7/23/2021
Dear CSU, DCU, FSU and PSU members,
Yesterday our unions' coalition bargaining team met again with the University administration. Our main purpose was to convey our frustration at the administration's apparent disregard of their obligation to bargain with all the unions over changes to the parking system. Those obligations are clearly spelled out in the unions' existing memoranda of understanding with the administration, which the University is committed to honor.
You all received the email on Tuesday afternoon from Parking & Transportation that included significant changes to our parking systems. These changes could create barriers to employees and students accessing the lower-cost parking at Bayside and reduce safety in our parking lots. (See below for more details about our concerns.)
In addition, the administration's email was sent out just one day after the unions made a proposal for changes to parking for this fall as part of the bargaining process (see attached). Our proposal would expand access to semester and monthly passes and reinstitute a multi-day pass. Rather than responding to our proposal, P&T sent out its email unilaterally imposing its own changes.
In addition to voicing our frustration and reminding the administration that it is their obligation to bargain with us, the unions called on the administration to rescind the P&T email until we have completed the bargaining process.
Below are more details about our concerns about the new P&T plans:
If you have other concerns, please contact your representative on the multi-union parking bargaining team.
In solidarity,
Janelle Quarles (CSU)
Rachel Rubin (DCU)
Caroline Coscia and Joseph Brown (FSU)
Anneta Argyres, Michelle Browning, and Jeffrey Carter (PSU)