Ground Rules for Negotiations. The association shall make its initial proposal to the Board of Education for the 2022-2023 school year by the first Board meeting in February 2022.
Ground Rules for Negotiations. A. W ri t ten proposals will be exchanged at the f i rst meeting. Upon receipt of these proposals, neither party shall be permitted to submit additional proposals unless mutually agreed otherwise.
B. Both parties shall present five (5) copies of all proposals and/or counterproposals.
C. Each negotiating team shall have a designated chief- spokesperson who shall be empowered to initial tentative agreements.
D. Each team is limited to five (5) persons at the table.
E. No mechanical recording devices shall be used during negotiations sessions, and each party is responsible for taking its own notes.
F. Sessions will be two (2) hours each unless mutually agreed otherwise. Each side will have one (1) hour to present its proposal. Each side agreeing, shorter or compressed sessions may be held.
G. Prior to the conclusion of each bargaining session, the date and time of the next bargaining session shall be mutually agreed upon by both parties.
H. Meetings will be at the Poland Middle School Home Ec. room unless mutually agreed otherwise.
I. Consultants to the team may be used by either party on specified topics. Advanced notice of the intent to use a consultant shall be provided to the other side at the previous meeting.
J. Each side may request a caucus not to exceed thirty (30) minutes unless mutually agreed otherwise. The thirty (30) minutes are to be within the scheduled two hours for each negotiation session unless mutually agreed otherwise.
K. Items that have been tentatively agreed to shall be initialed by each side’s chief negotiator at the time they are tentatively agreed to and are contingent upon a final and total agreement on the entire contract.
L. The final and total tentative agreement is subject to ratification of the respective constituencies which shall be scheduled to occur within thirty (30) days after the Tentative Agreement is reached. For the Superintendent that will include the Board of Education and for PEA that will include all employees represented in the bargaining unit.
M. The parties are free to communicate as they see fit with their respective constituencies. For the Superintendent that will include the Members of the Board of Education and other district administrators. For PEA that will include all employees represented in the bargaining unit. Each party is restricted to communicating/reporting to its own constituents.
N. There shall be no press releases or other forms of public dissemination of information unless mutually approved ...
Ground Rules for Negotiations a. Negotiations will normally take place during regular administrative work days.
b. The Employer will normally provide a site and normal business equipment and material that are conducive to effective negotiations.
c. The parties agree to establish their respective negotiating teams prior to the beginning of negotiations and to inform each other of the membership of those teams.
d. All bargaining unit employees participating in any manner in the negotiations shall be entitled to do so on official time, in accordance with the provisions of Article 2 of this Agreement.
e. Any agreement resulting from negotiations during the life of this Agreement shall be reduced to writing and signed promptly by the chief negotiator for each party. On or before the date the Employer signs such an agreement it shall inform the Union in writing whether it intends to submit the agreement for Agency-head review under 5 USC 7114 (C). On or before the date the Union signs such an agreement, it shall inform the Employer in writing whether it intends to submit the agreement to the Union membership for a ratification vote.
f. Additional ground rules for negotiations may be proposed by either party on a case by case basis.
g. For bargaining involving a national issue, the Union will be allowed up to six (6) bargaining unit employees on official time. For bargaining involving an Area issue, the Union will be allowed up to six (6) bargaining unit employees on official time. For bargaining involving a local issue, the Union will allowed up to three (3) bargaining unit employees on official time. The Employer will pay for the travel and per diem expenses for these bargaining unit employees in accordance with law, rule and regulation.
Ground Rules for Negotiations. 1. The Board and Association shall agree on a date to exchange proposals. New proposals may be added only by mutual consent of both parties. It is the intent of this ground rule for both parties to offer complete packages at the agreed upon date.
2. Meeting dates shall be by mutual agreement and shall be established prior to the conclusion of each meeting.
3. Tentative agreements shall be dated and initiated by representatives of the Association and Board.
4. The Board and Association agree to cooperate in collecting and sharing such information as is requested.
5. When a tentative agreement has been reached, both parties will commit themselves to securing ratification. 1981
6. When an agreement is reached, it shall then be made in writing and submitted for consideration to the Board and the Association.
7. The Board and the Association shall issue press releases by mutual consent while negotiations between the two parties are in progress or the Board and the Association shall not release any information to the press until there is a final settlement or impasse is declared. (1998)
Ground Rules for Negotiations. A. Negotiations shall begin within sixty (60) days of written demand by either negotiating party. No request may be made prior to December 1st of the final contract year of the Agreement.
B. The Association and Board negotiation teams will review and discuss negotiation’s ground rules at the initial successor contract negotiation session.
Ground Rules for Negotiations. The Parties may by mutual agreement establish ground rules for negotiations that differ from the procedures outlined in Article 7, Section B and that dictate the labor-management engagement to
Ground Rules for Negotiations. 1. Each negotiating team will be made up of three (3) members, in addition, each party may have up to four (4) observers present.
2. Each team will have a spokesperson.
3. All communications between the teams shall be channeled through the chairpersons or their designees.
4. Each team may caucus when deemed necessary.
5. The location, date, and time of the next meeting shall be established by the negotiating teams before adjournment of any meeting and may be changed if agreed to by both of the negotiating teams.
6. Negotiating sessions are not open to the public.
Ground Rules for Negotiations. 1. All negotiation meetings will be closed to the public, press, and persons other than designated members of the bargaining teams or such persons as may be mutually agreed upon.
2. During the negotiation process, neither party will issue press releases, discuss negotiations with the media or engage in informational picketing concerning negotiations. If either party requests the services of a mediator, this restriction on press releases, media communications, and informational picketing is terminated.
3. Negotiation sessions will be held in the superintendent’s office. The first session shall be hold on at and shall end at
4. Each party shall have the right to designate its own negotiation team and chief negotiator. The negotiation teams shall have the authority to reach tentative agreement on proposals submitted for negotiations, but all tentative agreements will not be legally binding unless ratified by both the Board of Education and the Association. Each team will have a maximum of 5 members at the table. At least two members from each team will need to be in attendance in order to conduct a meeting.
5. The parties shall exchange initial proposals including salary proposals on
6. All tentative agreements shall be written and signed by the spokesperson of their respective teams at the meeting the tentative agreement is reached. Signed copies shall be given to each negotiating team and final copies may be read for accuracy. Tentative agreements cannot come back to the table as new items.
7. The parties must agree to negotiate in an informal manner and shall be free to openly discuss issues and potential compromises at the bargaining table, but such statements from either party shall not be legally binding nor constitute a proposal until such a time as the statement is reduced to writing and submitted as a written proposal. The parties are encouraged to openly discuss issues/concerns at the bargaining table without concerns that such statements are legally-binding proposals.
8. The parties agree to limit the number and length of caucus sessions and each party commits to open discussions at the bargaining table. However, each negotiating team reserves the right to caucus at any time during negotiations and to keep their respective members updated on the status of negotiations. Caucus sessions should not exceed 30 minutes; however, should a caucus exceed 30 minutes, the other party shall be notified of the anticipated length of the caucus session.
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Ground Rules for Negotiations. 1. All negotiation meetings will be closed to the public, press, and persons other than designated members of the bargaining teams or such persons as may be mutually agreed upon.
2. During the negotiation process, neither party will issue press releases, discuss negotiations with the media or engage in informational picketing concerning negotiations. If either party requests the services of a mediator, this restriction on press releases, media communications, and informational picketing is terminated.
Ground Rules for Negotiations
