Bargaining Procedures. A. The scope of bargaining shall be matters of wages, hours, terms and other conditions of employment, and the continuation, modification, or deletion of an existing provision of the collective bargaining agreement.
B. The Board and Association shall each designate a bargaining team of no more than five (5) members. All bargaining shall be conducted by and between these teams.
C. Not earlier than one hundred twenty (120) calendar days and not later than one hundred five (105) calendar days prior to the expiration date of the negotiated agreement, either party may notify the other in writing of a desire to commence bargaining. It is the responsibility of the parties to submit the appropriate notice/s in accord with R.C. 4117.
D. Within fifteen (15) calendar days after receipt of such notice, an initial meeting will be held for the purpose of permitting the parties to submit in writing all of their proposals and negotiations. Thereafter, neither party shall be able to submit additional items for negotiations except with the consent of the other party. Topical lists of items proposed for negotiations ("laundry lists") shall constitute a clear failure of compliance and may be disregarded.
E. Original proposals of both parties shall be in writing in language suitable for inclusion in the agreement.
F. The bargaining procedure will be set at the initial meeting. All necessary subsequent meetings shall be held at times and places mutually agreed to by the parties. Either party may require, at each meeting, a decision on the date and time of the subsequent meeting.
Bargaining Procedures.
8.01 The Company will grant time off without loss of pay, service, seniority or benefits to employees chosen by the Council to attend pre- bargaining caucus meetings. Application of this clause will be limited to a maximum of one hundred and five (105) person days for all time required for pre-bargaining caucus meetings.
8.02 The Company agrees to pay basic wages for employees who are members of the Council Bargaining Committee while engaged in collective bargaining. The Company also agrees that there will be no loss of service, seniority or benefits.
8.03 The Company and the Council will mutually decide the location and venue of collective bargaining and jointly share the cost of the bargaining meeting room used during collective bargaining. It is agreed that the bargaining meeting room will be used by the Council for its caucus meetings during bargaining.
8.04 All negotiations for the renewal and amendment of this Collective Agreement will be conducted between the authorized bargaining representatives of the Council and the designated bargaining representatives of the Company in a manner consistent with this Agreement and the Canada Labour Code.
Bargaining Procedures. The Association and the Board shall each designate one representative from each building to serve as their bargaining teams. Alternates may be designated; however, alternates will attend the meetings only when serving in the place of a regular team member.
Bargaining Procedures. The parties agree to enter into bargaining in accordance with RCW 28B.52 consistent with the terms of this Agreement. Any agreement so bargained shall be reduced to writing and shall be presented to the Board and the CCCFT for their ratification.
Bargaining Procedures. A. Negotiations
1. Negotiable matters will be all matters with respect to wages, hours, terms and conditions of employment, and the continuation, modification, or deletion of an existing provision of this Agreement.
2. Negotiating teams - No more than four (4) representatives or designees of the Board, the Superintendent or his/her designated representative, and no more than six (6) representatives named by the teacher's organization recognized as the Exclusive Representative shall comprise a joint committee for the purpose of negotiating All negotiations shall be in executive session and exclusively between said representation/designees.
3. In addition, each team shall be authorized to admit no more that two (2) observers at one time to such meetings.
4. Negotiating Teams will mutually agree upon the negotiation method (Interest-Based, Traditional or other procedure).
5. Upon the written request of the Exclusive Representative or the Board, made no sooner than February 15, the designated representatives shall call for an initial meeting of the Joint Negotiation Committee to take place not later than March 1. The purpose of this initial meeting will be to exchange proposals and discuss agenda items. Therefore, negotiations meetings shall be held at such times and places as are agreed to by the members of the negotiating teams.
6. The Board agrees to furnish the Exclusive Representative, upon prior written request, all routinely available public information concerning financial resources of the district and such other information that is specifically requested by Exclusive Representative. Up to two (2) consultants may be used by either party. The expenses of said consultants shall be borne by the party retaining them.
1 For purposes of this Agreement classroom teaching personnel shall have the same definitions as appear in RC 3319.09 (A), except for those classifications which are excluded from the bargaining unit as listed herein above.
