Common use of Unit Based Teams Clause in Contracts

Unit Based Teams. Our Partnership makes it possible to improve the day-to-day work experience for everyone – SHARE members and the rest of the front-line workforce, front-line supervisors, managers, SHARE leaders, and senior leaders – through working together to improve quality for our patients. We choose Unit- Based Teams (UBTs) as the way to deeply involve front-line staff in continuous improvement at the department level. The SHARE-UMass Memorial Labor Management Partnership Council (LMPC) will govern our Partnership. We have agreed to an LMPC charter to document how we will work together, which is included by reference in this agreement.  Labor and management will meet and confer on the level of funding needed to support the work of the Labor-Management Partnership Council. LMPC projects will be funded at appropriate levels.  We are jointly committed to ensuring a safe environment for continuous improvement, including a commitment that people will not lose employment as a result of Partnership continuous improvement projects, such as UBTs.  We are also committed to increasing employment and income security over time, in combination with a commitment to achieving the performance outcomes that make such work security possible.