Labor Descriptions

Commons clean A

Sweep and mop the large room

Put away any folding chairs left out

Put away any items left out

Straighten the bookshelves

Wipe down the table

Vacuum the purple room

Generally make sure everything’s looking tidy

Commons clean B

Sweep and mop the hallway and pantry

Put away anything left out in the pantry

Clean the microwave

Empty trash and recycling in the pantry

Put away any items left out on large table

Tidy up the computer lab

106 bathroom clean

Dispose of trash

Clean the toilet bowl

Restock toilet paper, or notify Food Buyer if running low

Wipe down sink and counter tops

Sweep and mop the floor

Excludes the bath tub

Dinner clean-up ( DCU)

Put away leftovers. DATE THEM if not already dated and labeled.

Do dishes, including any leftover cook’s dishes

Wipe down counters and all tables

Take out trash

Put away any other ingredients, condiments, appliances, etc. left out on counters or table

Sweep and mop kitchen floor when done.

Dinner cook

Prepare one or more dishes that can feed 8-10 people. When in doubt make extra! If at all possible communicate with your fellow dinner cook(s) to ensure a balanced meal. Dinner should be ready by 7:30 each night.

List ingredients on a label WITH A DATE next to or on the dish

Fridge clean

Remove and throw away rotten, spoiled, or otherwise not-fresh food or condiments from any of the three refrigerators or the freezers. If it is questionable and/or not dated, throw it out!

Clean any dishes freed up by throwing out food

Clean any spilled food or liquids

Reorganize items in the freezer if necessary

Laundry room clean

Take out laundry room trash

Sweep and very rarely (in the case of a soap spill for instance) mop.

Throw away any trash, empty containers, etc. that might be left on the machines or on the shelf.

Wipe down the machines with disinfectant

Clean soap trays with vinegar and water mix

If there is any graffiti, attempt to get it off with soap and water. If not possible report to labor czar.

Courtyard clean

Sweep the courtyard

Clean up any toys or obstructions which could trip people

Dispose of trash and recyclable items

Put away any cooperative property (eg, tools, ladders, gardening utensils).

Clean up large spills or messes

Trash Patrol

Take out trash from courtyard and breezeway trash cans.

Pick up trash in parking lot and courtyard

Recycling

Take recycling to Ecology Action or another drop-off site of your choice regularly. Typically this will be on a weekly basis, but if it’s overflowing into the walkway then it needs to go, whether or not it’s been a week.

Includes recycling in front of 106

Check for recycling in the pantry as well

(the above updated labor descriptions were passed by a vote of the membership at a house meeting on 1-4-15)

Pull out hose wheel and hose key, attach to hose. Soak the soil of all herbs and vegetable plants in the central courtyard, and ornamentals and other plants as needed. Eventually, this duty will extend to other plots as we expand and grow more productive plants. Must have #101 maintenance closet key.

Frequency: 30 minutes of labor, twice a day – ideally, dawn and a few hours before dusk.

Every day, morning or evening, one half hour each shift.

Responsibilities:

1. Water plants in the courtyard. Pay careful attention so as not to drown or starve plants.

Flexible, hours vary

Responsibilities:

1. Assist the Treasurer and Bookkeeper with any tasks the Ministry of Finance deem necessary.

Sunday after KAF is received but before house meeting, 1 hour

Responsibilities:

1. Assist the KAF labor with receiving food donations;
2. Wipe down the pantry and make sure all food is stored away cleanly and neatly
3. Go through 'bread pantry' and remove moldy items / move to refrigerator or freezer if space allows
4. Make sure that everything in the refrigerators and freezers is accounted for by doing an inventory

1. Cook food out of KAF items that will not be used by the dinner crew (e.g., bananas)
2. Store food in such a way so that it will not go bad (e.g., peel bananas and freeze them)
3. If there is no food to recover, help Pantry Inventory or Commons Clean

(Descriptions distributed via email by labor czar 2013-07-15)