Bargaining Procedures. 1. Association requests for negotiations meetings will be made in writing to the Board through the Superintendent. Requests by the Board or its representatives will be made in writing to the President of the Association. Requests for meetings may contain the time and place of the meeting. Request for negotiations shall not be honored if received more than one hundred twenty (120) days or less than sixty (60) days before the expiration of the contract unless agreed to by both parties.
2. An agreement will be reached within seven (7) calendar days after the request as to the time and place of the meeting, which will be held within fifteen (15) calendar days after the request has been submitted, unless both parties agree to an extension of time. Further meetings will be held at the request of each party.
3. Negotiations meetings will be scheduled with the least interruption of school schedules; however, if absolutely necessary and upon mutual agreement, the negotiating committee will be released from school duties without loss of pay to attend those meetings. Meetings will be in closed session unless otherwise mutually agreed to by both parties. All negotiations are to be completed within sixty (60) calendar days from the second session unless the time limit is extended by mutual agreement. Items not yet agreed to within the 60 calendar days period, or mutually agreed upon extended time period, will be processed by the provisions of disagreement (Article II, Section C) stated in this Agreement.
4. The Board and Association may, upon mutual agreement, hold study sessions prior to formal negotiations.
5. This Agreement will be subject to amendment according to procedure set forth in Article II, Section C of this Agreement.
Bargaining Procedures. Notwithstanding divisions (A) through (C) of this article as provided below, the Board and Association may mutually agree to enter into an alternative bargaining process based on mutually agreed upon ground rules. Each of the respective parties agrees to abide by those ground rules throughout such process.
Bargaining Procedures. A. Two subcommittees, Employee Well-Being and Satisfaction and Employee Education and Training, in addition to the Bargaining Leadership Team will meet as needed for the purpose of reviewing the administration of the Agreement and to resolve problems that might arise. These meetings are not intended to bypass the grievance procedure. Should such a meeting result in a mutually acceptable amendment to the Agreement, then the amendment shall be subject to ratification by the Board and the Association.
Bargaining Procedures. 1. At the first meeting, a mutual exchange of proposals shall occur. Thereafter, no additional items may be added to the agenda unless mutually agreed upon.
2. During the course of negotiations, items tentatively agreed to shall be reduced to writing, signed, by the spokesperson for each negotiating team, and set aside. No item shall be considered finally accepted until all items have been resolved and acted upon by the Board and the Association.
3. All negotiations shall be held during times mutually agreed upon and shall continue for a period of sixty (60) days or until the parties agree upon a Master Contract, whichever occurs first. After sixty (60) days negotiations shall take place at the call of the mediator. Each after school session shall not exceed three (3) hours unless by mutual consent, or unless directed otherwise by the mediator per Article II.
Bargaining Procedures. A. Matters not specifically covered by this Agreement but of concern to both parties shall be subject to professional negotiation between them during the period of this Agreement upon mutual agreement by both parties.
B. Representatives of the Board and the Association shall meet upon the request of either party during the regular school year to resolve problems that may arise under this Agreement. These meetings are not intended to bypass the bargaining or grievance procedures. Any amendment to this Agreement shall be subject to ratification by the Board and the bargaining unit.
C. If either party desires to negotiate, modify, amend, or terminate this Agreement upon its expiration, a written notice must be submitted to the other party prior to April 1, of the year in which the Agreement expires.
D. In any bargaining described in this agreement, neither party shall have any control over the selection of the bargaining representative of the other party. It is recognized that before any agreement reached by the bargaining representatives can be executed, it must be ratified by the majority of the Board and a majority of the voting members of the bargaining unit, but the parties mutually pledge that their representatives shall be clothed with all necessary power and authority to make proposals, consider proposals, and make concessions in the course of bargaining. Throughout bargaining, all tentative agreements shall be signed by representatives designated by each party.
E. Should an impasse occur, then either party or both parties jointly may petition for a mediator as a means of attempting resolution of the item or items in dispute. The initial recourse shall be to petition the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) for a mediator. In the event that a solution cannot be reached through mediation, by mutual agreement of both parties the impasse shall then be submitted to a special master under the Public Employees Relations Commission (PERC) guidelines.
F. The articles of this Agreement will automatically be contained in successor Agreements except that items contained herein and proposed by either party for re-negotiation shall be subject to negotiations as provided in this article.
G. All negotiations shall be in accordance with applicable Florida Statutes and PERC guidelines.
