NEGOTIATIONS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL Clause Samples
NEGOTIATIONS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. The Employer and the Union agree that this Agreement will constitute the Master Collective Bargaining Agreement between the parties and will be applicable to all Bureau of Prisons managed facilities and employees included in the bargaining unit as defined in Article 1 - Recognition. This Master Agreement may be supplemented in local agreements in accordance with this article. In no case may local supplemental agreements conflict with, be inconsistent with, amend, modify, alter, paraphrase, detract from, or duplicate this Master Agreement except as expressly authorized herein.
Section a. One supplemental agreement may be negotiated at each institution/facility. Supplemental agreements covering shared/consolidated services will be negotiated at the local level by the concerned parties.
1. it is understood that local supplemental agreements will expire upon the same day as the Master Agreement, except as noted in a (2) below. If the Master Agreement’s life is extended beyond the scheduled expiration date for any reason, local supplemental agreements will also be extended; and
2. provided that nothing in the local supplemental agreement is in conflict with the provisions of the Master Bargaining Agreement, or changes in any policies, regulations, or laws, the parties at the local level may mutually elect to execute new signatures and dates, if neither party desires to renegotiate the local supplemental agreement.
Section b. Notwithstanding the provisions of this article, the parties may negotiate locally and include in any supplemental agreement any matter which does not specifically conflict with this article and the Master Bargaining Agreement.
1. local supplemental agreements may be negotiated provided either party serves notice of intent to negotiate within sixty (60) days of receipt of the Master Agreement. The receipt date will be the date this Agreement is provided to the local Union President;
2. the sixty (60) day limitation will not apply to newly established locals of the Council of Prison Locals. The parties at the local level are encouraged to complete negotiations of the supplemental agreement within one (1) year;
3. the parties must begin meaningful and substantive negotiations within six (6) months of the notice of intent to negotiate;
4. a standard set of ground rules are contained in Appendix A to this Agreement. The local parties may negotiate their own ground rules; however, if they are unable to reach agreement on ground rules during the f...
NEGOTIATIONS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL a. Existing policies and negotiated agreements at the local office level not in conflict with this Master Agreement remain in effect in accordance with those terms. Any question of conflict with the Master Agreement shall be decided by the national Parties within 60 days of the practices being brought to their attention.
b. To the extent feasible, where the designated representatives of the Parties are not in the same commuting area, the Parties agree to use email and telephone to conduct negotiations under this Master Agreement in order to reduce costs.
c. For the Employer, negotiations at the local office level will be conducted by the most senior Management officials or their designees.
d. For the Union, negotiations at the local office level will be conducted by the Union officials in that agency/office (e.g., the Senior ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and the Union ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇[s]) or their designees.
e. The officials or their designees noted in c & d above shall have the authority to negotiate and reach agreement.
f. The local level Employer or the Union may negotiate, as appropriate, over changes in policies and procedures affecting the working conditions of bargaining unit employees, including matters which involve the implementation of a Management Right. For example:
i. Dress code ii. Food and drink policy iii. Leave scheduling
NEGOTIATIONS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. Section A