As we await Admin’s proposed Articles 28 and 31, we begin reaching a bit of a lull. CGE presented Articles 12 and 25, as well as two letters of agreement (LOA). Admin presented Articles 9 and 10.
CGE presented first, starting with Article 12 (tuition waiver). Since Admin suggested we move the SEVIS/visa fee section, […]
As you might expect, we continued to exchange proposed contract language. On Friday, Admin presented Articles 1, 2, 9, 10, 11, 25, and two letters of agreement (LOA), while CGE presented Articles 8, 9, 10, and 28.
Articles 1 and 2 were housekeeping changes from last week. Admin presented Section 3 of Article 9 […]
Monday’s session was filled with the passing back and forth of more proposed contract language. Admin presented Articles 1 and 2, and CGE presented Articles 11 and 31.
First, Admin presented us with housekeeping changes to Article 1 (Parties to the Agreement) and Article 2 (Recognition), submitted without comment. We moved on.
Then, CGE presented […]
We met with the OSU Admin team on Friday, May 13th to continue bargaining. The Admin team owed us quite a bit of contract language, and they delivered.
On Article 8 Union Rights, the Admin Team pretty much rejected all of our substantive changes, including:
Refusing to acknowledge the full complement of CGE stewards by […]
We switched gears on Monday to talk a bit about issues we hadn’t yet addressed at the table surrounding workspace, safety, and union rights.
Workspace
CGE proposed new language in Article 10 that would address issues related to the cleanliness and adequacy of graduate workspace. Specifically, the language would guarantee that “work space provided […]
This will be a short update on our May 6th session. Admin was not yet ready to give us a response to our Article 9 language (Appointments). CGE was not yet ready to give Admin Article 31 language (Child Care) that would bolster existing support.
We continued to discuss Article 28 (Health Insurance). The CGE […]
Here’s your newly elected Executive Council! They’ll begin their term of office on July 1st.
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President: Thomas Morrill
VP for Bargaining and Grievances: Dixie Daniels
VP for Organizing: Brittany MacPherson
VP for Communications: Lee Windom
Secretary-Treasurer: Chris Mihiar
External Relations Chair: Clint Mattox
Social Activities […]
CGE General Membership Meeting
4-21-2016, 5:30 PM, Corvallis Senior Center’s back yard
Welcome from CGE President Kris Osterloh
Executive Council Nominations
For President: Kris Osterloh and Thomas Morrill For VP for Bargaining and Grievances: Dixie Daniels For VP for Organizing: Brittany MacPherson For VP for Communications: Lee Windom For Secretary-Treasurer: Chris Mihiar For […]
Monday’s session (April 25) was focused on contract language, for Article 9 (Appointments), Article 28 (Health Insurance), and Article 22 (Parking).
First, CGE submitted contract language for Length of Appointment (Article 9, Section 3). In keeping with our interest in reducing the number of term-to-term appointments, we added a number of conditions for term-to-term appointments, […]
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