Union Rights and Representation Sample Clauses
The "Union Rights and Representation" clause defines the rights of employees to organize, join, and be represented by a labor union within the workplace. It typically outlines the procedures for union recognition, the scope of union activities permitted on company premises, and the mechanisms for communication between union representatives and management. This clause ensures that employees have a formal avenue for collective bargaining and representation, helping to protect their interests and facilitate constructive labor relations.
Union Rights and Representation. A. The Board specifically recognizes the right of the Union to organize and operate under the Michigan Public Employees Relations Act and all other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to Employees hereinafter shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
B. Employees shall be entitled to full rights of citizenship, and no religious or lawful political activities of any Employee, or the lack thereof, shall be grounds for any discipline or discrimination with respect to the employment of such Employee.
C. Provisions of this Agreement and the wages, terms, hours, and conditions of employment shall be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, handicap, sex or marital status or membership in, or association with, the activities of any Employee organization.
D. Subject to the conditions set forth in administrative guidelines, the Union and its members shall be allowed, upon request, to use school building facilities for meeting during the hours that the buildings are covered by custodial staff. Administratively approved secretarial assistance will be provided to officers of the Association i.e. typing and printing of Union materials, at cost. Use of District office equipment (i.e. computers and copy machine) may be made available by the Administration consistent with its policies when it does not interfere with or interrupt such use by teachers or students. The Union shall have the exclusive right to post notices of activities and matters of Union concern in each work area in designated areas. The Union may use the District mail service and the District email.
E. The Board agrees to make available to the Union in response to reasonable requests all available information concerning the financial resources of the District, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certified personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all board meetings, census and membership data, names and addresses of all members.
F. Duly authorized representatives of the Union and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Union business on school property provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
G. 1. The Employees shall be represented by the President, Association Representative (or alternate) within the Division or MEA Representative in a ...
Union Rights and Representation. 6 4.01 Use of Buildings and Equipment........................................ 6 4.02 Information Provided to the Union..................................... 6 4.03 Posting of Notices……….................................…................ 6 4.04 Notification of Employee Status…………………………….. 6 4.05 Release Time for Union Activities........................................ 6
Union Rights and Representation. Section 4.1 Non-employee representatives of the Union shall have the right to enter the facilities of the Employer and visit with the employees covered by this Agreement for the purpose of attending labor-management meetings, investigating and processing grievances in accordance with the Grievance Procedure contained in this Agreement and any other official business. Union representatives shall notify the Director of the Agency or her designee upon entering the premises. These visitations shall not interfere with the operations of the Department.
Section 4.2 The Employer recognizes the right of the Union to select local union officers, stewards or alternate stewards to represent the employees in grievances arising under the Agreement. The Union shall notify the Employer of the names of the individuals holding these positions and indicate their respective duties. A Union representative shall be assigned to each division. These Union officers, stewards and alternate stewards shall be allowed reasonable time for the purpose of investigating grievances in accordance with the grievance procedure.
Section 4.3 Necessary employees, stewards and other appropriate officers of the Union may attend all grievance meetings as contained in the grievance procedure without loss of pay or benefit.
Section 4.4 In the event a grievance is processed to arbitration, necessary employees, stewards, the Union president and all employee witnesses will be permitted to attend the hearing in accordance with the grievance/arbitration procedure.
Section 4.5 Within time limits set forth in the grievance procedure, meetings shall be held at: times mutually convenient and acceptable to the Employer and the Union.
Section 4.6 The Employer agrees to provide a bulletin board and space for placing the bulletin board, for use by the Union only, at a designated location in the Agency mutually agreed to by the parties. It is understood that no material may be posted on this bulletin board that contains derogatory attacks on the administration, personal attacks on any employee, attacks on any employee organization or any comments concerning a candidate for public office. Upon request, inappropriate materials shall be removed by the Union within twenty-four (24) hours.
Section 4.7 A Union ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ or officer will be permitted to meet with new employees for thirty minutes during the orientation process or sometime during their first week of employment. A Union ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ or officer may meet with an empl...
Union Rights and Representation. Section 1. Non-employee representatives of the Union shall have the right to enter the facilities of the Employer and visit with the employees covered by this agreement for the purpose of ascertaining whether the agreement is being observed by the parties and for the purpose of investigating and processing grievances in accordance with the Grievance Procedure contained herein. Union representatives shall notify the Health Commissioner in advance before entering the premises of the Employer. The non-employee union representative must have permission from the Commissioner or his designee; however, such permission shall not be unreasonably denied.
Section 2. The Employer recognizes the right of the Union to select local officers, stewards, and alternate stewards to represent the employees on grievances arising under the agreement. Union representatives will also represent employees at predisciplinary hearings, grievance and arbitration hearings, labor management meetings and contract negotiations. The affected employee and union representative shall not suffer any loss of pay for activities conducted during their normal working hours and under the same standards as set forth in Article 7, Section 5.
Section 3. The Union shall provide the Employer an official roster of its local officers, committee representatives, assigned Union representatives and stewards, which is to be kept current at all times by the Union and shall include the name, position held, jurisdiction area (for stewards only), and the work address and phone number of non-employee representatives.
Section 4. The Union agrees that no representative of the Union, either employee or non- employee, shall interfere with, interrupt, or disrupt the normal work duties of employees.
Section 5. The Employer agrees to provide the Union, upon reasonable request, the County of Mahoning, General Health District, Cash Basis, Annual Financial Report.
