CGE and OSU have scheduled three bargaining sessions for the remainder of this term:

• 2-5 PM, Friday, February 12th, 2010, in the Memorial Union (room TBA)
• 3-5 PM, Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010, in Westminster House
• 2-4 PM, Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010, in Westminster House

Westminster House is the building that houses the CGE office.  Directions can be found here.

All graduate employees are encouraged to observe bargaining sessions.  More information is forthcoming, but as of right now, the first session is the one you’re going to want to be at.

Our Winter General Membership Meeting will be held at the Chintimini Senior Center on Friday, January 29th. The fun begins at 5:30 PM. We will provide pizza and beer.

Agenda Items:

Bargaining Update
AFT-OR Convention Delegate Elections
Vacant Officer Position Elections
Consequences of Measures 66 & 67 Outcome
New AFT Member Cards
Budget and Membership Status Update

Here is a map:

Update 12/9/2009: The bargaining platform has been approved, with a vote of 98 for to 2 against.

11/19/2009: The CGE bargaining team has completed its work drafting our 2009-10 bargaining platform.  This platform broadly outlines our goals going into negotiations this year as well as our rationale behind them.  You can download a copy below.

• CGE 2009-10 Bargaining Platform

Approval of this platform is pending a vote by the CGE membership.  This vote will be held online and will be open until December 4.  You can access the voting site through the following URL:

• http://www.surveygizmo.com/s/208700/cge-2009-10-bargaining-platform-vote

Voting is open to CGE members only.  If you are a current CGE member, you will be emailed a unique ID to use to identify yourself as a member on the voting website.  While each member’s ID is unique, they will not be associated with members’ names, so your vote will remain anonymous.

Please feel free to use the comment section of this post as a forum to discuss the platform online.  You can also contact CGE directly with any questions you have.

Results of the vote will be published at cge6069.org when the polls close on December 4.

Today, CGE and OSU held an arbitration hearing over the $34 Summer Session Tuition Base grievance.  Though we can’t discuss specifics, we were happy with the way the hearing went.

We and OSU will submit briefs (summaries of our respective cases) to the arbitrator on Dec. 10.  After that, we will have up to 10 days to decide whether to submit a rebuttal to OSU’s brief and to do so if we so choose.  Then, the arbitrator will have up to 60 days to reach a decision.  That means that we should receive a decision on this case some time in February.

We are looking forward to receiving the arbitrator’s decision and will keep everyone up to date.

The General Membership Meeting this term is going to be Friday, October 23rd at 5:30 PM at the Chintimini Senior Center on the corner of 26th and Tyler.

The agenda for the meeting includes:
Officer Introductions
Membership Updates
Other News
John Oliver Event
Audit Results
Bargaining Team
AFT-OR Political Action

There’ll also be plenty of food and drink for all who attend. Hope to see you there.

See below for a map and directions to the senior center.