GUIDELINES FOR NEGOTIATIONS Sample Clauses

GUIDELINES FOR NEGOTIATIONS. The following guidelines for negotiations shall be applicable to all future negotiations between the parties: 1. The dates, times, duration and location of meetings shall be by mutual agreement of the parties. 2. Negotiations sessions shall be conducted during the non-work hours of the bargaining unit employees involved, unless the parties are required otherwise by the mediator’s schedule. 3. All requests for information shall be in writing. Available, relevant and public information necessary for each party to represent its interest in the negotiations will be furnished by the other party. Any unusual costs shall be borne by the party requesting the information. 4. All formal proposals shall be in writing and submitted in sufficient quantity to provide copies for each member of the other party’s bargaining team. 5. No mechanical recording devices shall be used during negotiating meetings and each party is responsible for taking its own notes. 6. A caucus may be called at any time during negotiations. Caucuses shall normally not exceed thirty (30) minutes, except upon notice by the caucusing party. 7. It is agreed that during the negotiation period, neither party will issue a statement to the news media. The parties may, by mutual agreement, issue a joint statement to the media, the content of which must be approved by both parties. 8. Articles or, when appropriate, sections of Articles agreed to by the parties will be reduced to writing, duplicated, dated and signed by the negotiating committees as tentative agreements. It is mutually agreed that such resolve the respective Section or Article in question and that no further negotiations on the same issue shall be required unless the complete tentative agreement is rejected by either party and negotiations resume. 9. After final tentative agreement is reached on all Articles, the Association’s Bargaining Committee will present the tentative agreement to the membership for ratification. If the tentative agreement is ratified, the Association shall notify the Board’s representative, who shall present the tentative agreement to the Board of Education for approval. If either party rejects the tentative agreement, the parties shall meet at least (1) time with a mediator to attempt to resolve the issues in dispute.
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GUIDELINES FOR NEGOTIATIONS. Section 24.1 This Article shall control the procedures utilized by the Township and the Union for the purpose of negotiating any items which have become negotiable pursuant to the terms of any re-opener provision set forth elsewhere in this Agreement or for the purpose of negotiating mandatory subjects of bargaining which have been properly raised by either the Township and/or the Union with respect to an agreement to succeed and/or replace this Agreement. Section 24.2 The negotiations resulting from a re-opener provision set forth elsewhere in this Agreement shall be inaugurated at the time and in the manner specified in such re- opener provision. Any negotiations for an agreement to succeed and/or replace this Agreement shall be inaugurated by the party seeking such negotiations delivering a written notice of such intent to the other not less than 90 calendar days before the expiration date of this Agreement. Section 24.3 Negotiation meetings between said bargaining committees shall be private and scheduled for mutually satisfactory times and place(s). Section 24.4 During the time period of negotiations between the two bargaining committees, no oral or written publication of the contents or the progress or the lack of progress of the negotiation shall be made to anyone by either party or by either bargaining committee or the persons comprising said bargaining committee provided, however, that the Township's bargaining committee may inform the Chief of Police and Trustees and the Union's bargaining committee may inform the officers of the Union of such events but none of the persons who are thus informed may disclose and/or publish such information to any other person.
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GUIDELINES FOR NEGOTIATIONS. A. The following guidelines for negotiations shall be applicable to all future negotiations between the parties:
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GUIDELINES FOR NEGOTIATIONS for related provisions concerning rules 18. The Parties shall negotiate on the related provisions concerning rules in other Chapters at the subsequent negotiations.
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GUIDELINES FOR NEGOTIATIONS. 3 1. Conferences and negotiations for a new contract shall be conducted promptly by 4 the parties in a good faith effort to reach a settlement and to meet the Board's budget 5 deadline. In order to meet these deadlines and in an effort to expeditiously conclude 6 negotiations, the parties will observe the following timetable: 8 Both the MTEA and the Board shall submit proposals no later than January 15 prior to 9 the termination of the agreement and begin negotiations no later than February 15 prior 10 to the termination of the agreement. 12 It is agreed that the dates specified in these guidelines may be waived by mutual consent 13 of the parties. 15 2. The negotiators for the Board and the MTEA shall recommend to the Board and 16 the MTEA, respectively, that they ratify any agreements reached in negotiations. Upon 17 ratification, the agreement shall be reduced to writing and signed by both parties. 19 3. The Board shall provide without cost to the MTEA enough copies of the tentative 20 contract for each member of the bargaining unit for ratification. In addition, the Board 21 shall provide without cost to the MTEA enough copies of the printed contract in booklet 22 form for each employee in the bargaining unit and any new employees employed in the 23 bargaining unit. The MTEA shall also be provided without cost 1,000 copies of the 24 printed contract in booklet form for their use. The printed contract in booklet form shall 25 be made available to the MTEA as soon as possible after both parties have ratified the 26 contract. 28 4. The Board will distribute to each school library, a copy of the Board's policy 29 manual. Such manual shall include Board policy related to items formerly included in 30 the contract. In addition, the Board will include the items formerly included in the 31 contract which are being implemented as administrative procedures. 33 F. AGREEMENT, RULES, POLICIES, AND PROCEDURES 35 1. AGREEMENT AND EXISTING RULES. This contract shall include existing 36 Rules of the Board which primarily relate to wages, hours, and conditions of 37 employment of MTEA bargaining unit members at the time the agreement is entered 38 into. Where the contract requires changes in rules, "existing rules" shall mean the rules 39 as amended as required by the contract. 2 2. AMENDMENTS TO RULES OR BOARD POLICIES 4 a. Where any rule or Board policy is in conflict with any specific provision of 5 the contract, the contract shall govern. 7 b. The MTEA shall be prov...
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  • Good Faith Negotiations In case of any dispute arising out of this Agreement including any question regarding its interpretation, existence, validity or termination, each party will use its best efforts to resolve the dispute by good faith negotiation within a period of Thirty (30) Business Days following notification of the dispute.

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