Facility Access of Union Representatives. The Union will provide the Union representative’s name to the Employer. Union representatives shall have access to the facility to confer with the Employer, Union Stewards, or members and administer this Agreement. The Union shall provide twenty-four (24) hours advance notice, via email to the facility Administrator, for facility access before entry. The Administrator may deny facility access by an emailed response when the Union representatives did not provide sufficient notice before entry or under extraordinary circumstances such as state survey or a contagious illness in the facility. If the Administrator does not respond to the advance email, the Union representative may access the facility per the notification. If the facility visit is about filing an employee’s grievance or investigating a potential grievance, the Union representative shall immediately access the Employer’s premises. Upon entering the facility, the Union representative shall notify the Administrator, or their designee, of the representative’s presence. Union representatives shall confer with employees during the employee’s non-working time in the employee break room and other non-work areas.
Facility Access of Union Representatives. Official representatives of the Union will be permitted to visit the Employer's premises to conduct Union business and confer with workers covered by this Agreement during their nonwork time, in break areas, and other places open to the public. Such visits shall not interfere with the operation of the nursing home or the performance of the workers' duties. The Union will use its best efforts to provide the Facility’s Administrator or designee with twenty-four (24) hours' notice before visiting the premises. The Union Representative shall inform the Administrator or their designee of their visit when first entering the nursing home's premises. The Union will provide the Union representative’s name to the Employer. The Administrator may deny facility access due to extraordinary circumstances such as a state survey or a contagious illness in the facility and will use its best efforts to inform the Union Representative. If the Union Representative’s facility access is to file a member’s grievance or investigate a potential grievance, the Representative may immediately access the Employer’s premises. Upon entering the facility, the Union representative will notify the Administrator or designee.
