October 14, 2002 : All Campus Meeting Minutes

  • Introductions
    • Rosa – President
    • Derek – VP
    • Chris – Membership Coordinator/Treasurer
    • Brian – Secretary, Grievance Officer
    • Mike – Grievance Officer
  • Vacancy coming up for Membership Coordinator/Treasurer
    • More information will be sent out
    • Review membership roster
    • Coordinate with state on chapter membership
    • Reach out to new employees who are eligible to join APA
    • Stipend position
  • Eligible employees are not automatically in the union
    • People moving from AFSCME to APA need to be aware of transfer
  • Fall and Spring Membership Events
    • Forming an APA committee (from membership) to discuss
      • Contact Derek Barr to coordinate
      • On or off campus 
        • Social event funded or not (e.g Happy hour – not funded)
        • Chair massages (funded)
        • Breakfast (funded)
  • On-going Grievances
    • Salary adjustment policy
      • HR has 90 days to review
        • Created their own policies with new timeframes
        • Contract does not stipulate a date for implementation
    • Grievance process
      • Step I – Siobhain Feeney
      • Step II – Rita Colucci
      • Step III – Arbitration
        • Goes to statewide executive board for approval
      • Each step has timelines, but with mutual agreement can be postponed
    • Commencement
      • No other state university in MA require employees to work commencement. 
      • All other universities do volunteers
        • Based on volunteering for Move-In, we are confident we can move to a confident model for Commencement
      • Requested re-instatement of a compensation model, which we had before
        • It is not uniformly applied across departments (what is given and what is allowed to use)
      • Not contractual
      • Number of Commencements have increased
      • Failed at Step I
      • We will move to Step II and if fails there, we will push for Step III
    • Anyone can challenge violations of the contract
    • Work From Home/Remote Work Policy
      • HR created their own policy that was more restrictive than one already negotiated at the State level
      • Policy was generic to all unions, which made APA sound like there were hourly constraints
      • Commencement language
      • Only Phase 1 Depts
        • ITS
        • Will request full list
      • Anyone can request WFH, but not guaranteed
  • Tuition Reimbursement Discussions?
    • 9 State Universities – each has its own deal
      • UMass employees have a nice deal
      • AFSCME has a nice deal
      • APA at SSU has a terrible deal
      • Everyone at SSU should be getting the same deal
  • Contractual Issues (what would people like to see in next contract)
    • New contract before the current one expires?
    • Stipend for performing the work for subordinates who leave
    • WEA given if already scheduled for time off
    • Changes to Eval process
      • More confusing that previous
      • No guideline as to where the line is between “Meets” and “Does not meet” Expectations
    • Step increases for APA members
    • Promotions are not given out in an equitable fashion
    • 0 reduction in Social Security for public employees
    • Increase in Meal reimbursements
      • Stipend that is just paid out
    • Covering for colleagues during Leave of Absence
  • Other
    • We (APA board) should be getting job descriptions from HR.  This is not something we get in a timely fashion.
    • HR not providing job descriptions outside of immediate area
    • HR will not allow the use of “comparable positions” outside of SSU (including UMass)
    • What is Flex Scheduling vs Alternative Scheduling
      • When does it need to be used?
    • What is Work to Rule
      • Strict confirmation to only what is explicitly written in the contract.
    • Should (extra) time be accounted for in SSTA?
      • State wants us to only put in what your normal work day is
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