Time Keeper- Julie G.
Vibeswatcher- Mike P.
Note Taker- Megan Z.
Office Person- Megan Z.
Special Guest- Karen Watson (President of AFSCME)
Topic: Union stance on Sodexho-Wood
The union CAN NOT support CHANGE in its campaign to get rid of Sodexho.
Sodexho is in charge of management only and has bent over backwards to work
with AFSCME. Sodexho does not have the power to break up AFSCME because it
has unionized more than the food service. However if CHANGE coontinues to
explore alternatives to Sodexho, neither the union nor the cafeteria workers
would be harmed by this.
Karen gave us lots of good info. which will be passed onto the S&M bottomliner. If you would like to see those notes, see Stephanie.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Tuesday Oct 30 4:30pm in the KIVA forum on the War. Julie G. will be representing CHANGE.
-Sam Smucker from the AFL-CIO will come to the CHANGE meeting next week to speak about paid trainings/jobs with the union.
-SOA: Sunday 8:00pm in Akron there will be a mass and a following discussion
with people who have gone to Ft. Bening to protest. It begins at St. Bernards
and moves to ther Newman Center at 9:00pm. For direction and details email matt@uakron.edu
Thursday, Nov. 1st at 8:00pm movie- "Romero" will be showing in student Center.
Discussion will follow.
-Birthday party for Mike and fundraiser for people going to SOA. Sat. Corner of Lincoln and Summit. Grayish house.
-Judy Sheperd spoke at 8:00pm Thursday in ballroom.
AGENDA
-Sodexho
We will continue to research Sodexho and it relationship with the university. S&M will be put on the simmer temp. for right now.
-Catapillar follow-up/Homecoming Parade
Julie G. needs somewhere to put the catapillar. Any garage volunteers? Currently she is asking Jexo if he would mind keeping it at the gallery. CHANGE will re-emburse Julie G. $41 for paint, brushes, sponges, and glue used for the float. Julie G. will get in touch with Chandler for money. Parade went well. People cheered and booed for CHANGE. They know our name!
-Tabling/Spitfire
Spitfire Tuesday Oct. 30, 7:00pm in Ballroom. CHANGE will have a table set up for the Spitfire tour. Megan will be there to setup at 6:45pm. The event lasts from 7-9. we need people to table during this time. Julie and Julie will be there for part of the time. If anyone can make free copies come get flyers out of the CHANGE office and copy them. The ones to be copied will be out on the CHANGE desk.
Thursday Nov. 1, 11-1. CHANGE will have a table in the Student Center. Megan will be there from 11-12. Mike will be there from 12-1. Come join us.
-Money for Susan
Susan Hagan will be given $25 as a thank you for coming to speak about a living wage and for all the copies she made for us. Megan will ask Chandler about money.
(Side note- Scholarship money for people going to SOA will be funneled through CHANGE account)
-Code of Conduct update
The university has not joined the FLA (Fair Labor Association) YEA! Megan was given the rough draft, not the final copy.
Megan will be speaking to Watson this week asking such questions as "When doe
the code go up for review?" and "Has the university decided on and gone into
agreement with an outsource corporation?"
We are going to start looking into expanding the code of conduct.
-November 9th
Major Progressive conference in Columbus, OH. Economic Justice, Anti-War, Environmental Justice, etc... Speakers include Winona LaDuke and Amy Goodman! Anyone interested in going?
Next week's AGENDA
Clarification WTO vs. IMF/WB
Spitfire Feedback
CoC and expansion
Speaker on Bangladesh
Recruitment*
Living Wage*
(*Estos son muy importante*)
WOHOO CHANGE!!
Everyone come next week. We will have lots of fun.
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