ASSOCIATION RIGHTS A. Representatives of the Association may make announcements during faculty meetings.
B. Representatives of the Association may make announcements on all school building systems, before or after the student day, regarding meeting times and locations, and reminders of Association deadlines.
C. The Association shall have access to the Board Policy Book on the District’s website.
D. The Association President shall be sent copies of the agenda, minutes, and any other attachments for each board meeting prior to that meeting.
E. The Association shall be granted the right to use teacher mailboxes for any and all communications. No other teacher union shall be given this right.
F. Association representatives may meet with employees during the workday, providing the visit does not interfere with class instruction.
G. The Association shall be granted, at no cost, the right to use the district’s facilities to conduct Association business at reasonable times.
H. The Association shall receive free copies of the financial reports of the district.
I. The Association shall be given time on the first teacher day of each new school year for the purpose of making appropriate Association announcements.
J. The Association shall have the use of bulletin boards in all employee workrooms and lounges, the use of the PA system to make necessary announcements, and the right to make Association statements at Staff/Faculty Meetings, and be provided time at each regular Board Meeting to address the Board.
K. The Association shall be granted paid leave in the total amount of three (3) days to represent teacher interests. The Association President shall notify the Superintendent three (3) days in advance of the person/s who will be using Association Leave and the date/s on which it will be taken.
L. Any employee elected to serve in a State (OEA) or National (NEA) office shall be given an unpaid leave of absence with no loss of seniority. Upon returning to the district, the employee shall be placed into a similar position to that they held prior to the leave and will be placed on the appropriate pay level they should receive based on their experience and educational background.
M. The Association shall be provided bulletin board space in a place readily accessible to and normally frequented by all teachers in the District for posting official notices and other official materials relating to Association activities.
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES SECTION 1 The Association shall have, in addition to other rights expressly set forth or provided by statute, the following rights:
A. Special conferences for important matters will be arranged between the Association President and the designated representative of the Employer upon request of either party. Such meetings will normally be between at least two (2) representatives of each of the parties and will be held at mutually agreeable times and places. Should the Employer require such meetings to be during participating bargaining unit members’ normal scheduled hours, such members will be released for the purpose of attending such conferences without loss of pay.
B. The Association shall be provided with bulletin board space for the purpose of posting Association materials. These bulletin boards will be designated by building principals. The Association shall also have the right to use the school mails to distribute Association material upon the notification of the building principal. No political matter or advertising of any kind will be so posted or distributed without administrative authorization; i.e., millage proposals, ballot items.
C. The Association shall have the right to use school facilities for meetings as long as the intended use does not interfere or conflict unduly with regular school functions, violate school policy, or increase personnel costs.
D. The Association shall have the right to use non-recreational school equipment, including typewriters, mimeograph machines, other duplicating equipment, calculating machines, and all types of audiovisual equipment for Association meetings with the building principal’s approval and scheduling availability.
E. The Association shall pay for the cost of all materials and supplies incidental to such use and shall be responsible for proper operation and care of all such equipment, including repair costs.
F. After notifying the Principal’s office, duly authorized representatives of the Association, or representatives of the state and national levels, shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property provided that this shall not interfere with nor interrupt normal school operation.
G. The officers of the Association or their designees shall have the opportunity to discuss, upon request, any new or modified fiscal budgetary educational policy.
H. The Association shall be credited with a total of eight (8) days to be used by the officers or agents of the Association to bona fide Association business; such use to be at the discretion of the Association as provided herein.
1. The Association agrees to notify the Board no less than forty-eight (48) hours in advance of taking such leave, except in an emergency.
2. The Association will provide payment of the substitute employee on all days.
3. Any employee scheduled to work on such leave shall receive full pay for such day (not including overtime).
I. The duties of any bargaining unit member or the responsibilities of any position in the bargaining unit may not be substantially altered, or increased, (Minor modification in job description excepted) during the life of this Agreement without the concurrence of the employee and the Association.
J. The parties recognize that supervisors may perform some duties which are similar or identical to bargaining unit employees and such functions shall not be considered a violation of this Agreement, so long as no full-time bargaining unit positions are displaced.
K. The Employer agrees to furnish to the Association President, MEA Uniserv Director, or Building Designee available information concerning the financial resources of the District together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaint in a manner consistent with Article 6.
L. Within ten (10) working days the Employer shall notify the Association of a new said hire in writing which includes rate of pay, step, date of hire, and position.
M. The Employer agrees to provide each employee with a copy of the negotiated agreement.
FEDERATION RIGHTS A. The Federation, through its representatives, shall have the right to transact official Federation business relevant to employees on school district property at all reasonable times, provided that it does not interfere with or interrupt classes or other normal school district operations. Such rooms or other appropriate meeting facilities shall be made available for Federation use as requested without charge to the Federation, except that the District may make a reasonable charge when special service is required beyond normal operational practice.
B. The Federation and its building representatives shall have the right to use school district facilities and equipment, at reasonable times, when the same are not otherwise in use. This shall not include use of, or access its HRMS, purchasing and inventory administration systems. The Federation agrees to pay costs of all materials and supplies incidental to such use.
