Dear Colleagues,This afternoon, nearly half of the Augsburg Staff Union members attended the Focused Conversation on Augsburg’s plan to grow sustainably. We proudly displayed our Augsburg Staff Union Zoom backgrounds and Zoom profile pictures. It was an amazing demonstration of our solidarity and our resolve to win a fair contract.Why did we do this? We are […]
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Town Hall Tuesday, March 23rd
Dear Colleagues,You are invited to our next Town Hall! It will be Tuesday, March 23rd at 12 pm! Here is the link to RSVP: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEkceitqT0pE9ESvdigq8HSFRb3MwRo7kgCThis Town Hall will be an opportunity to update staff on bargaining and to discuss what the proposals we’ve written mean to us.To request accommodations for the town hall, please email us at […]
Recap of our first bargaining session
Dear Colleagues,A little bit ago, at 2:00 pm, our colleagues on the Bargaining Team concluded the first session of negotiations with representatives from the administration, Dawn Miller and Katie Bishop, and the University’s representing attorney, Meggen Lindsay. The union was represented by Annie Chen, Keanon Cooper, Lauren White, Marcus Jenkins, Maren Stoddard Mack, Mike Bloomberg, […]
Bargaining Begins today
Dear Colleagues,The first day of bargaining is today! The Bargaining Team is excited to submit our first proposal! Stay tuned for an email later in the day for an update on what happened and what we proposed.Please wear maroon today in solidarity with the Bargaining Team. Let’s show administration that we’re excited to work with […]
Augsburg Staff. Augsburg Values. Augsburg Contract
Dear Colleagues,In the span of just two months our union has gone from an election victory to sitting down with administration. The Bargaining Team, which will meet with administration on March 9th, has written several strong proposals. We discussed a little about these proposals as well as other questions regarding the bargaining process at our last Town Hall […]
Survey results and upcoming town hall
Dear Colleagues,We have some exciting updates to share!Members of the Contract Action Team have worked hard over the past few weeks to collect and interpret the results of the bargaining issues survey. The key findings of the survey are in! A summary is attached here.The Bargaining Team will continue to use the survey data to help […]
Next Steps
Dear colleagues,As we move forward with our staff union officially recognized, we want to give you a few updates on the next steps in the process and how you can be involved. Here are some of the things we’ll be doing over the coming weeks as we prepare for negotiations on our first contract! Contract […]
December 4 Update
Dear Augsburg Staff,We’re one week closer to our election! We expect to have an Election Order issued by the Bureau of Mediation Services on Monday, December 7th. The Election Order officially begins the process that will bring us to vote on the union! We will be reaching out to you individually to confirm your plan […]
December 2 Update
Dear Augsburg Staff,We have exciting news to share with you about our union and important reminders about the next Town Hall/Q&A’s! See links below to register.Our Augsburg Staff Union Organizing Committee has come to an agreement with President Pribbenow regarding the terms of an election. Here’s what that means: Our election will be conducted by mail-in […]
November 20 Update
Hello Supporters of the Augsburg Staff Union, Thank you so much to everyone who joined us last week for our Virtual “Shine a Light” Vigil on Facebook Live! Having the support and solidarity of community, students, faculty, alumni, gives us the strength and resolve to press on in our campaign for a voice and seat […]