AGREEMENT
This agreement is made as of, July
5, 2007, and is effective July 1, 2007 between Local
590, American
Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, and its
District Council No. 47 hereinafter
referred to as the “Union,” and the Trustees of the University
of Pennsylvania hereinafter referred to as the
“ University.”
ARTICLE I ~ PURPOSE
It is the purpose of this Agreement
to promote and ensure harmonious relations, cooperation,
and
understanding between the University and the employees covered hereby,
to insure true collective bargaining, and
to establish proper standards of wages, hours, working conditions, other
conditions of employment, and to
recognize and foster mutual interests through the development of improved
labor/management cooperation.
ARTICLE II ~ RECOGNITION
Section 1. The University
recognizes Local 590, affiliated with the American
Federation of State, County, and
Municipal Employees, AFL CIO, and its District Council No. 47 as the
exclusive representative of the support staff
personnel of the University Libraries and the Archives and Records Center
referred to in Section 4 of this Article.
Section 2. The Union recognizes
that, except as specifically limited by this Agreement,
the basic responsibility
for management is reserved to the University.
Section 3. For the purpose
of this Agreement, the terms “employee” and “employees” shall
include the
following job categories: Library Clerk, Audio Visual Assistant, Assistant
Head of Stacks I, Bibliographic Assistant
I, Library Delivery Assistant I, Library Imaging Assistant I, Library
Service Assistant I, Assistant Head of Stacks II,
Bibliographic Assistant II, Library Delivery Assistant II, Library Imaging
Assistant II, Library Service Assistant II,
Systems Technician/Operations Assistant I, Archival Specialist, Binding
Specialist, Circulation Department
Faculty/Patron Liaison, Circulation Desk Administrator, Daytime Building
Superintendent, Evening Building
Superintendent, Library Accounting Specialist, Library Specialist, Head
of Stacks, Head of Reprographic Services,
Head of Slide Collection, Systems Technician/Operations Assistant II,
and any new job category established under
Article V, Section 2 of this Agreement.
Section 4. Working Cluster:
For the purposes of assigning work, the term working
cluster will mean the following
components:
Biddle Law Library;
Building Services;
Center for Advanced Judaic Studies;
Fine Arts/Museum/Annenberg;
Health Sciences Libraries;
Information Processing Center;
Information Technology and Digital Development (iTadd);
Lippincott Library;
Music Library;
Rare Books and Manuscripts;
Science Libraries;
University Archives and Records Center;
Van Pelt Public Services.
(See also Article XII, Section 8)
Section 5. Working Unit:
For the purposes of scheduling and promotion as outlined
elsewhere in the CBA, each
employee will be assigned to a specific working unit. In the case of
some smaller libraries, the working cluster and
working units will be the same.
Biddle Law Library: Public Services; Technical
Services
BuildingServices : Delivery Services; Mail Room; Building Security;
Reprographic Services
Center for Advanced Judaic Studies
Fine Arts/Museum/Annenberg: Fine Arts; Museum; Annenberg
Health Sciences Libraries: Biomedical working units: (Access Services;
Document Delivery Services); Dental Library; Veterinary/NBC Library
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