C. The District shall permit Federation representatives to visit the school district buildings. Federation representatives shall make known their presence to the appropriate authority in the building. Employee conferences, should they become necessary, shall be scheduled so as not to interfere with work assignments or disrupt normal school district functions.
D. The Federation shall have the right to make announcements at employee staff meetings or by use of any existing communication procedures not ordinarily available to students.
E. The Federation and its representatives shall have the right to post notices of activities and matters of Federation business and concern on staff bulletin boards. At least one such bulletin board shall be in each school district building. The Federation may use the District mailboxes for communications.
F. The District shall make available to the Federation, upon written request to the Office of the Superintendent, any and all reasonably available information, statistics and records which are relevant to negotiations or necessary for the proper enforcement of the terms of this Agreement. Should such requests exceed 50 pages of copied material per month, the Federation shall, upon written request, reimburse the District for the excess copies at the rate of ten cents ($.10) per page. This provision does not apply to, nor include, the periodic lists of bargaining unit members that are provided for the administration.
G. The District agrees to provide the Federation with the name, address and cost center of all unit members by October 10th of each school year. Thereafter, a listing of the name, address, work site, position, and home phone number, if available, of newly hired employees shall be provided on a monthly basis.
H. The Federation shall be provided time on the agenda of each regular board meeting for brief comments. If the Federation has a formal presentation, it shall be afforded a reasonable amount of time as determined by the Board. Subject to the time line for notification established by the District, the Federation shall notify the Office of the Superintendent of the proposed length of the Federation’s formal presentation, the subject matter thereof, and any specific action to be required from the Board or administration at the meeting. The Federation agrees not to use its rights under this Section for the purpose of collective bargaining with the Board or any of its members, or for discussing matters that the Board believes to be of primary concern to employees covered by other bargaining agreements.
I. The Federation shall be given time on the agenda of any general orientation meeting conducted by the District for new employees covered under this Agreement. The Federation shall also be given an opportunity to provide input in the planning and development of such orientation meetings.
J. A Federation appointed representative at work sites having eight (8) or more bargaining unit members shall be allowed release time of up to forty-five (45) minutes or one (1) class period, whichever is less, per month for the purpose of attending to matters relating to this Agreement. Such representatives must be employed for seven (7) hours or more per day. Designation of such periods must be agreed to by the work site administrator and shall not interfere with educational or other work activities.
K. In the event the District creates a new job classification (i.e., by assignment of an existing employee or the hiring of a new employee to such a newly created classification) which is neither supervisory nor confidential, the Federation shall be notified, with not less than thirty
BOARD OF EDUCATION RIGHTS 3.1 The Board, on its own behalf and on behalf of the electors of the District, hereby retains and reserves unto itself, without limitation, all powers, rights, authority, duties, and responsibilities conferred upon and vested in it by the Laws and Constitution of the State of Michigan, and/or the United States, including, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the right to:
Hospital-Association Committee (a) There shall be a Hospital-Union Committee comprised of representatives of the Hospital, one of whom shall be the Chief Nursing Officer or designate and of the Union, one of whom shall be the Bargaining Unit President or designate. The number of representatives is set out in the Appendix of Local Provisions and the membership of the Committee may be expanded by mutual agreement.
(b) The Committee shall meet every two (2) months unless otherwise agreed and as required under Article 8.01 (a) (iv). The duties of chair and secretary shall alternate between the parties. Where possible, agenda items will be exchanged in writing at least five (5) calendar days prior to the meeting. A record shall be maintained of matters referred to the Committee and the recommended disposition, if any, unless agreed to the contrary. Copies of the record shall be provided to Committee members.
(c) The purpose of the Committee includes:
i) promoting and providing effective and meaningful communication of information and ideas, including but not limited to workload measurement tools and the promotion of best practices. Such communication may include discussion of nursing workload measurement and patient acuity systems. The Hospital will provide, upon request, information on workload measurement systems applicable to nursing currently used by the Hospital, and evaluations completed by the Hospital of such systems.
ii) reviewing professional responsibility complaints with a view to identifying trends and sharing organizational successes and solutions, making joint recommendations on matters of concern including the quality and quantity of nursing care and discussing the development and implementation of quality initiatives;
iii) making joint recommendations to the Chief Nursing Officer on matters of concern regarding recurring workload issues including the development of staffing guidelines, the use of agency nurses and use of overtime;
iv) dealing with complaints referred to it in accordance with the provisions of Article 8, Professional Responsibility;
v) discussing and reviewing matters relating to orientation and in- service programs;
vi) promote the creation of full-time positions for nurses, and discuss the effect of such changes on the employment status of the nurses. This may include the impact, if any, on part-time and full-time, job sharing and retention and recruitment.
(d) The Hospital agrees to pay for time spent during regular working hours for representatives of the Union attending at such meetings.
(e) Where a Committee representative designated by the Union attends Committee meetings outside of her or his regularly scheduled hours, she or he will be paid for all time spent in attendance at such meetings at her or his regular straight time hourly rate of pay. Such payment shall be limited to two (2) Committee representatives per meeting.
