Common Interest Forum. 8.1 The Company and the Union share a mutual commitment to the achievement of strategic and revenue growth objectives consistent with the Dex One Service, Inc. Strategic Plan and the interests of the employees.
8.2 One Union representative (who is also an active employee of the Company) may be excused from work with pay, based on the needs of the business, to attend a Common Interest Forum or other such joint conferences initiated by management and mutually agreed to in advance as such.
8.2.1 Pay treatment will be in the same manner as other absences that are excused with pay, e.g., a vacation day, for a maximum of eight (8) hours per session.
8.2.2 If more than one Union representative is excused from work for participation, such representative shall be unpaid unless the Director-Labor Relations or the Director-Human Resources has agreed in advance.
Common Interest Forum. A. Recognizing that rapid changes are occurring and will continue to occur in the information and telecommunications businesses, the parties express their intent that a forum of common interest will be established in the Company for the following purposes:
1. Providing a framework for early communications and discussion between the parties on business developments of mutual interest and concern to the parties and their constituencies;
2. Discussing and reviewing innovative approaches to enhance the competitiveness of the Company and improve employment security;
3. Improving understanding and relationships between the parties and avoiding unnecessary disputes by cooperatively addressing significant changes and developments in the Union or Company environment.
B. Equal numbers of key Union and Management persons shall constitute the forum in the Company. Meetings will be convened by the parties at mutually agreeable places and times but no less often than semi-annually. Otherwise, the members of the forum shall determine its composition, structure, agenda, and operation.
C. It is the intent that such forum supports the collective bargaining process, the established contractual dispute resolution procedures, and the existing joint Union-Management committees.
Common Interest Forum. A common interest forum will be established for the following purposes:
Common Interest Forum. 39.01 A common interest forum will be established for the following purposes: Providing a framework for early communication and discussion between the parties on business developments of mutual interest and concern to the parties and their constituencies; Discussing and reviewing innovative approaches to enhance the competitiveness of the Company and improve employment security; Improving understanding and relationships between the parties and avoiding unnecessary disputes by cooperatively addressing significant changes and developments in the Union or Company environment.
39.02 Equal numbers of key Union and Management persons shall constitute the forum. Meetings will be convened by the parties at mutually agreeable places and times but no less often than quarterly. Otherwise, the members of the forum shall determine its composition, structure, agendas, and operation.
39.03 It is the intent that such forum support the collective bargaining process, the established contractual dispute resolution procedures, and the existing joint Union-Management Committees.
Common Interest Forum. The Companies, the CWA and the IBEW mutually believe that it would be beneficial for the parties to engage in periodic discussions regarding the state of the business and workplace issues of mutual concern. Accordingly, as a result of the 2011 negotiations, the Companies and the unions will establish a separate Common Interest Forum (“CIF”) for Pennsylvania/Delaware Commercial, Pennsylvania/Delaware Plant, New Jersey CWA, New Jersey IBEW and the Potomac region to facilitate such discussions. The Pennsylvania/Delaware Commercial CIF will consist of no more than ten union and ten management representatives. The Pennsylvania/Delaware Plant CIF will consist of no more than ten union representatives and ten management representatives. The New Jersey CWA CIF will consist of no more than eight CWA representatives and no more than eight management representatives. The New Jersey IBEW CIF will consist of no more than six IBEW representatives and six management representatives. The Potomac CIF will consist of no more than six union representatives and six management representatives. The unions’ representatives will be selected by the unions in their sole discretion. A CWA National Union representative, or the designee of the IBEW Business Manager/President, will attend meetings, but will not be counted against the allotment of union representatives. The management representatives will be selected by the Companies in their sole discretion, but will include at least one Labor Relations Director, one Vice President with responsibility for operations and one Director with responsibility for operations. The CIF will meet twice a year, at mutually agreeable times and places. The parties will set an agenda in advance of each meeting. Each party has the right to place items of interest on the agenda of any CIF meeting.
Common Interest Forum. (a) A Common Interest Forum shall be created which will meet at least quarterly, to consider methods of improving working conditions, productivity and cost saving procedures. This committee will also be used as a clearing house for the exchange of information between the employer and the Union regarding planned actions or changes and their effects on represented employees, and as a forum to seek mutually acceptable ways of implementation, which enhance the employer’s ability to grow, improve client service, and improve its competitiveness.
