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Local 590
Representing the Library Support Staff at the
University of Pennsylvania since 1969.
District Council 47, American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO — 1606 Walnut Street, Philadelphia PA 19103-5482 — (215) 546-9880
 

Dress
              Employees will present a neat appearance and come to the Libraries appropriately dressed for work.

UNDERSTANDING IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE WORK RULES
1.           All existing and future work rules shall be subject to mutual agreement before becoming effective. The
              University shall propose to the Union any changes in existing work rules or the establishment of new work
              rules, and such changes shall not become effective until they have been agreed upon by the University and
              the Union. After agreement, such new rules or changes shall be posted prominently on the bulletin boards
              for a period of ten (10) consecutive work days before becoming effective. Upon mutual agreement a
              shorter period may be effected.

2,          The University agrees to furnish each employee with a copy of all existing work rules thirty (30) days after
              they become effective. New employees shall be provided with a copy of the rules at the time of
              employment. Employees shall comply with all existing rules, provided the rules are uniformly applied and
              uniformly enforced. Any unresolved complaint as to a work rule or any complaint involving discrimination
              in the application of such rules shall be resolved through the grievance procedure.


APPENDIX C ~ UNDERSTANDINGS

The following understandings incorporate Letters of Understanding agreed to during past contract negotiations.

1.           The conditions contained in Article XVII, VACATIONS, Section 4, shall not apply to the four (4) elected
              officers of Local 590, namely: President, Vice President, Secretary-Treasurer, Recording Secretary, and that the
              employees while so elected to one (1) of the aforementioned offices shall be allowed to accumulate vacation
              days up to one hundred (100) days.

              The paragraph above shall not apply to officers elected for the first time after August 1, 1988.

2.           The Library Administration shall notify the President of the Union no later than December 1 of each year
              which libraries will be open or closed if the University’s closing code is announced to the public.

3.           It is understood that the change from one year to two years made to the units of service in Article VI, Sections
              1 and 3, applies to employees hired after February 1, 1978. For employees hired prior to February 1, 1978, the
              unit of service criteria to be followed will remain the same as set forth in the Collective Bargaining Agreement
              dated November 1, 1974.

              It is also understood that the movement of employees with more than twelve years of service, which is
              described in Article VI, Section 3, Paragraph 3, will take place after one (1) year for employees hired prior to
              February 1, 1978. (11/1/1979)

4.           In reference to the change to Article VII, PROMOTION, Section 3(a), involving the change from one year to
              two years for promotion, such change to be applicable only or employees hired after February 1, 1978. For
              employees hired prior to February 1, 1978, the language of these sections as set forth in the Collective
              Bargaining Agreement dated November 1, 1978, shall be applicable. (11/1/1979)

5.           In connection with our negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement, for the term of the agreement
              presently being negotiated, the University will continue its practice of making available to University employees
              represented by AFSCME Local No. 590 new University benefits that the University decides to make available
              to other University nonexempt employees, whether or not covered by collective bargaining agreements. Please
              accept this letter as written confirmation of that practice as hereinafter explained.

              As you know this matter came to a head with grievances filed concerning the supplemental pension
              contribution provided for in the Agreement dated June 1, 1978 between the University and Local 835 of the
              Operating Engineers, and the legal fund contribution provided for in the Agreement dated August 1, 1977
              between the University and Teamsters Local 115. The University never intended Article XX, Section 7,
              Paragraph 2, as set forth in the Agreement of November 1, 1977, to apply to benefits such as these which (1)
              were not initiated by the University in accordance with its procedures for creating new University benefits; (2)

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