So far, CEA has attended seven grievance hearings on behalf of teachers in buildings with machines that breakdown at an intolerable rate. The responses to these grievances have not been very reassuring. Furthermore, the school secretary must be notified by every teacher attempting to use a broken machine so that repair service can be called. Finally, a record must be kept of each and every repair made by the copier service person. Actually, most of this is already occurring, and the copiers are still constantly out of service.
Teachers are creative and resourceful.
They have tried sneaking up on the machines, repairing them with paper clips and duct tape, and running materials early in the morning or late at night. It doesn t help. By signing the Employee Account Agreement at the beginning of the school year, all employees promised to adhere to the rules of the district regarding the use of the CPS network. This Acceptable Use Policy document gives the district the right to monitor CPS e-mail accounts and WEB sites visited on district computers. Members are reminded to write each e-mail with the thought that someone else might also be reading what you believe to be private correspondence.