June 24, 2011
MEMORANDUM
TO:
Gilbert Johnson
WSEU Local 82
FROM:
Shannon E. Bradbury
UWM Labor Relations Coordinator
RE:
WSEU Labor/Management Minutes for June 21, 2011
WSEU Local 82
Michael Maass (BC)
Gilbert Johnson (AS)
Stan Yasaitis (AS)
Two AS employees
UWM
Shannon E. Bradbury
Linda Woods
Kurt Hennemann
Colleen Murphy
John Krezoski
The next meeting will be held Tuesday, July 19. Please respond to items from your area by
Friday, July 15.
The meeting began at 9:10 a.m.
I.
NEW BUSINESS
A.
Training and Education Programs. The union again expressed its
determination to support their members through the coming changes in
benefits and union membership and mentioned the recent meeting with
Chancellor Lovell and Vice Chancellor Brown on the issues of
communication and support. The Employer has had some difficulty
arranging for education programs to address the union’s issues as soon as
they could have liked them, but the Division of Finance and Administrative
Affairs (FAA) and the Department of Human Resources are making
arrangements for some programming.

Managing Stress and Change, to be presented in the first weeks of
August by the Director of the Psychology Clinic;

Planning for Retirement, a three session program, to be presented
in August under the auspices of the Department of Human
Resources;

Managing Stress in Times of Change, presented by EAP provider
Symmetry and sponsored by the Division of Finance and
Administrative Affairs (June 24 and July 1).
The latter program is open to the campus, although the union was invited to
do their own marketing campaign to alert their membership. This Symmetry
program can be scheduled for additional dates in July, also.
The union would like to see the Employer use "extraordinary measures” to
ensure attendance by employees who do not regularly sign up for programs,
like simply sending employees to the programs.
The parties then discussed the possibility of presenting a program on
“financial literacy” as they have found that many of their members have no
relationship with any bank or credit union. A Local 82 officer has already
approached the UW Credit Union to do such a program. The employer will
get the trainers a room as soon as we find out what day or days are best for
them.
Finally, the Division of Finance and Administrative Affairs has been working
with UITS to present some very basic computer skills programs. The union
will follow up with the name of a suggested presenter.
II.
B.
Associate Vice Chancellor for Facilities Planning and Management.
The union would like to invite the new Associate Vice Chancellor for
Facilities Planning and Management, Geoffrey Hurtado, to the next
meeting.
C.
Tuition Reimbursement. The union inquired to how well utilized the
tuition reimbursement program is. FAA Personnel Representative Linda
Woods indicated that the figures on usage are included in the Affirmative
Action plan, available online,
http://www4.uwm.edu/diversity/upload/AAPlan1011.pdf . The union
would like to see the program promoted as a benefit of State service.
OLD BUSINESS
A. Health & Safety
1. Completed or Ongoing Projects
BOL B76, B92
Chem 180,190,197,199
EMS B150, EB61
LIB E370
NWQ 1932A, H17, 1932B, G534, B71, B5, 218Y, 100G
NWQ 1932C, B58, 1932F B80, B88, tunnel, 100E, 100F,
Union 2nd floor lavatory chase
Sandburg C200R, C200T
Zelazo 198
2. Pending Projects
NWQ 1932A, H21E
NWQ 1932F, 196C, various locations in basement
More information is available at:
http://www4.uwm.edu/pps/Usaa/ASB/asbestos.html
3. Retirement. Director of University Safety and Assurances (US&A) John
Kresoski will be retiring at the end of June. The union praised him saying
that during his tenure at UWM, campus safety went from being a contentious
issue to something that was transparent and taken seriously. He likewise
noted that he had learned a lot from coming to these L/M Meetings, and that
he often learned of situations he was not aware of through other channels.
4. Floods. The heavy rain of June 20 (two inches in an hour) has damaged
several buildings, including Engelmann Hall and Bolton Hall. The restoration
company was called as soon as the damage was noticed, and before it had
even stopped raining. It was extremely fortunate that Buildings & Grounds
had purchased new flood clean up equipment and refreshed the training on
flood clean up procedures with the employees in the past couple of weeks.
5. Reorganization of University Safety and Assurances. With Dr. Krezoski’s
retirement will come some reorganization of the current US&A. The animal
care program and the Institutional Review Board will become the province
of the Office of Research, but campus safety, which is of primary importance
to the union, will remain in FAA.
B. Summer Parking. The union asked why the Physical Environment
Committee didn’t allow subsidized or lower cost summer parking for
employees, since the on-campus parking lots are not fully used over the
summer.
C. HRS. With the implementation of the new Human Resource System (HRS)
for personnel and payroll records, new problems have arisen in pay rolling for
staff. The union maintains that there is a Power Plant Operator who has not
yet received the pay for overtime worked in May. This needs to be corrected.
D. Future Possibilities for Layoff, Subcontracting and Reorganization. The
union formally requested to be included in the discussions for any large-scale
layoffs, subcontracted work or unit reorganizations. The Employer reiterated
that nothing of this nature is within anyone’s contemplation at this time.
E. Additional Union Membership Meetings. The union asked to hold a series
of union membership meetings around campus to discuss with members the
changes to dues, retirement and health insurance, and the upcoming training
opportunities. They are concerned that employees are getting their
information by rumor and innuendo. The Employer understands this to mean
a one-time need for extra meetings in the next month. The union would also
like the see the Chancellor host an Open Forum once more is known about
how the Governor’s budget will affect the University.
The meeting ended at 11:35 a.m.
III.
Cc:
NEXT MEETING: Tuesday, July 19 in 122 Engelmann Hall, 9:00 a.m.
Michael Lovell
Steve Butzlaff
Bob Grieshaber
Mike Reck
Colleen Murphy
Christy Brown
Linda Woods
Dev Venugopalan
Johannes Britz
Sue Weslow
Andrew Nelson
Sherry Goggans
Tom Luljak
Gail Dukes
Amy Otis Wilborn
Kim Riedl
Cathy Kroeger
Erica Paczesny
Amy Pamperin
Karen Massetti Moran Latonya Perryman
Jonathan Kanter
Geoffrey Hurtado
Erica Mendez
LeRoy Stoner
Jerry Tarrer
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