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đź‘Ť DO use your personal email address when conducting union business
đź‘Ž DON'T use your District email address to conduct union business
đź‘Ť DO keep union documents and files organized
đź‘Ž DON'T use District Google Drive for document storage of union business
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To check your union dues deduction:
From OUSD Intranet click on Frontline ERP for California - Employee Portal (formerly Escape).
Your username is your OUSD email address, and if you've never used Escape before you'll have to first "create new user."
Once you're in Frontline ERP, click "My Payroll" then "View" under recent paychecks. If you see "SEIU DUES" under employee deductions, then you're definitely an SEIU member.
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To check your current salary schedule Row and Step:
In Frontline ERP for California - Employee Portal (formerly Escape) Â you can find your range and step with the following steps:
In the left navigation bar click MY INFORMATION
Under Assignments and "current", scroll to the right and click MY CALENDAR
Next to your Salary Schedule identifier, you should see Calendar and Placement and numbers "your range/your step"
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Union Jargon
Union Jargon
Arbitration: The formal process of settling a dispute through an Arbitrator
Bylaws: Established rules that the union is to operate within
Bargaining: Negotiations, usually between Management (the District) and our union
Bargaining Unit: Group of workers that belong to the same union
CBA: Collective Bargaining Agreement, a union contract
Classification: Official job title
COPE: Committee on Political Education
GRIEVANCE: A formal complaint citing a violation of the collective bargaining agreement, that a member files in consult of a Steward/Area Rep and/or Field Rep.
Leadership: Elected Chapter Officers (unless appointed by the Chapter President because of a vacancy).
Local Field Representative: The union Local provides the chapter with a person to provide Local resources to the chapter and to be available to member concerns and representation.
Management: Often referred to the Employer, in bargaining, and in our case the District
Motion: Introducing a new piece of business or to propose a decision or action. A motion must be made by a member ("I move to/that..."). A second motion must then also be made (raise your hand and say, "I second") After discussion the membership then votes on the motion. A majority vote is required for the motion to pass (and in some rare cases a 2/3's vote to pass, if clearly stated prior to the vote).
NLRB: National Labor Relations Board.
PERB: Public Employee Relations Board, is a quasi-judicial administrative agency charged with administering the collective bargaining statutes covering employees of California’s public schools and many other entities.
Proposal: A proposed piece of legislation that is trying to be put forth to be included in the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), through the Collective Bargaining negotiations process.
Rank and File: The members of a union
Ratification: The formal approval of a new negotiated agreement/contract by a majority vote of the members
RFI: Request For Information
SLA: Side Letter of Agreement, an agreement made separate from the union contract
Steward: Stewards are the face of the union at the worksite and are critical to building a strong, engaged and active membership. Stewards’ roles and responsibilities include, but are not limited to: provide ongoing training; welcome and orient new members; mobilize, educate, and inform members on union activities and other issues; resolve worksite issues; process grievances; provide timely and effective representation of the members. (SEIU 1021, Bylaws Template)
TA: Tentative Agreement, an agreement that has been reached between the union and management that needs to be ratified, and usually needs to be voted on by membership (ratified)
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🪧 Right to Honor Picket Lines & Sympathy Strikes
Although SEIU supports the demands and rights of other labor unions’ membership to strike, SEIU's contract language forbids the Union from being able to officially sanction and engage their membership in a "sympathy strike."Â
If individuals elect to exercise their individual right to honor a picket line, then they should see the highlighted language below; including notifying their immediate supervisor and reporting their absence in Frontline (leave without pay).
Below is the relevant language in our contract concerning this matter:Â
ARTICLE 38 - CONCERTED ACTIVITIES (OSEA) - It is agreed and understood that there shall be no strike, work stoppage, slow-down, on-site picketing, or refusal or failure to fully and faithfully perform job functions and responsibilities, or willful interference with the operations of the District by means of concerted activity by the union or by its officers, agents or members during the term of this Agreement, including compliance with the request of other labor organizations to engage in such activity. The District agrees not to lock-out unit members during the term of this Agreement.Â
FAQ’s
What is a sympathy strike?Â
An organized effort by one Union to support a strike organized by a different Union. Public sector Unions have the right to engage in a sympathy strike, a right that can only be waived if a Union's MOU contains a clause specifically preventing sympathy strikes.Â
Is there an individual right of employees to honor a picket line?Â
Yes. Public sector employees have an individual right to honor another Union's strike and not cross a picket line. Individual employees can still choose to honor another Union's picket line even if the Union's MOU contains a no-strike or no-sympathy strike clause. Employers cannot terminate public employees' employment or otherwise retaliate against them for choosing to honor another Union's picket line or their own Union's picket line that involves employees of a different bargaining unit.Â
Will I get paid if I join the strike?Â
No
What can I tell my Supervisor if I individually decide to participate in a sympathy strike and honor a picket line?
With sufficient notice, and each day you are participating, you can say,Â
“Today I will be exercising my individual right to engage in a sympathy strike, and therefore will not be coming into work today. Respectfully,”
1. SEIU Local 1021 v City and County of San Francisco (2017) PERB Decision No. 2536-MÂ
2. San Francisco County Superior Court (2018) PERB Decision No.2609-1Â
3. San Francisco County Superior Court (2018) PERB Decision No. 2609-1
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