ASSOCIATION RIGHTS A. Representatives of the Association may make announcements during faculty meetings.
B. Representatives of the Association may make announcements on all school building systems, before or after the student day, regarding meeting times and locations, and reminders of Association deadlines.
C. The Association shall have access to the Board Policy Book on the District’s website.
D. The Association President shall be sent copies of the agenda, minutes, and any other attachments for each board meeting prior to that meeting.
E. The Association shall be granted the right to use teacher mailboxes for any and all communications. No other teacher union shall be given this right.
F. Association representatives may meet with employees during the workday, providing the visit does not interfere with class instruction.
G. The Association shall be granted, at no cost, the right to use the district’s facilities to conduct Association business at reasonable times.
H. The Association shall receive free copies of the financial reports of the district.
I. The Association shall be given time on the first teacher day of each new school year for the purpose of making appropriate Association announcements.
J. The Association shall have the use of bulletin boards in all employee workrooms and lounges, the use of the PA system to make necessary announcements, and the right to make Association statements at Staff/Faculty Meetings, and be provided time at each regular Board Meeting to address the Board.
K. The Association shall be granted paid leave in the total amount of three (3) days to represent teacher interests. The Association President shall notify the Superintendent three (3) days in advance of the person/s who will be using Association Leave and the date/s on which it will be taken.
L. Any employee elected to serve in a State (OEA) or National (NEA) office shall be given an unpaid leave of absence with no loss of seniority. Upon returning to the district, the employee shall be placed into a similar position to that they held prior to the leave and will be placed on the appropriate pay level they should receive based on their experience and educational background.
M. The Association shall be provided bulletin board space in a place readily accessible to and normally frequented by all teachers in the District for posting official notices and other official materials relating to Association activities.
FEDERATION RIGHTS Section 1. Upon written request, the Employer shall make available one copy of all public information relevant to negotiations or necessary for the proper enforcement of this Agreement, providing such information is readily available and accessible. The Employer may charge reasonable and customary fees for substantial amounts of services.
Section 2. The internal business of the Federation shall normally be conducted by employees during their non-duty hours. However, selected and designated Federation officers or appointees shall be allowed a reasonable amount of paid time to investigate and process grievance and arbitration matters.
Section 3. The Federation's staff will be allowed to visit work areas during working hours provided that advance permission is received and that the visit shall not unduly disrupt work in progress.
Section 4. Whenever members of the bargaining unit are scheduled by the Employer to participate during working hours in conferences or meetings, they shall be granted the necessary release time.
Section 5. The Employer shall ensure reasonable access to the Federation an up-to-date policy manual of its rules, regulations, and policies on employment related matters. The Federation shall be notified of any proposed changes or additions to personnel rules, regulations and policies issued by the Department of Administration and the Department of Public Health & Human Services sufficiently in advance to allow discussion and comment by the Federation.
Section 6. The Employer, within 30 days of the signing of this Agreement, shall present the Federation with a list of the names and addresses of all current employees covered by this Agreement, and shall update such list each month for all new hires.
Section 7. Federation representatives shall have the right to inspect an employee's personnel file with a specific authorization in writing by the employee. Federation representatives may obtain a copy of a document related to a formal grievance provided specific authorization is obtained in writing from the employee.
Section 8. The Federation shall have the right to adequate space on bulletin boards for posting notices and shall have access, subject to availability, to a meeting room on the Employer's premises.
Section 9. The Employer agrees to provide notice to the Federation of any suspension or discharge of any member of the bargaining unit.
Section 10. The Employer agrees to provide 20 working days advance notice to the Federation of any employee layoff, along with an opportunity to comment on the layoff.
Section 11. The Employer shall allow a maximum of 18 employees release time for Federation members to attend the MFPE Annual Conference with prior management approval for time off.
Section 12. The Federation shall be granted the opportunity to provide membership information to union represented positions during new employee orientation or the onboarding process.
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 Xxxxxx 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
EMPLOYEE AND ASSOCIATION RIGHTS 4.1 Association business, discussions, and activities may be conducted by bargaining unit members or union officials on district property, whenever:
4.1.1 An authorized Association representative obtains advance permission from the Superintendent or designee regarding the specific time, place, and type of activity to be conducted.
