Bargaining Convention Proposal

Bargaining Convention Exploratory Committee Proposal

Process/Structure

Motivation and Background: The primary purpose of the Bargaining Convention is to generate and vote on a set of initial bargaining demands to be presented to the members for a ratification vote after the convention. Using the UAW International Special Bargaining Convention as inspiration, the following process is suggested:

The Bargaining Convention shall operate on Robert’s Rules of Order, presided over by the Bargaining Committee and chaired by the President of UAW 4811. Robert’s Rules of Order allows for resolutions to be amended, tabled, and debated on, among other procedural motions, to ensure that resolutions brought to the convention are considered thoughtfully by the convention.
Delegates shall submit resolutions on bargaining priorities in advance of the convention to be agendized for debate at the convention. For a resolution to be considered at the convention, it must be co-signed by at least 12 delegates (~5% of total convention delegates), including delegates from at least 2 campuses. Deadlines shall be set in advance and noticed to convention delegates by the Bargaining Committee.
The Bargaining Committee shall prepare an agenda for the convention based on resolutions submitted by the convention delegates.
1. In the event that there are too many resolutions submitted for proper consideration by the convention, the Bargaining Committee may place a number of resolutions onto a consent agenda for omnibus consideration.
After debate has concluded on priority resolutions, the Bargaining Committee shall prepare an initial draft of bargaining demands based on those priorities to be presented to the convention for consideration of the delegates. The convention will close upon ratification of these initial demands, which will then be sent to the membership for final ratification.

Timeline
1. UAW 4811 Joint Council Approves Bargaining Convention Plans (April 6th JC)
2. The UAW 4811 Executive Board determines time, place and manner of the Bargaining Delegate Elections (EBoard meeting post-JC)
3. Members in good standing have the opportunity to appeal the divisional breakdown of their campus, concluding a week prior to notice of elections
4. Bargaining 101 Workshops Begin (Beginning Soon!)
5. Notice soliciting nominations for the Bargaining Convention (Last week of September or first week of October)
6. Election of Bargaining Committee delegates (No later than the 3rd week of October)
7. Deadline for submitting resolutions on bargaining priorities (a week prior to the Bargaining Convention)
8. The ASE Bargaining Committee meets to finalize agenda for the Bargaining Convention, and Agenda is noticed to Bargaining Convention Delegates
9. Bargaining Convention (Weekend of November 15th or November 22nd)

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1. Definitions
  1. Tutor/reader shall refer to a member in good standing whose current appointment (or last held appointment if they have no current appointment) was a tutor or reader.
  2. TA/GSR shall refer to all members in good standing in the ASE bargaining unit, who are not included by the tutor/reader definition.
2. Tutors/readers in good standing shall elect one Bargaining Convention Delegate for every 80 in-unit tutor/reader members in good standing, or major fraction thereof.
3. TA/GSRs at each campus shall be split into appropriate ‘divisions’, according to their department, with a minimum of 2 divisions and a maximum of 7. The categorization of departments in each division by campus is listed in Appendix A. There shall be at least one delegate from each division.
4. In each division, TAs/GSRs shall elect one Bargaining Convention Delegate for every 80 in-unit TA/GSR members in good standing, or major fraction thereof.
5. Bargaining committee members shall automatically be delegates of the Bargaining Convention, in addition to the delegates mentioned in items B & D.
6. Appeal process
  1. If a member in good standing does not agree with which division their department is in (or their department is not included in a division), they can appeal to the Executive Board to have it changed or added.

Criteria to Run/Vote for Bargaining Convention Delegate
1. All TA/GSR candidates running as Bargaining Convention delegate must be a TA/GSR member in good standing and must be enrolled or appointed in the division at the campus for which they are running.
  1. All TA/GSR members in good standing shall be eligible to vote in elections for their campus division.
2. In addition, all tutor/reader candidates running as a delegate must be a tutor/reader member in good standing.
  1. All tutor/reader members in good standing shall be eligible to vote in elections for tutor/reader delegates.
3. No individual may run for more than one delegate seat.
4. No individual may vote in more than one division.
5. All delegates of the bargaining convention must attend any requisite onboarding training as well as the bargaining convention.
6. All delegates of the bargaining convention are expected to report back to their campus and division after the convention conclusion, and remain engaged at the minimum for the duration of the bargaining campaign and contract ratification process.

