RECOGNITION Clause Samples

RECOGNITION. The Employer recognizes the Union as the sole and exclusive bargaining agent for all its employees coming under this Collective Agreement in collective bargaining with relation to wages, hours of work and other conditions of employment as set forth herein.

RECOGNITION. A. The Board hereby recognizes the Union as the sole negotiating representative for all full-time and Professor Emeritus members of the faculty of the College of Lake County for all matters hereafter provided. As used herein, "full-time faculty" shall refer to those persons who enter the bargaining unit and remain in the unit for the duration of their employment once they have been assigned at least fourteen (14) faculty load hours in a semester or at least twenty-five (25) faculty load hours in an academic year or thirty-five (35) clock hours in a week for guidance counselors, instructional developers and librarians and other professionals not excluded herein. As used herein, "faculty" shall include teachers, guidance counselors, instructional developers, librarians, and student development counselors, but shall not include the President, Vice Presidents, Deans, Business Manager, Director of Nursing, members of the central administrative staff, directors, or similar administrative positions which may be hereafter created. As used herein, “faculty” shall also include any employee who performs full-time faculty responsibilities on a temporary basis. As used herein, "faculty" shall not include those positions designated by the Board as "professional" as part of their employment classification. As used herein, faculty shall not include any persons employed pursuant to a contractual program with a government agency. Any full-time faculty member who enters into a contractual or comparable program or adjunct employee position shall automatically be placed on General Leave (Article 44) for the duration of their adjunct position. Service during such General Leave shall not be considered consecutive service pursuant to Article 35 of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, during the first year of full-time employment by the College, the Board and the faculty member may agree that the faculty member shall be employed for eleven (11) to thirteen (13) hours during either or both semesters of such first year and compensated at the rate of 11/15 to 13/15 of the amount prescribed in Article 13 of this Agreement, but all other provisions of the Agreement shall be applicable to such faculty member. B. The Board agrees not to negotiate with any other faculty organization for the duration of this agreement over matters defined as negotiable herein. C. The term "faculty" or "faculty members" when used hereinafter in this Agreement shall refer to those persons who are i...

RECOGNITION. 1.1 The Employer recognizes the Union as the sole and/or exclusive bargaining agent for the purpose of establishing salaries, wages, hours, and other conditions of employment for all of its employees in the classifications listed under Appendix A hereto, and by reference made a part of this Agreement, and for such additional classification as the parties may later agree to include.

RECOGNITION. Pursuant to the provisions of the Fresno County Employee Relations Ordinance, the certification of the Fresno County Civil Service Commission, and appropriate state law, the County hereby recognizes the Association as the exclusive representative of all employees whose classifications have been certified for inclusion by the Fresno County Civil Service Commission in the Unit covered by this MOU. Should any classification be certified for inclusion by the Fresno County Civil Service Commission during the term of this MOU, the Employee Relations Ordinance, section 3.12.240 governs.

RECOGNITION. 1.1 The Council recognizes the Association as the exclusive bargaining agent for all employees of the Council described in the certificate issued by the former Public Service Staff Relations Board on the nineteenth day of July 1967, covering non-supervisory employees in the Operational Category.

RECOGNITION. 3.01 The Employer recognizes the Union as the exclusive bargaining agent for all employees in the Bargaining Unit.

RECOGNITION. Section 1. The Employer recognizes the Union as the exclusive bargaining representative for all classified employees in positions represented by the Union at the universities designated in Article 1 - Parties to the Agreement, hereinafter referred to as employees or bargaining unit employees. The Union is also the exclusive bargaining representative for temporary university employees who: perform work in the various classifications listed in Appendix A of this collective bargaining agreement, have worked an average of four (4) hours or more per week during the most recent calendar quarter, and have a reasonable expectation of continued employment. This recognition does not apply to employees currently represented by other labor organizations, students who are not classified employees, campus police officers, or unclassified, exempt, supervisory, managerial and confidential employees as defined by law or as determined by the Employment Relations Board. Section 2(A) When the Employer intends to exclude a filled bargaining unit position based on supervisory, confidential, managerial, or other unclassified status, the Employer agrees to provide the Union and the affected employee(s) with no less than thirty (30) calendar days written notice of such intent. Such notice shall include the basis for the exclusion and a copy of the current position description, including a statement of the specific duties of the position supporting the change in status. The employee may elect to exercise the employee’s layoff rights under Article 44 - Layoff, Section 12. If the employee elects to exercise layoff rights, the layoff will not be effective prior to the end of the thirty (30)-day notice period. If the Employer decides during the thirty (30)-day notice period not to proceed with the exclusion and the position is not otherwise eliminated, the employee shall remain in the position. The effective date of the exclusion remains unchanged. Within thirty (30) calendar days of the date of the Employer’s notice, the Union shall notify the Employer, in writing, of any comments it has regarding the exclusion including specific information regarding the reason(s) for the challenge. The Employer shall respond in writing within thirty (30) calendar days to the Union’s challenge and indicate whether it intends to continue with the exclusion of the position. Upon request of either party, the Union and the Employer shall meet at a mutually agreed time within the initial thirty (30)-day p...

RECOGNITION. 2.01 The Employer recognizes the Union as the sole and exclusive bargaining agent of all employees of Cross Country Concrete Ontario Ltd working in the Province of Ontario save and except dispatchers, supervisors and persons above the rank of supervisor, and office and sales staff. 2.02 This Agreement covers all employees of the Employer in the bargaining unit as described in the Certificate issued by the Ontario Labour Relations Board dated April 2, 1982 and/or as classified in Schedule “A.” 2.03 Non-working foremen, supervisors and other non-bargaining unit personnel may perform work included in the classifications under this Agreement, but if this would affect the employment status or wage rate of an employee, the Employer and the Union shall meet to resolve the matter. 2.04 There shall be no revision, amendment, or alteration of the bargaining unit as defined herein, or of any of the terms and provisions of this Agreement, except by mutual agreement in writing of the parties. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, no classification of work or jobs may be removed from the bargaining unit except by mutual agreement in writing of the parties. 2.05 The Employer agrees that the duly appointed representatives of the Christian Labour Association of Canada are authorized to act on behalf of the Union for the purposes of supervising, administering and negotiating the terms and conditions of this Agreement and all matters related hereto. 2.06 The Union acknowledges that it is the function of the Employer: a. to manage the enterprise, including the scheduling of work and the control of materials; b. to maintain order, discipline and efficiency, and to enforce rules of conduct and procedure for employees that have been jointly drafted by the Employer and the Union. Such rules shall be consistent with the purpose and terms of this Agreement and shall be administered in a fair and reasonable manner; c. to hire, direct, transfer, promote, layoff, suspend and discharge, provided that such actions are consistent with the purpose and terms of this Agreement and provided that a claim by any employee who has been disciplined or discharged without just cause will be subject to the Grievance Procedure. 2.07 The Employer may contract out work where: a. he does not possess the necessary facilities or equipment; b. he does not have and/or cannot acquire the required manpower; c. he cannot perform the work in a manner that is competitive in terms of cost, qualify and...

RECOGNITION. The Employer acknowledges the right of the Union to appoint employees as Stewards.