Professional Privileges Clause Samples

Professional Privileges. Pursuant to the Public Employment Relations Act, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of the Board shall have the right to freely organize, join and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other lawful activities for mutual aid and protection or to refrain from such activities. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under cover of law of the State of Michigan, the Board and Association undertakes and agrees that they will not directly or indirectly discourage, deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by Act 379 or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution of Michigan and the United States. The Board will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his/her membership or non-membership in the Association, his/her participation or non-participation in any lawful activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or his/her institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding under this Agreement with respect to any term or condition of employment.
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Professional Privileges. Pursuant to Act 379 of the Public Acts of 1965, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of the Board shall have the right to freely organize, join and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other lawful activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under cover of law of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage, deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by Act 379 or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution of Michigan and the United States. The Board will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his/her membership in the Association, his/her participation in any lawful activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or his/her institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding under this Agreement with respect to any term or condition of employment.
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Professional Privileges. A. Pursuant to Act 379 of the Public Acts of 1965, the Board hereby agrees 1 that every employee of the Board shall have the right to freely organize, 2 join and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in 3 collective bargaining or negotiation and other lawful activities for 4 mutual aid and protection. As a duly elected body exercising 5 governmental power under cover of law of the State of Michigan, the Board 6 undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage 7 or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred 8 by Act 379 or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution of Michigan and 9 the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with 10 respect to hours, wages or any terms or conditions of employment by 11 reason of his/her membership in the Association, his/her participation in 12 any lawful activities of the Association or collective professional 13 negotiations with the Board, or his/her institution of any grievance, 14 complaint or proceeding under this Agreement with respect to any term or 15 condition of employment. 16 B. The parties specifically recognize that each has the right to invoke the 17 assistance of the Michigan Employment Relations Commission or a mediator 18 from such public agency, or an arbitrator appointed pursuant to the 19 provisions of this Agreement, and they agree to be bound by any lawful 20 order or award thereof. 21 C. The Association and its members shall have the right to schedule the use 22 of the school building facilities for Association meetings. No teacher 23 shall be prevented from wearing insignia, pins or other identification of 24 membership in the Association either on or off school premises so long as 25 they would not tend to distract from the proper performance of his/her 26 duties. After notification of intent has been given to the principal, 27 the Association may post Association notices in any faculty lounge. 28 D. Teachers shall have the right to make reasonable use of telephone 29 facilities. 30 E. Parking facilities shall be made available to teachers. 31 F. The Board recognizes that appropriate texts, library reference 32 facilities, maps and globes, laboratory equipment, audio-visual 33 equipment, art supplies, athletic equipment, current periodicals, 34 standard texts and questionnaires and similar materials are the tools of 35 the teaching profession. The parties will confer from time to time for 36 the purpose of i...
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  • ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES A. There will be no reprisals of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership in the Association or for participation in any of its lawful activities. B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings of the Association. C. The Association may request and shall be given a place on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcements. D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association. E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school. F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available. G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ County Public School System. H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership. I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival. J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings. K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program. L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required. M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged and labeled material, and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route. N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association. O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval of the Superintendent. P. The rights and/or privileges granted to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreement. Q. Officers and members of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils. R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15. S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty

  • UNION PRIVILEGES It is agreed that the business representative of the Union shall be admitted during working hours, at reasonable times, to interview employees while on duty or to inspect working conditions; provided, however, that such visits shall not unduly disturb the Employer's business and further, that the business representative shall report his presence to the Store Manager upon arrival at the store.

  • Rights and Privileges All participants enrolled in courses pursuant to the CONTRACT shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges to which other CONTRACTOR students are entitled, including, but not limited to, special instruction, use of facilities on CONTRACTOR’s premises such as the libraries and learning centers, counseling, student body activities, and veterans’ benefits. CONTRACTOR’s representatives will provide academic counseling for participants and inform them of CONTRACTOR’s services available to them.