(b) The committee shall consist of five (5) Union and five (5) Employer representatives one of which shall be the Director of Human Resources of the Hospital and one the Local Union’s Business Agent or their designee.
Common Interest Forum. Section 10.1 The Company and Union will make provisions for a common interest forum to facilitate discussion regarding business developments of mutual interest and concern. The Union and the Company will designate their respective representatives for the forum. Meetings will be held periodically, no less than annually, at mutually agreeable places and times. The forum may appoint other committees as needed to work on special issues.
Section 10.2 Recognizing that rapid changes are occurring and will continue to occur in the information business, the parties express their intent that a forum of common interest will be established in the Company for the following purposes:
Section 10.3 Providing a framework for early communications and discussion between the parties on business developments of mutual interest and concern to the parties and their constituencies;
Section 10.4 Discussing and reviewing innovative approaches to enhance the competitiveness of the Company and improve employment security;
Section 10.5 Improving understanding and relationships between the parties and avoiding unnecessary disputes by cooperatively addressing significant change and developments in the Union or Company Environment.
Section 10.6 Equal numbers of key Union and Management persons shall constitute the forum in the Company. Meetings will be convened by the parties at mutually agreeable places and times periodically, no less than annually. Otherwise, the members of the forum shall determine its composition, structure, agenda and operation.
Section 10.7 It is the intent that such forum supports the collective bargaining process, the established contractual dispute resolution procedures, and the existing joint Union–Management committee.
Common Interest Forum. 28.1 Recognizing that rapid changes are occurring and will continue in the information and telecommunications industries, the parties express their intent that forums of common interest be held at appropriate operational levels in order to promote the principles of a cooperative Union- Management business alliance, specifically, the Common Interest Forum will serve the following purposes;
a.) Establish a business alliance by providing a framework for early communication and
b.) Discuss and review innovative approaches to equip the Company to maintain the highest levels of excellence and success in the face of rapidly increasing competition in both traditional and newly emerging telecommunications markets thereby improving employees’ competitive responsiveness.
c.) Improve understanding of and relationships between the parties and thereby avoid unnecessary disputes by cooperatively addressing significant changes and developments in both the Union and Company environments.
d.) It is anticipated that Management members of the Forum will include Management with operations responsibilities. Union members of the Forum will include a IBEW Staff Representative and Local Officers whose positions within the IBEW influence a broad range of responsibilities. Meetings will be convened by the parties at mutually agreeable places and times.
e.) It is intended that each Forum support the collective bargaining process, the established contracted dispute resolution procedures and any other joint committee.
Common Interest Forum. 39.01 A common interest forum will be established for the following purposes:
(1) Providing a framework for early communication and discussion between the parties on business developments of mutual interest and concern to the parties and their constituencies;
(2) Discussing and reviewing innovative approaches to enhance the competitiveness of the Company and improve employment security;
(3) Improving understanding and relationships between the parties and avoiding unnecessary disputes by cooperatively addressing significant changes and developments in the Union or Company environment.
39.02 Equal numbers of key Union and Management persons shall constitute the forum. Meetings will be convened by the parties at
39.03 It is the intent that such forum supports the collective bargaining process, the established contractual dispute resolution procedures,
Common Interest Forum. 9.01 Because the parties recognize that rapid changes are occurring and will continue to occur in the information and telecommunications businesses, a forum of common interest is established in the Company for the following purposes:
1) Providing a framework for early communications and discussion between the parties on business developments of mutual interest and concern to the parties and their constituencies.
2) Discussing and reviewing innovative approaches to enhance the competitiveness of the Company and improve employment security.
3) Improving understanding and relationships between the parties and avoiding unnecessary disputes by cooperatively addressing significant changes and developments in the Union or Company environment.
9.02 Equal numbers of key union and management persons shall constitute the forum in the Company. Meetings will be convened by the parties at mutually agreeable places and times but no less often than quarterly.
9.03 It is the intent that such forum supports the collective bargaining process, the established contractual dispute resolution procedures, and the existing joint union-management committees.
