Hi SHARE members,
We are writing for two reasons related to the ongoing negotiations with management about cost cutting, layoffs, and saving as many jobs as possible:
To give you information about how SHARE members can vote on the layoff v. furloughs issue
To assess interest among individual SHARE members for a voluntary furlough
Voting
We have never tried to negotiate, discuss, and vote on an agreement during a pandemic before, so the process will be very different from usual.
When: Tonight and Tomorrow – Wednesday May 6th 6:00 PM - Thursday, May 7th 2:00 PM
How: SurveyMonkey - A work email invitation to vote will be sent out later today
What we are voting on: We will send the vote choices when we send the link to vote later today. We are meeting with management one more time to try to come to an agreement before then.
About voting by SurveyMonkey:
Only dues-paying SHARE members will be invited to vote
The invitation will be sent to only one email address per member. By default, we will use your WORK EMAIL address. If you do not have access to your work email, please let us know what email address to use instead
SHARE staff will be able to see who voted, but not how they voted
No one will be able to vote more than once, so don’t click “DONE” until you have made your final decision
You will need access to a computer or smartphone or tablet in order to vote by SurveyMonkey. If you will not be able to vote by SurveyMonkey, please contact us right away so that we can figure out how to arrange for you to vote.
If you are not a dues-paying member of SHARE, you will be allowed to sign a membership card and vote. Please contact us for a card ahead of time to ensure that there are no technical difficulties with voting.
Voluntary Furloughs
If you are interested in learning more about what it would mean to take a voluntary furlough, please get in touch with SHARE to discuss it further. We would talk with you about the options, and the process for moving forward it you want to.
Please note, we are only assessing interest:
You are not volunteering by expressing an interest. We will not pass your name on to management without your permission.
We cannot guarantee a furlough to anyone who wants a furlough. We can only guarantee that SHARE staff will talk with you about it, and then talk with management about it, if you want us to.
This is part of our negotiations with the Medical School about cutting costs and saving as many jobs as possible.
Let us know if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
The SHARE Staff:
Elisabeth elisabeth.szanto@theshareunion.org
Jana jana.hol@theshareunion.org
Andrea andrea.caceres@theshareunion.org