Brown Student Labor Alliance
February
13, 2001
Policies
to Improve Conditions for Brown’s Non-Faculty Workforce
1.
Implement a living wage of at least $12.30 an hour for all non-faculty
employees, including temporary workers and miscellaneous workers.
2.
Equal pay for equal work. Pay
temporary workers wages equal to those paid to permanent employees who perform
the same job function.
3.
Provide health care coverage to all Brown employees including temporary
workers and miscellaneous workers, pro-rated as appropriate.
4.
Adopt a Temporary Worker Code of Conduct, which applies to temporary and
miscellaneous workers and provides the following:
a.
That
temporary workers are granted access to Brown child care services, Brown
Learning Community courses, Career Services, athletic facilities, and University
libraries.
b.
That
temporary workers are provided a written description before each new assignment
detailing the hours, days, holiday schedule and anticipated duration of the
assignment, tasks to be performed and any training required, the name of the
supervisor and the place to report in cases where a temp agencies is used, the
rate Brown is paying the agency for the assignment and the rate the agency is
paying the temporary worker for the assignment.
5.
Track
the number of temporary-employee hours worked in each University sector and
hire permanent employees when temporary hours worked consistently exceed a
permanent equivalent.
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