Austin School Workers In Action

The campaign in Austin has been strong since the Spring. we have been meeting with workers, speaking at school board meetings, filing greviances and holding membership meetings. SWU won visitation rights to workers and High school custodians successfully fought for a pay raise. Currently, SWU is working to get the school district to provide free uniforms for cafeteria workers, challenge the staffing shortages, and fight for a living wage. At the last membership meeting, SWU shared its history, elected officers and started to draft a 'Plan for Change and Improvement.' SWU and its members will continue recruiting, speaking at school board meetings and demanding justice for all school workers.

Join us for a next meeting, Saturday November 3rd at 1pm

Terrazas Library, 1105 E. Cesar Chavez

More upcoming events:

• Nov. 8th, the Taskforce for the formula for allotment of custodians will meet. The current formula is decades old and has created a custodial staffing crisis. After filing a greviance, the taskforce formed to create a new formula that also looks at the population of a building, the different types of surfaces and the outside area.
  
• SWU is trying to set up a meeting with school board member to discuss concerns and the Plan for Change and Improvement


• SWU will set up a meeting with the Food Services Director, Ms. Carillo Espano to discuss cost for providing shoes and hair nets to all cafeteria workers


• Working for night differential for employees.


• SWU is researching wages, overtime, staffing and benefits to compile a new report on the status of school workers in the state capitol

click image to see September 2007 AISD Union Voice
call Chavel @ 512-779-8619 for more information.