{"id":5371,"date":"2021-06-07T20:47:39","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T00:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/?p=5371"},"modified":"2021-06-07T20:47:40","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T00:47:40","slug":"rsvp-june-membership-meeting-next-monday-june-14th-at-630pm-other-topics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/rsvp-june-membership-meeting-next-monday-june-14th-at-630pm-other-topics\/","title":{"rendered":"[RSVP] June membership meeting next Monday June 14th at 6:30pm &#038; other topics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/BANNER-UPDATED.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/BANNER-UPDATED.png 1200w, https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/BANNER-UPDATED-300x50.png 300w, https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/BANNER-UPDATED-768x128.png 768w, https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/BANNER-UPDATED-1024x171.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this email you will find:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">June membership meeting and proposed agenda topics.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amendments and appeals for the statement on Israel and Palestine<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you have more than 23 vacation days accumulated, take them before June 30!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">June membership meeting<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our June membership meeting will be next <\/span><b>Monday, June 14th at 6:30pm<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tZUrcOqhqj0tHtScUuTb2P-0Xp4diXEy5kXu\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>RSVP here to attend our membership meeting<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following our monthly financial and membership reports, we will vote on a schedule of membership meetings through September and discuss our campaign to win protections against bullying\/power-based harassment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition, we will discuss a topic tabled at our last meeting, the upcoming referendum for all UAW members on whether to have direct elections for our national leadership. This referendum will likely take place over the fall, and all members of our union will be able to participate and vote on whether the UAW will transition from a delegate system for union-wide elections to a \u201cone-member-one-vote\u201d system, in which each member votes on our national leadership directly. This important decision could affect many aspects of our union &#8211; so we encourage you to attend!\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1WYJ-XE6_oyBG-cSPzL-u9cMDBttp3G_rXoVHgXIWYm4\/edit?usp=sharing\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some resolutions from other UAW Academic Locals here.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amendments and appeals for the statement in Israel and Palestine<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the end of the membership meeting, we will discuss and vote on amendments and a final version of the statement from our Local Union on the conflict in Israel and Palestine. <\/span><b>Please, find the initial statement and all the proposed amendments, alternative statements and appeals compiled <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1MWSJ8TxzNxLYTcdf5Ru0kocctAiv3bIH9it8Cg1zzto\/edit?usp=sharing\"><b>in this document<\/b><\/a><b>.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">If you have more than 23 vacation days accumulated, take them before June 30<\/span>!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our contract established for the first time a mechanism to enforce our right to use our earned time off. We earn around two days of vacation for each month of appointment that can be rolled over to the next fiscal year (details in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/columbiapostdocunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/2020-CPW-UAW-Columbia-Collective-Bargaining-Agreement-2020.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">our contract<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Art. 26, Section 1). <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Only 23 unused vacation days can be rolled over to the next fiscal year. If you currently have more than 23 vacation days accrued, try to use some before June 30, as you will only be able to roll over 23 days. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please feel free to reach out to <\/span><a href=\"mailto:columbiapostdocunion@gmail.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">columbiapostdocunion@gmail.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with any questions, or if there are topics you would like to discuss at future membership meetings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In solidarity, <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CPW-UAW Local 4100 Executive Board<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">P.S. &#8211; To stay informed about our union, make sure to follow us on <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/BdMzRa7RA8sXMZui6\">Slack<\/a>, <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CPWUAW\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Twitter<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ColumbiaPostdocUnion\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facebook<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this email you will find:\u00a0 June membership meeting and proposed agenda topics.\u00a0 Amendments and appeals for the statement on Israel and Palestine If you have more than 23 vacation days accumulated, take them before June 30! 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