Elections
1. The Elections Committee shall be responsible for the publication of notice for nominations and elections for the bargaining convention, the verification of eligibility for candidates, the organization and supervision of election proceedings, and the counting of ballots.

Appendix A
1. University of California, Berkeley
  1. Arts & Humanities: Languages, Music, Rhetoric, English, Ethnic Studies, Middle Eastern Languages and Culture, Linguistics, African American Studies, Art History, Philosophy, Art Practice, Theater Dance and Performance Studies, Film and Media
  2. Social Sciences: Agricultural and Resource Economics, Economics, Labor Center, Environmental Science Policy and Management, Political Science, Anthropology, Geography, Sociology, Psychology, Energy and Resources Group, History
  3. Engineering: Materials Science and Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Development Engineering, Data Science
  4. Biosciences: Molecular and Cell Biology, Plant and Microbial Biology, Integrative Biology, Neuroscience, Vision Science, Biophysics, Computational Biology, Nutritional Science and Toxicology
  5. Math & Physical Sciences: Math, Chemistry, Physics, Statistics, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Astronomy
2. University of California, Davis
  1. Arts & Humanities: Art; Art History; Comparative Literature; Creative Writing; Design; Dramatic Art; English; French and Francophone Studies; German; History; Music; Performance Studies Graduate Group; Philosophy; Spanish; Study of Religion; Textiles
  2. Engineering: Biological and Agricultural Engineering; Biological Systems Engineering; Biomedical Engineering Graduate Group; Chemical Engineering; Civil and Environmental Engineering; Computer Science Graduate Group; Electrical and Computer Engineering; Materials Science and Engineering; Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  3. Life Sciences: Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry Graduate Group; Agricultural and Resource Economics; Animal Behavior Graduate Group; Animal Biology Graduate Group; Atmospheric Science Graduate Group; Avian Sciences; Biochemistry, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Graduate Group; Clinical Research Graduate Group; Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology Graduate Group; Ecology (Joint Program with San Diego State University) Graduate Group; Entomology; Epidemiology Graduate Group; Food Science Graduate Group; Forensic Science Graduate Group; Horticulture and Agronomy Graduate Group; Hydrologic Sciences Graduate Group; Immunology Graduate Group; Integrative Genetics and Genomics Graduate Group; Integrative Pathobiology Graduate Group; Maternal and Child Nutrition; Microbiology Graduate Group; Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Physiology Graduate Group; Neuroscience Graduate Group; Nursing (Doctor of Nursing Practice - Family Nurse Practitioner) Graduate Group; Nursing (Master's Entry Program in Nursing) Graduate Group; Nursing Science and Health-Care Leadership (M.S.) Graduate Group; Nursing Science and Health-Care Leadership (Ph.D.) Graduate Group; Nursing Science and Health-Care Leadership-Family Nurse Practitioner Graduate Group; Nutritional Biology Graduate Group; Pharmacology and Toxicology Graduate Group; Physician Assistant Studies Graduate Group; Plant Biology Graduate Group; Plant Pathology; Population Biology Graduate Group; Preventive Veterinary Medicine Graduate Group; Public Health (MPH) Graduate Group; Public Health Sciences (PhD) Graduate Group; Soils and Biogeochemistry Graduate Group; Viticulture and Enology Graduate Group
  4. Physical Sciences: Applied Mathematics Graduate Group; Biophysics Graduate Group; Biostatistics Graduate Group; Chemistry and Chemical Biology; Mathematics; Pharmaceutical Chemistry; Physics; Statistics
  5. Social Sciences: Accountancy (MPAc); Anthropology; Business Administration (MBA); Business Administration - Bay Area; Business Administration - Online; Business Administration - Working Professional; Business Analytics; Child Development Graduate Group; Communication; Community Development Graduate Group; Cultural Studies Graduate Group; Economics; Education (Credential/M.A.); Education (M.A.); Education (Ph.D.) Graduate Group; Educational Leadership (CANDEL); Energy Systems Graduate Group; Environmental Policy and Management Graduate Group; Geography Graduate Group; Health Informatics Graduate Group; Human Development Graduate Group; International Agricultural Development Graduate Group; Law (LL.M.); Linguistics; Native American Studies; Political Science; Professional Accountancy; Psychology; Sociology; Transportation Technology and Policy Graduate Group
