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Computer Use Policies

Does Your Campus Have Computer Use Policies? (The APC Advocate, Spring 2003)

Do you use a computer on your job? A fax machine? A telephone? Most likely so. And if so, you're just as likely in danger of being disciplined for how you use them. On pages 6-7 of the Spring 2003 issue of The APC Advocate, you'll find a detailed description of how APC uncovered and addressed this problem at the Fresno and Bakersfield campuses.

But the problem is far from resolved. You can bet with virtual certainty that your campus has one or more policies on the use of computers, phones and fax machines. You also can bet that violation of those policies can bring the University's disciplinary hammer down on your head. And you also can bet that your campus policies on these issues have not been appropriately bargained with APC—which means the Union has had no opportunity to build in protections of your rights.

APC has been carving out new areas of employee (and union) rights in this area, and we're not about to let up in those efforts.

But your help is needed! Find out whether your campus and/or your department have any policies on these topics. If so, forward a copy immediately to APC's Statewide Office so that we can take appropriate action. As the initial case at Fresno pointed out so poignantly, the job you save may well be your own!

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