Section 6. The Employer agrees to permit the Union reasonable usage of the Employer’s telephone and employee work email. The Union’s usage of the employee work email shall not place the Employer’s computer system at undue risk and the Union recognizes that there is no right of privacy with regard to the usage of the Employer’s computers. The Employer agrees to permit the Union access to the copy machine on a reasonable and limited basis; however, no extensive copying (i.e., more than 20 pages produced) shall take place without the express permission of the Employer...
Union Rights and Representation. 1. The County recognizes that it may be necessary for an officer of the Union to exclusively perform Union duties during the period he/she is in work status. The County, therefore, agrees to permit an officer of the Union a reasonable amount of time necessary to perform such duties during work time without loss of pay subject to the provisions of Section 2 below.
2. The Union agrees that all Union duties or functions required of its representatives shall be performed on off-duty time to the maximum extent possible. Any Union officer desiring to perform Union duties required while he/she is on duty must advise his/her Battalion Chief or appropriate division supervisor and receive approval from the department head or designee. Such approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Union agrees that the performance of such duties shall be accomplished as expeditiously as possible.
3. The County agrees that in the event of the re-negotiation of this Agreement and the continued qualification of the Union as the exclusive representative of the employees covered by this Agreement, the County shall permit a reasonable amount of leave with pay from duty for a maximum of five (5) members of the Union Negotiating Committee for attendance at negotiation meetings with the County.
4. The Union President or designee may be entitled, at the sole discretion of the Fire Chief, to address members of the bargaining unit at training sessions on issues relating to the administration of the collective bargaining agreement.
5. This article shall remain in full force and effect until such time as a final legal decision is made or until such time as the current language in NRS 288 as amended by SB 241 is modified by the Nevada Legislature. In the event of a final legal disposition or legislative modification on this issue, both parties agree to
Union Rights and Representation. Clauses 61.1 of this Agreement outlines the rights for Union Delegates when assisting Employees. For clarity, each Employee has the right to determine whether they wish to be represented or not. Such representatives (or individual Employees) are entitled to the protections of Division 4 of Part 3-1 of the Fair Work Act in relation to their involvement in lawful industrial activities.
Union Rights and Representation. 4 A Use of buildings and facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 B Information provided to the union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 C. Posting of union notices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 D. Intra-school delivery service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 E. Union leave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 F. Notice of changes in employee status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Union Rights and Representation. A. In accordance with District facility and use guidelines (Property 7510A), the Union and its representatives shall have the right to conduct Union business on school property or use school equipment at times which do not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations or the employees’ duty time.
1. In the event that special custodial service is required, the Employer may make reasonable charge for such service.
2. Appointments for building usage shall be made consistent with district policies concerning building usage.
3. Upon arrival, the Union representative shall confirm with the person in charge of the building where the business is to be conducted.
4. The Union shall be responsible for proper use of all facilities and equipment, including leaving them in the same condition as they were prior to the Union’s use. The Union shall pay for the reasonable cost of all materials and supplies incident to such use and shall be liable for any damage caused to said equipment by improper use by individuals using it for Union business.
B. The Employer agrees to provide the Union with any information required by law concerning the Employer. The Employer further agrees to provide the HESPA President with reports relevant to HESPA as are available to the Board at the same time they become public information.
C. The Union shall have the right to post notices of activities and matters of Union concern at designated bulletin boards in each building or facility to which employees may be assigned. All Union materials so posted will be identified as Union material and shall generally pertain to, by way of illustration and not limitation, union meetings, social events of the union, and union election notices.
D. An intra-school delivery service shall be provided for Union use. The Union shall indemnify and save the Employer harmless against and from any and all liability that may arise out of or by reason of actions taken by the Employer to comply with this paragraph, provided that the Employer does not initiate any such legal action. The Union shall, when the Employer is sued individually or jointly, make available competent legal counsel for such defense at the expense of the Union and the MEA and NEA. The Union shall have the right to negotiate a settlement to any such action.
E. Upon the request of the Union President, four (4) days for Union purposes shall be granted at Employer expense. Up to six (6) additional days shall be granted with the Union paying for th...
Union Rights and Representation. All Unit Chair and representation language including any payments to the Union and office space to continue as per each current provincial agreement with no changes. Article 1.15 and 1.21 in the Ontario agreement shall be removed upon ratification.
Union Rights and Representation. Section 1. The Union, as the exclusive representative of employees in the Unit, is entitled to act for and to negotiate agreements covering all employees in the Unit, and is responsible for representing the interests of all such employees. The Union is responsible for insuring that employees in the Unit understand their rights and obligations under this Agreement, and furnishing current employees a copy of this Agreement. The Agency agrees to make copies of this Agreement available to all new bargaining unit employees during Onboarding.
Section 2. The Agency will recognize the designated Union Representatives and their assigned responsibilities. Each Local Union affected by this Master Agreement will, upon the Agency's request, supply a list of its current officers, stewards and representatives. The Union will be permitted to appoint a reasonable number of stewards and shall utilize on-site representatives where possible. In the absence of an on-site representative in such cases, the Agency agrees to recognize any duly authorized representative of AFGE and any time associated with representational duties will be official time.
Section 3. The Agency will recognize National Union Officials. The Union shall provide an advance notice to the Chief, Labor Relations for the Exchange of visits to be made by National Union Officials to the Exchange Headquarters or any other bargaining unit location.
Section 4. The Union has the exclusive right to represent employees in accordance with 5 U.S.C.