3. University of California, Irvine
  1. Arts & Humanities: Arts, Drama, Dance, Music, Comparative Literature, English, Art History, History, Culture & Theory, Film and Media Studies, Spanish & Portuguese, Philosophy, East Asian Studies, Law
  2. Engineering: Civil & Environmental Engineering, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
  3. Life Sciences: Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, Neurobiology & Behavior, Developmental & Cell Biology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Anatomy & Neurobiology, Biological Chemistry, Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, Physiology & Biophysics, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Environmental Health Sciences, Nursing
  4. Physical Sciences: Math, Physics & Astronomy; Mathematical, Computational, & Systems Biology; Earth System Science, Chemistry, Advanced Power & Energy Program, Computer Science, Informatics, Statistics
  5. Social Sciences: Business/Management, Public Health, Education, Cognitive Science, Psychological Science, Social Ecology; Criminology, Law, & Society; Urban Planning & Public Policy, Global Studies, Sociology, Logic & Philosophy of Science, Language Science, Anthropology, Economics, Political Science
4. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  1. Engineering: (Computing Sciences/EESA) Applied Math & Comp Research (AM) Scientific Data (DD); Climate & Ecosystems (CE); Energy Geosciences (GO); Energy Storage & Distributed R (ED)
  2. Life Sciences: (Biosciences) Biological Systems & Eng (BE); Environ Genomics & Systems Bio (EB); Joint Genome Institute (JG); Molecular Biophys & Integ Bio (MB);
  3. Physical Sciences: (Physics Division/Energy Tech) Accelerator Tech-Applied Phys (AA); Nuclear Science (NS); Physics (PH); Chemical Sciences (CH); Materials Sciences (MS); Molecular Foundry (MF)
  4. Social Sciences: Bldg Technology Urban Systems (BU); Energy Analysis Env Impacts (EA); Lab Directorate (LD)
5. University of California, Los Angeles
  1. Arts & Humanities: Arch & UD, Art, Art History, Communication, Comparative Literature, Conservation of Cultural Heritage, Design Media Arts, English, Gender Studies, History, Information Studies, Music, Philosophy, Spanish and Portuguese, Theater, Film and Television, World Arts and Cultures/Dance, Writing Program
  2. Social Sciences: AAP, African American Studies, American Indian Studies, Anthropology, Archaeology, Asian American Studies, Asian Languages and Cultures, Business/Management, Chicana/o Studies, Economics, Education, European Languages, Geography, International Institute, Law, Linguistics, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, Political Science, Psychology, Public Affairs (Luskin School), Sociology
  3. Engineering: Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
  4. Life Sciences: Bioinformatics, Biomathematics, Chemistry & Biochemistry, Dentistry, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Human Genetics, Integrative Biology and Physiology, Life Sciences, Medicine, Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, Molecular Biology Institute, Molecular Pharmacology, Molecular Toxicology, Molecular, Cellular & Integrative Physiology, Neuroscience, Nursing, Physics & Biology in Medicine, Public Health
  5. Physical Sciences: AOS, EPSS, IoES, Math, Physics & Astronomy, Statistics
6. University of California, Merced
  1. Arts & Humanities: Interdisciplinary Humanities
  2. Engineering: Bioengineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Environmental Systems-SOE, Materials and Biomaterials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
  3. Life Sciences: Environmental Systems-SNS, Public Health, Quantitative and Systems Biology
  4. Physical Sciences: Applied Mathematics, Chemistry & Biochemistry, Physics
  5. Social Sciences: Cognitive and Information Science, Economics, Management of Complex Systems, ‘Management of Innovation, Sustainability, and Technology’, Political Science, Psychological Sciences, Sociology
7. University of California, Riverside
  1. Arts & Humanities: Philosophy; English; History; Comparative Literature; Hispanic Studies; Music; Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts; Dance; Theater, Film, and Digital Production; Art History; Art
