Faculty Association Rights Sample Clauses

Faculty Association Rights. A. RECOGNITION 1. The College recognizes the Association as the exclusive bargaining representative for the Grand Rapids Community College faculty. Faculty includes all classroom faculty, counselors, librarians, program directors, department heads, and all positions/assignments identified in Appendix C. Excluded from this unit is the total administrative staff, including those holding positions/assignments with management or support services. Positions within the Faculty Association as of August 31, 2007, shall remain in the Faculty Association. 2. The College and the Association agree to discuss the placement of any new positions/assignments. Those created during the life of the Agreement will be added to the unit provided the majority of responsibilities are similar to work performed by classroom faculty, counselors, librarians, program directors, department heads, or any positions/assignments identified in Appendix C. The College will notify, in writing, the chief negotiator and all officers of the Association of all job openings at the College. The Association will then notify the College in writing of which positions/assignments the Association wishes to discuss. Written notification includes via email. This process does not limit remedies provided by the appropriate labor relations board. 3. Positions shall include any assignments of bargaining unit responsibilities.
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Faculty Association Rights. A. The Faculty Association shall have the right to guaranteed payroll deduction of membership dues for the representative employee organization, and the Board shall remit such dues to the authorized Association representative if authorized by the employee. It is the responsibility of the Association to obtain written authorization from faculty members so affected. Dues deductions shall be continuous thereafter and only terminated when the member in question follows the revocation process outlined on the Washington Education Association (WEA) enrollment form. Such deductions shall be remitted as directed by the Association. 1. Representation Fee: No full-time faculty member shall be required to join the Association. 2. Revocation of membership payroll deductions shall be made in writing to the Association on a form available from the Association between the beginning of the academic year and November 1, and shall become effective at that time. The Association shall submit notice of any revocation to the College. B. The Faculty Association and its members have the right to use the College facilities for meetings without charge, provided that such use shall not interfere with or interrupt normal College operations, nor cause increased maintenance costs to the College and arrangements are made through the appropriate office for use outside normal College hours. X. Xxxx authorized representatives of the Faculty Association shall be permitted to transact official Association business on college property. Transaction of such business shall not interrupt the normal College operations. D. College owned or rented office equipment may be used by the Faculty Association for its own purposes to the extent permitted by law. The Association shall have the right to use other equipment at reasonable times when such equipment is not in use. The Faculty Association shall pay the actual cost of photocopies, long distance telephone calls, mailing costs, and supplies and materials used. The Association agrees that such use of the above shall not take priority over normal uses or interfere with the operation of the College. The Faculty Association cannot use the internal campus mail system (handling of unstamped mail) for distribution of Faculty Association materials (Federal Private Express Statute 18 U.S.C. 1693 1699; 39 U.S.C. 601 606). Bulletin boards and mailboxes may be used by the Association for distributing and posting of Association materials if handled by a Faculty As...
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Faculty Association Rights. A. RECOGNITION 1. The College recognizes the Association as the exclusive bargaining representative for the Grand Rapids Community College faculty. Faculty includes all classroom faculty, Counselors, Librarians, Program Directors, Department Heads, and all positions/assignments identified in Appendix C. Excluded from this unit is any person who has ongoing full or part time employment with the College in a non-faculty Meet & Confer, APSS, CEBA, or POLC position. Contingency employees are not considered to have ongoing employment at the College. Positions within the Association as of August 31, 2007, shall remain in the Association. 2. The College and the Association agree to discuss the placement of any new positions/assignments. Those created during the life of the Agreement will be added to the unit provided the majority of responsibilities are similar to work performed by classroom faculty, Counselors, Librarians, Program Directors, Department Heads, or any positions/assignments identified in Appendix C. The College will notify, in writing, the chief negotiator and all officers of the Association of all job openings at the College. The Association will then notify the College in writing of which positions/assignments the Association wishes to discuss. Written notification includes via email. This process does not limit remedies provided by the appropriate labor relations board. 3. Positions shall include any assignments of bargaining unit responsibilities.
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Faculty Association Rights. Provided By The Parties‌ Upon written request, the District's Chancellor or designee and the Faculty Association shall provide information of a nonconfidential nature pertaining to matters that may be of concern and interest to each other. Other information (e.g., District and College Budgets) will be provided as long as it is used solely for Faculty Association business.
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  • 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 Section 1. Upon written request, the Employer shall make available one copy of all public information relevant to negotiations or necessary for the proper enforcement of this Agreement, providing such information is readily available and accessible. The Employer may charge reasonable and customary fees for substantial amounts of services. Section 2. The internal business of the Federation shall normally be conducted by employees during their non-duty hours. However, selected and designated Federation officers or appointees shall be allowed a reasonable amount of paid time to investigate and process grievance and arbitration matters. Section 3. The Federation's staff will be allowed to visit work areas during working hours provided that advance permission is received and that the visit shall not unduly disrupt work in progress. Section 4. Whenever members of the bargaining unit are scheduled by the Employer to participate during working hours in conferences or meetings, they shall be granted the necessary release time. Section 5. The Employer shall ensure reasonable access to the Federation an up-to-date policy manual of its rules, regulations, and policies on employment related matters. The Federation shall be notified of any proposed changes or additions to personnel rules, regulations and policies issued by the Department of Administration and the Department of Public Health & Human Services sufficiently in advance to allow discussion and comment by the Federation. Section 6. The Employer, within 30 days of the signing of this Agreement, shall present the Federation with a list of the names and addresses of all current employees covered by this Agreement, and shall update such list each month for all new hires. Section 7. Federation representatives shall have the right to inspect an employee's personnel file with a specific authorization in writing by the employee. Federation representatives may obtain a copy of a document related to a formal grievance provided specific authorization is obtained in writing from the employee. Section 8. The Federation shall have the right to adequate space on bulletin boards for posting notices and shall have access, subject to availability, to a meeting room on the Employer's premises. Section 9. The Employer agrees to provide notice to the Federation of any suspension or discharge of any member of the bargaining unit. Section 10. The Employer agrees to provide 20 working days advance notice to the Federation of any employee layoff, along with an opportunity to comment on the layoff. Section 11. The Employer shall allow a maximum of 18 employees release time for Federation members to attend the MFPE Annual Conference with prior management approval for time off. Section 12. The Federation shall be granted the opportunity to provide membership information to union represented positions during new employee orientation or the onboarding process.

