Article VII.  Organizational Structure for Collective Bargaining Purposes

1. Bargaining Policy:  The Executive Committee will track local member issues, concerns, and potential opportunities as a foundation for a bargaining policy and seek collective bargaining information from the membership.  The Executive Committee will also monitor issues and opportunities of a strategic nature with the aid of external resources, including the state and national AAUP.  The collective local, state and national information will be used in developing a strategic approach to bargaining policy and in preparation for negotiations to address AAUP members' interests.
   
   
2. A negotiating team will be established.  This appointed team shall have six (6) members (preferably two from each campus) nominated by the President and approved by the Executive Committee.  If the President's nominee(s) is (are) not approved by the Executive Committee, additional nomination(s) will be made by the President.  If the President and Executive Committee reach an impasse in a nominee(s) the Executive Committee will make the selection.  The President will be the seventh member of the negotiating team.  The negotiating team shall be selected and in place before the expiration of the contract.
   
   
3. Membership Authorization and Approval:  In preparing for and during the course of negotiations, when possible, the members' views shall be solicited, and members shall be apprised of developments.  A majority vote by secret ballot of the active members voting shall be necessary to ratify contract terms agreed to after negotiations and to authorize any job action.  Members present at an AAUP meeting to discuss an item being voted on will have the opportunity to cast their secret ballot at that meeting.
   
   
4. The Executive Committee may append a recommendation of approval or rejection to all proposed contracts to be voted upon by the membership.
   
   

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