  2. Social Sciences: Business and Management; Anthropology; Education; Economics; Political Science; Ethnic Studies; Religious Studies; School of Public Policy; Sociology
  3. Engineering: Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE); Chemical and Environmental Engineering (CEE); Mechanical Engineering; Bioengineering
  4. Life Sciences: Botany and Plant Sciences; Psychology; Entomology; Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology (EEOB); Biomedical Sciences; Environmental Sciences; Biochemistry; Genetics; Microbiology; Plant Pathology; Neuroscience; Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology (CMDB);
  5. Physical Sciences: Chemistry; Physics; Computer Science; Mathematics; Materials Science and Engineering; Earth and Planetary Science; Statistics
8. University of California, San Diego
  1. Arts & Humanities: History, Literature, Philosophy, Music, Theatre & Dance, Visual Arts, Latin American Studies
  2. Engineering: Computer Science & Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Nanoengineering, Structural Engineering, Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute
  3. Life Sciences: Bioengineering, Biological Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, Bioinformatics & Systems Biology, Neurosciences, Clinical Psychology, Public Health, Biostatistics
  4. Mathematical, Physical & Ocean Sciences: Astronomy & Astrophysics, Chemistry & Biochemistry, Mathematics, Physics, Scripps Institute of Oceanography
  5. Social Sciences: Anthropology, Cognitive Sciences, Communication, Economics, Education Studies, Ethnic Studies, School of Global Policy & Strategy, Rady School of Management, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Linguistics, Urban Studies & Planning
9. University of California, San Francisco
  1. Life Sciences: Tetrad (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Genetics), Bioengineering, Biological and Medical Informatics, Biomedical Sciences, Biophysics, Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Computational Precision Health, Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, Epidemiology and Translational Science, Genetics, Neuroscience, Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenomics, Rehabilitation Science
  2. Social Sciences: Global Health Sciences, History of Health Sciences, Medical Anthropology, Nursing, Sociology
10. University of California, Santa Barbara
  1. Arts & Humanities: Art, History of Art & Architecture, Classics, Comparative Literature, East Asian Languages & Culture Studies, English, Feminist Studies, Film & Media Studies, French, Germanic Languages & Literature, History, Latin American & Iberian Studies, Media Arts & Technology, Music, Philosophy, Spanish, ‘Theater, Dance & Performance Studies’, Hispanic Languages & Literatures, Portuguese
  2. Engineering: Biological Engineering, Biomolecular Science & Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, Technology Management
  3. Life Sciences: Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, ‘Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology’, ‘Molecular, Cellular & Development Biology’, Dynamical Neuroscience, Marine Science
  4. Physical Sciences: Chemistry, Earth Science, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics & Applied Probability
  5. Social Sciences: Anthropology, ‘Counseling, Clinical & School Psychology’, Chicano and Chicano Studies, Communication, Economics, Education, Geography, Global Studies, Linguistics, Political Science, Psychological & Brain Sciences, Religious Studies, Sociology
11. University of California, Santa Cruz
  1. Arts & Humanities: Art; Digital arts and New Media; Environmental Art & Social Practice; Film and Digital Media; History; History of Art and Visual Culture; Music; Theater Arts; Linguistics; Literature; Feminist Studies; Philosophy; History of Consciousness;
  2. Social Sciences: Anthropology; Economics; Education; Environmental Studies; Latin American/Latino Studies; Legal Studies; Politics; Psychology; Sociology
  3. Engineering: Applied Mathematics; Statistics; Biomolecular Engineering; Computational Media; Computer Engineering; Computer Science; Electrical Engineering; Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  4. Life Sciences: Chemistry and Biochemistry; Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology; Moleculary, Cell, and Developmental Biology;
  5. Physical Sciences: Astronomy and Astrophysics; Earth and Planetary Sciences; Mathematics; Physics; Ocean Sciences