Bargaining a New Contract Sample Clauses

Bargaining a New Contract. ‌ 1. The Employer and Union may agree to use a collaborative bargaining approach when negotiating a new contract. Such processes may follow guidelines provided by the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS). 2. The Union will notify the Employer no later than ninety (90) days prior to expiration of the collective bargaining agreement to formally open negotiations. Bargaining will be conducted at times and places mutually agreeable to the negotiators named by each party. The Employer and the Union may list the issues to be negotiated at the first meeting. Other issues may be added to the list at a later date if mutually agreed to. 3. During negotiations the following principles of Interest Based Bargaining, as established by the FMCS, will be used to the extent possible by both parties: a) Share relevant information which is critical for effective solutions b) Focus on issues, not personalities c) Focus on the present and future, not the past d) Focus on the interests underlying the issues, not only on positions e) Focus on mutual interests; helping to satisfy the other party’s interests as well as your own f) Brainstorm to generate options to satisfy mutual and separate interests g) Evaluate options to satisfy those interests by objective criteria, rather than power of leverage 4. The negotiators for each party shall have the authority to make tentative agreements. However, final agreement shall be contingent upon favorable ratification by the Board and the Union. 5. Bargaining sessions will be conducted according to a set of ground rules established by the parties at their first meeting. The Employer will release up to five (5) negotiators on the Union team without loss of pay for negotiation sessions scheduled during the work day. 6. Upon request by the Union, the Employer shall furnish information including but not limited to, budget, monthly and annual financial report(s) and staff placement on the College salary schedules. 7. Any changes in these procedures shall be made through the process of bargaining as provided herein.
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  • Collective Bargaining Agreement The term “

  • Collective Bargaining Agreements This chapter shall be superseded by a collective bargaining agreement that expressly so provides.

  • Bargaining Unit The term "bargaining unit" as used in this Agreement refers to the bargaining unit defined in Article 1, Recognition.

  • Bargaining Unit Roster The County will transmit to the Union a current listing

  • Bargaining Unit Work The City agrees that it will not assign work currently performed by employees under this Agreement to City employees in other bargaining units.

  • BARGAINING AGENCY 2.01 The Company recognizes and agrees that the Union is the sole bargaining agent for the employees of the Company employed at the place(s) set out in the certificate(s) of bargaining authority and at any other premises opened or taken over by the Company in British Columbia. 2.02 This Agreement shall be binding on the Company and the Union and their respective successors, administrators, executors and assigns and on each employee.

  • Collective Bargaining Unit 1.1 The Company recognizes the Union as the sole bargaining agent for all regular, part-time and temporary employees1, including technicians of the construction field forces and security employees but excluding: (a) Employees now represented by other bargaining agents. (b) Persons above the rank of working supervisor. (c) Persons who exercise managerial functions in accordance with the Ontario Labour Relations Act. (d) Persons employed in a confidential capacity in matters relating to labour relations in accordance with the Ontario Labour Relations Act. 1.2 The grievance/arbitration procedure may be used to challenge any unreasonable, arbitrary or bad faith action taken by the Company which results in the exclusion of any employee or position from the bargaining unit. The parties will attempt to resolve disputes expeditiously. 1 "Employees" are employees pursuant to the Labour Relations Act for Ontario SO, 1995, c.1 Schedule A, as amended. 1.3 When an employee is removed from normal duties to act in a vacated position or relieve for an incumbent or perform a temporary assignment, the following shall apply: (a) When the length of time involved is known to be three months or less, the employee will retain his/her present jurisdictional status. (b) When it is expected that the length of time will be longer than three months, the employee will be excluded or included at the commencement of his/her new responsibilities. However, in the event the period is actually less than three months: (1) in exclusion cases, the Union will be reimbursed the dues which would have been paid; (2) in inclusion cases, the Union will reimburse the employee the dues which have been paid. (c) When the length of time is unknown, the employee will retain his/her present jurisdictional status up to the three month period. If the period extends beyond three months, the employee will then be either included or excluded.

  • Sole Bargaining Agency The Employer recognizes the Union as the sole bargaining agency on behalf of the employees for whom the Union has been certified as bargaining agent with respect to wages, hours of work, terms and conditions of employment during the life of this Agreement.

  • BARGAINING PROCEDURE 10.01 All negotiations with a view to the completion of a collective agreement or to effecting changes or modifications in this Agreement shall be conducted between the authorized bargaining Representatives of the Union on the one hand and the designated bargaining Representatives of the Company on the other. 10.02 No agreement resulting from collective bargaining as herein provided shall be deemed to have been concluded until it is reduced to writing and signed by the authorized bargaining Representatives of the Union and by the designated bargaining Representatives of the Company, and an agreement so signed shall take effect as and from the effective date specified therein.

  • Bargaining unit members shall earn their salary at the Equalized Daily rate. A bargaining unit member’s Equalized Daily Rate of Pay shall be calculated based upon dividing the annual salary by the number of paid days in the bargaining unit member’s work calendar. Upon termination, bargaining unit members shall be paid through their last day worked at the Equalized Daily rate.

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