CAWU September News
Reclassification Update
Congratulations to everyone (47 and counting!) who presented their cases for job title changes and/or reclassification over the past three weeks!
You made it very clear that a lot of work needs to be done in order to make the job structure at the Academy more fair and equitable. You came with solutions, and you also showed management and each other what solidarity looks like.
So far we don’t know how management will respond to the excellent work you have done so far. There are still about 18 more presentations to go. Your Bargaining Team is working with PACT to schedule the remaining presentations.
All-Unit meeting Tuesday, September 23
Join us at noon in the Shakespeare Garden for our monthly meeting for all members. We’ll report back about our first session of steward training, discuss what’s next in developing chapter governance, and report on where we are at with reclassification. Also, share your thoughts about what Academy trustees should know about what it’s like to work at the Academy of Sciences.
We’ll be writing our chapter bylaws in the coming weeks, check out this Chapter Bylaws Template to learn more about what’s included. Discussion of Bylaws will be the topic of the October 8 Contract Action Team meeting.
Board of Trustees Meeting September 24
Wear your CAWU t-shirts on Wednesday, September 24th. There is a public board meeting (mandated by San Francisco’s non-profit public access ordinance) at 10:00 am.
On November 19, we will have the opportunity to address the board in a closed session.
Page 78 of our contract says:
Up to three representatives of the Union may join the two non-public Board meetings fiscal year for up to 10 minutes total per meeting solely for the purpose of addressing the
Board on topics of interest to the Union.
Unions Fighting Censorship in Museums and Research Institutions
This Tuesday, the UC system’s 6 unions joined with faculty and student associations to sue the Trump administration for attempting to curtail academic freedom and free speech at the University of California. Read the press release here.
Also, on September 3rd, the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees as part of a broad coalition of leading library, museum, and cultural organizations (including AAM and the AZA) filed an amicus brief in Rhode Island v. Trump. The brief urges the First Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold an injunction against the Trump-Vance administration’s unlawful attempt to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) through an executive order. Read the press release here.
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