CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TEAMS Sample Clauses

CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TEAMS. The parties share the goals of building a world class, high performance organization and addressing employment security through business success. Approaches such as joint creative solutions teams may facilitate the achievement of these goals. Management and CWA support the participatory process as an important part of the collective bargaining process. Collective bargaining provides a continuing framework to discuss approaches to improving the work process as well as terms and conditions of employment. The parties agree to the following principles to ensure success of the Joint Creative Team process: A) The UNION and management must mutually agree on roles and responsibilities, objectives and goals, how the relationship will be described and communicated, the substance and providers of training and other key issues. B) The UNION shall select all representatives of bargaining unit employees who participate in the various components outlined below. C) The UNION shall have access to information needed to participate in a meaningful way in the process as jointly defined by the COMPANY and the UNION. D) At each component level, the COMPANY and the UNION may jointly agree to appoint special task forces to address specific issues and to make recommendations. E) Workplace models will be jointly defined by the COMPANY and the UNION and changes will not be implemented unless jointly agreed to by the parties. F) A Creative Solution Team is a joint COMPANY/UNION initiative, involving employees in the local workplace, where COMPANY and UNION representatives jointly identify and discuss new approaches to achieving business and UNION goals in the local workplace. Teams include, but would not be limited to (1) employee participation initiatives, (2) self-managed/self-directed team environments, (3) continuous quality improvement efforts, (4) flexible, highly-skilled work environments, (5) information sharing, (6) UNION involvement in the development of new systems of work organization, and (7) joint projects designed to enhance the COMPANY's competitive position and expand employment opportunities for employees. G) This process facilitates participation by the UNION in business decisions regarding the development and deployment of new technologies and work structures which will help achieve the goals of enhanced service quality and employee job satisfaction. Appendix 6-A PAYROLL DEDUCTION AUTHORIZATION ------------------------------ ---------------------------------------...