4.1.2 The Superintendent or designee can verify that such requested activities and use of facilities will not interfere with the school programs and/or duties of bargaining unit members, and will not directly or indirectly interfere with the right of employees to refrain from listening or speaking with a union representative.
4.2 The Association may use the school mailboxes and staff workroom bulletin boards and other means of communication subject to the following conditions: (a) all postings for bulletin board or items for school mailboxes must contain the date of posting or distribution and the identification of the organization, together with a designated authorization by the Association president; (b) a copy of such postings or distributions must be delivered to the Superintendent or designee at the same time as posting or distribution; and, (c) if the Association continually posts or distributes information which is derogatory or defamatory of the District or its personnel, the District may remove the right to post or distribute for a period of one full semester.
4.3 Reasonable access will be provided the Association to duplicating equipment, as long as its use does not interfere with the production of materials for the educational program or administrative functions of the District. The Association will reimburse the District at the same rate as the public for the use of the equipment.
4.4 The Association may exclusively receive time off from duties for the processing of grievances past the Informal Level of the grievance procedure, Article 19 herein, for bargaining unit members who are designated as Association representatives, subject to the following conditions:
4.4.1 By no later than fifteen (15) days following the signing of this Agreement, the Association will designate in writing to the Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources, two bargaining unit members who are to receive the time off;
4.4.2 Within fifteen (15) days of the signing of this agreement and within two (2) days of any changes the Association will provide written notification to the Assistant Superintendent a list of all Association officers to include, but not be limited to president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, directors, and grievance representatives. It is recognized that any MTA member, who for whatever reason becomes a non-MTA member, can no longer be an Association officer/representative or represent the Association in any way.
4.4.3 Twenty-four (24) hours prior to release from duties for grievance processing the designated representative informs his immediate supervisor in order that an adequate substitute may be obtained, if such is necessary; and,
4.4.4 That such time off shall be limited solely to representing a grievant in a conference with a management person, beyond the Informal Level, and in no way shall this limitation include use of such time for matters such as gathering information, interviewing witnesses, or preparing a presentation.
4.5 The District shall, at no charge, furnish the Association with one copy of any official budgetary documentation that is available in the district; however, the Association will reimburse the District for the cost of reproduction of subsequent copies.
4.6 The District shall furnish the Association with access to the placement of personnel on the respective salary schedules.
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES SECTION 1 The Association shall have, in addition to other rights expressly set forth or provided by statute, the following rights:
A. Special conferences for important matters will be arranged between the Association President and the designated representative of the Employer upon request of either party. Such meetings will normally be between at least two (2) representatives of each of the parties and will be held at mutually agreeable times and places. Should the Employer require such meetings to be during participating bargaining unit members’ normal scheduled hours, such members will be released for the purpose of attending such conferences without loss of pay.
B. The Association shall be provided with bulletin board space for the purpose of posting Association materials. These bulletin boards will be designated by building principals. The Association shall also have the right to use the school mails to distribute Association material upon the notification of the building principal. No political matter or advertising of any kind will be so posted or distributed without administrative authorization; i.e., millage proposals, ballot items.
C. The Association shall have the right to use school facilities for meetings as long as the intended use does not interfere or conflict unduly with regular school functions, violate school policy, or increase personnel costs.
D. The Association shall have the right to use non-recreational school equipment, including typewriters, mimeograph machines, other duplicating equipment, calculating machines, and all types of audiovisual equipment for Association meetings with the building principal’s approval and scheduling availability.
E. The Association shall pay for the cost of all materials and supplies incidental to such use and shall be responsible for proper operation and care of all such equipment, including repair costs.
F. After notifying the Principal’s office, duly authorized representatives of the Association, or representatives of the state and national levels, shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property provided that this shall not interfere with nor interrupt normal school operation.
G. The officers of the Association or their designees shall have the opportunity to discuss, upon request, any new or modified fiscal budgetary educational policy.
H. The Association shall be credited with a total of eight (8) days to be used by the officers or agents of the Association to bona fide Association business; such use to be at the discretion of the Association as provided herein.
1. The Association agrees to notify the Board no less than forty-eight (48) hours in advance of taking such leave, except in an emergency.