  • 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.

  • ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES A. There will be no reprisals of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership in the Association or for participation in any of its lawful activities. B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings of the Association. C. The Association may request and shall be given a place on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcements. D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association. E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school. F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available. G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System. H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership. I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival. J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings. K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program. L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required. M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged and labeled material, and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route. N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association. O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval of the Superintendent. P. The rights and/or privileges granted to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreement. Q. Officers and members of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils. R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15. S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty

  • REGISTRY OPERATOR CODE OF CONDUCT In connection with the operation of the registry for the TLD, Registry Operator will not, and will not allow any parent, subsidiary, Affiliate, subcontractor or other related entity, to the extent such party is engaged in the provision of Registry Services with respect to the TLD (each, a “Registry Related Party”), to:

  • Association Representatives Authorized representatives of the Association shall be permitted to transact Association business on and with school property at all reasonable times provided that such activities shall not interfere with normal school operations.

  • OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION 13.1 That the Purchaser shall become a member of the association / society that has been formed (details of association are given in annexure – A) to look after the maintenance of the Housing Project and shall abide by its rules. 13.2 In case the society / association has yet to be formed, the Purchaser shall pay to the Vendor such proportionate cost of outgoings such as common water charges, common lights, repairs, salaries of clerk, watchman, sweepers, etc., as may be determined by the Vendor. It is proposed that the monthly maintenance charges payable by the Purchaser to the Association/Vendor shall be Rs. 2/- per sft from the deemed date of completion of the Scheduled Flat. The rate shall be subject to change and periodic upward revision. 13.3 If the Purchaser ever fails to pay maintenance charges, corpus fund or other charges related to the Scheduled Flat, the Association shall be entitled to disconnect and stop providing all or any services to the Scheduled Flat including water, electricity, etc. Further, the Purchaser may be barred from using common amenities like clubhouse, swimming pool, parks, open areas, generator backup, etc., till such time all arrears are cleared. 13.4 The Purchaser shall pay corpus fund to the Association at the time of taking possession of the completed flat. The details of corpus fund payable are given in Annexure – A. The details of the initial monthly maintenance charges payable by the Purchaser to the Association/Vendor, from the deemed date of completion of the Scheduled Flat is given in Annexure -A. 13.5 The Vendor has proposed to deliver the common amenities in phases on or before completion of the last block of flats. The monthly maintenance charges payable by the Purchaser to the Association shall not be linked to provision/completion of common amenities. The Purchaser shall not raise any objection on this count. 13.6 The monthly maintenance charges payable to the Association are proposed to be increased from time to time and the Purchaser shall be liable to pay such increased charges. 13.7 The Purchaser agrees not to withhold or delay payment of monthly maintenance charges to the Association for any defects in construction. Repairs/correction of defects in construction, if any, is the responsibility of the Vendor and the Purchaser agrees to not withhold payment of monthly maintenance charges. 13.8 The Vendor shall be entitled to form the Owners Association and draft its bye-laws as he deems fit and proper. The Vendor and its nominees shall be the founding members of the Association. The Association shall be handed over to the members of the Association (i.e., prospective purchasers) at the time of completion of the entire Housing Project, by calling for elections for its executive committee members. Till such time the Vendor and its nominees shall run the day today affairs of the Association. The Purchaser shall not raise any objection on this count.

  • Association Grievance A grievance, as defined in Section 7.1, relating to occurrences actually involving at least three (3) nurses or arising under the Association Representative article, may be initiated by the Association at Step 2 of the above-mentioned procedure by the filing of a written grievance, signed by a representative of the Association, within 35 calendar days from the date of occurrence. Such grievance shall describe the problem and the contract provisions alleged to have been violated.

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