e. • strategies for moving forward as an May 10, June 14 etc.). local085.seiu503.org organization, The Eugene and Springfield Solidarity • developing campaigns, Network meets at the AFSCME building at 688 • racial and gender justice, Charnelton St. the third Monday of each month • resisting and fighting the Republican from 5:30–7 p.m. solidaritynetwork.org administration’s anti-labor and anti- Our Revolution Lane County meets every immigrant agenda, Saturday at Theo’s Coffee House and Whirled • and building network coordination and Pies Downtown at 199 W. 8th Ave. 11 a.m.–1 p.m. solidarity. ourrevolutionlanecounty.com RECOGNITION OF THANK YOU MEMBERS, FRIENDS Thank you to the following dedicated Kurt Willcox Louie Vidmar members and organizers who gave a Johnny Earl Theodora Ko Thompson Thursday night to label the March print Jason Stone Chuck Theobald newsletter. Some donated another hour Evangelina Sundgrenz Jen Perren each during lunch to finish the job. Mariko Yoshioka James Jacobson Thanks for connecting union members. Lois Yoshishige Dorothy Attneave 3 LOCAL FOCUS—SEIU 085 NEWSLETTER APRIL 2017 IN LIZ HAHN FOCUS In Focus is a question-and- landscape architecture design. answer series with people who are I have a wonderful son. He members of SEIU 503–085 UO. just got married last summer to Liz Hahn loves archery and horses. Tabitha. I love her. They have She values union protection, and Questions by a daughter named Abby, and she worked 30 years with the UO. Aaron Montoya, editor she's going to be seven this March, and I'm excited. Please introduce yourself Why do you value the union? Horses are my favorite and explain your job. I love my union, because it animal. Therefore, I have two My name is Liz Hahn. I work helps me feel more protected. cats, which are structurally at university housing on the I feel as if I do have rights, and similar, they're just a lot University of Oregon campus. I have help on campus about smaller. They have similar bone I've been on campus nearly 30 my job. I have better benefits structure, which is why when years. I've worked for Housing because of the union. I have you get a horse, you wanna for most of that time. better friends because of the know if it's a good one. If it can I'm a custodian in the union. I feel more a part of this lay down and roll over easy and residence halls, which has been big community. get back up again, you've got a my job at housing always and good horse. So, I have two really my favorite part of the job, and if Tell me a little bit about your good cats, because they're so you want to call it my vocation— involvement with the union. limber—it's crazy. it's taking care of the students. I have been fortunate I love archery. I can't get Every student is one of mine, enough to be involved with along with my ex-boyfriend and I want to let them know that General Council, I believe three anymore very well, in a total I care about them. It also works different times. way. However, we're still both ways. They tend to take When people start griping friends, and we still do archery. more pride in their hall. They about the union, I tell them, We still work on our British cars tend to treat me as a person, "You are the union. If you together. I have a 1970 MGB because I won't let them not wanna gripe, you get involved, Tourer. I have always been talk to me.