2. The Association will provide payment of the substitute employee on all days.
3. Any employee scheduled to work on such leave shall receive full pay for such day (not including overtime).
I. The duties of any bargaining unit member or the responsibilities of any position in the bargaining unit may not be substantially altered, or increased, (Minor modification in job description excepted) during the life of this Agreement without the concurrence of the employee and the Association.
J. The parties recognize that supervisors may perform some duties which are similar or identical to bargaining unit employees and such functions shall not be considered a violation of this Agreement, so long as no full-time bargaining unit positions are displaced.
K. The Employer agrees to furnish to the Association President, MEA Uniserv Director, or Building Designee available information concerning the financial resources of the District together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaint in a manner consistent with Article 6.
L. Within ten (10) working days the Employer shall notify the Association of a new said hire in writing which includes rate of pay, step, date of hire, and position.
M. The Employer agrees to provide each employee with a copy of the negotiated agreement.
Retention Rights This Agreement and the grant evidenced hereby do not give you the right to be retained by the Company (or any Affiliate) in any capacity. Unless otherwise specified in an employment or other written agreement between the Company (or any Affiliate) and you, the Company (and any Affiliate) reserve the right to terminate your Service at any time and for any reason.
Option Rights Except as provided below, the Option shall be valid for a term commencing on the Grant Date and ending 10 years after the Grant Date (the "EXPIRATION DATE").
Information Rights So long as the Holder holds this Warrant and/or any of the Shares, the Company shall deliver to the Holder (a) promptly after mailing, copies of all communiques to the shareholders of the Company, (b) within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, the annual audited financial statements of the Company certified by independent public accountants of recognized standing and (c) within forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the first three quarters of each fiscal year, the Company's quarterly, unaudited financial statements.
ASSOCIATION AND TEACHER RIGHTS A. Pursuant to the Michigan Public Employment Relations Act, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of the Board shall have the right freely to organize, join and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under color of law of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any rights conferred by the Act or other laws of Michigan or the Constitution of Michigan and the United States; that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his membership in the Association, the teacher's participation in any activities of the Association or collective professional negotiations with the Board, or their institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment.
B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny or restrict to any teacher rights he may have under the Michigan General School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The rights granted to teachers hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided elsewhere.
C. The local Xxxxxxxx Education Association and its representatives shall have the right to use school buildings at all reasonable after school hours for meetings, provided that when special custodial service is required, the Board may make a reasonable charge therefore, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
D. Duly authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
E. The Association shall have the exclusive right to post notices of activities and matters of Association concern on teacher bulletin boards, at least one of which shall be provided in each school building. The Association may use the district intra-mail service and teacher mail boxes for communications to teachers.
F. The Board agrees to make available to the Association in response to reasonable requests all public information concerning the financial resources of the district, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations (including county allocation board budgets), agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, treasurer's reports, census and membership data, names and addresses of all teachers, salaries paid thereto and educational background, and such other information as will assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaint.
G. The Board may consult with the Association on any new or modified fiscal, budgetary or tax programs, construction programs, or major revisions of educational policy, which are proposed or under consideration and the Association may be given opportunity to advise the Board with respect to said matters prior to their adoption and/or general publication. The Board shall not submit any proposal for additional operational or building millage without prior consultation with the Association.
H. The provisions of this Agreement shall be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status. Membership in the Association shall not be denied to any teacher because of race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex and/or marital status.
I. The rights granted herein to the Association shall not be granted or extended to any competing labor organization.
J. The Board shall place on the agenda of each regular board meeting as the first or second item for consideration under "new business" any matters brought to its consideration by the Association so long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's Office six (6) calendar days prior to said regular meeting.
K. The Association shall have a maximum of eleven (11) days total each school year of released time without loss of pay for officers, delegates, committee chairpersons, and/or members to take part in business which pertains to the Association. The Association President shall make all requests on behalf of Association members. The Association shall provide at least five (5) days prior notice. The Association shall pay the substitute fee. Substitutes will be obtained through regular channels.
Individual Rights Nothing contained herein shall be construed as limiting the right of any employee having a complaint to discuss the matter through administrative channels and to have the problem adjusted without the intervention of the Association, as long as the Association is notified in writing of the disposition of the matter and such disposition is not inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement.
