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ARTICLE V
UNION RIGHTS

Section A.

Representatives of the Union will be permitted to transact official business with appropriate representatives of the Employer at all reasonable times provided they follow regular University procedures.

Section B.

Where facilities, including meeting rooms, or equipment, such as duplicating, IT, computing and audiovisual, are available for use by other unions, such facilities or equipment will be available to the Union in accordance with established University procedures.

Section C.

1. The Union may post notices on existing bulletin board space which is not reserved for specific purposes, but in no case shall the Union be denied space sufficient to post one (1) 8 ½ inch by 14 inch sheet in an academic unit employing Employees.

2. In addition, the Employer shall provide the Union with bulletin board space designated with the Union’s name for its exclusive use in twenty (20) mutually agreed upon areas for the purpose of posting Union notices. Such space in each area will be large enough to hold four (4) 8 ½ inch by 11 inch sheets. Ten (10) of these bulletin board spaces will be on the Ann Arbor campus, five (5) spaces will be on the Flint campus and five (5) spaces will be on the Dearborn campus.

3. The Employer shall provide a working and reasonably visible Internet link to this Agreement on the University’s website.

Section D.

At the beginning of each semester, upon request of the Union, each academic unit will make up to twenty (20) minutes available to the Union immediately following any orientation it may have for new Employees. The purpose of this time is to inform Employees about the Union’s function, to explain dues and service fees, to recruit departmental stewards and to discuss current bargaining status or any other Union business.

At the beginning of each semester, upon request of the Union, the CRLT Orientation for new faculty will make mutually agreed upon time and space available to the Union for orientation of new Employees.

Section E.

Union representatives may use existing electronic media, including but not limited to telephones and email, for Union business. At the Union’s expense, Union representatives may use unit fax machines for the purposes of administering this Agreement. The Union’s Grievance Chair or other Union officers (as defined in Article VII.B.) may request and be granted a LEO photocopy account in his or her academic unit to make occasional small numbers of copies for purposes of contract administration, at the Union’s expense.

Section F.

United States mail that is received by the Employer bearing the name of the Employee with a correct specific campus address will be distributed to the Employee in the normal manner.

Section G.

Campus mail will be distributed to Employees in the same manner as it is customarily distributed to other faculty.

Section H.

Union representatives may distribute Union material to Employee mailboxes.

Section I.

Provisions of this Article will be administered consistent with PERA and Employer policies, including academic unit time, place and manner policies and practices.