Initiating and Concluding Bargaining Sample Clauses

Initiating and Concluding Bargaining. Either party seeking to begin contract bargaining for a school year shall submit a written request from its President or designee to the President or designee of the other party on or before March 15. Upon receipt of the written request, the spokespersons for the respective teams shall select a mutually agreeable date, time, and place for an initial meeting. The initial meeting shall be held on or before April 1, unless postponed by mutual agreement of the respective spokespersons. After the initial meeting the parties agree to try to schedule meetings as often as needed to reach conclusion on non-money items prior to the last teacher day for the current school year. Excluding proposals and/or counterproposals on which tentative agreement has been reached and proposals and/or counterproposals that have been voluntarily withdrawn by the initiating party, all other items still unresolved shall automatically be declared an impasse on the first day of school. Either party may make a written declaration that a state of impasse exists at any time. When a state of impasse is declared, the items causing the impasse will be subject to impasse resolution procedures hereinafter provided. Time lines stated herein may be extended by mutual agreement of the parties. Should a special session of the state legislature necessitate bargaining, such bargaining shall begin as dictated by the end of the special session and will be conducted in accordance with this procedure.
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Initiating and Concluding Bargaining. Either party seeking to begin contract bargaining shall submit a written request from its president to the president of the other party no earlier than January 1 of each year, upon which the spokesperson for each party shall select a mutually agreeable date, time, and place for an initial meeting: provided that, unless otherwise mutually agreed to, such meeting shall be held no later than June 1. The first bargaining meeting shall occur within 45 days of the initial letter requesting bargaining. The letter may be hand-delivered or sent certified mail to the other party; in either case a signature indicating its receipt will be required. Both parties shall engage in good faith efforts to reach agreement on bargaining issues. They shall demonstrate good faith by participating in meetings of such frequency and length as to allow for a full and complete discussion of all bargaining proposals and counter proposals. Excluding proposals and counterproposals on which mutual agreement has been reached and proposals and counterproposals which have been voluntarily withdrawn by the initiating parties, all other bargaining issues shall automatically be declared at impasse on the first day of school, and shall be subject to attempted resolution by means of impasse procedures hereinafter specified, beginning with mediation services. The parties hereby agree to extend the appropriate impasse resolution time lines to include mediation. The spokesperson for both parties may mutually agree, in writing, to suspend or postpone the deadline date.
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Related to Initiating and Concluding Bargaining

  • RECOGNITION AND BARGAINING UNIT The City hereby recognizes the Union as the exclusive collective bargaining representative for the purpose stated in Chapter 41.56 RCW as last amended of all employees commissioned under the LEOFF System employed within the bargaining unit defined by classifications listed in Appendix A to this agreement.

  • SCOPE OF BARGAINING The scope of negotiations shall be all matters pertaining to wages, hours, or terms and conditions of employment, and the continuation, modification, or deletion of existing provisions of the Negotiated Agreement.

  • Positions outside the Bargaining Unit (a) An employee may substitute temporarily in a position outside the bargaining unit for up to fifteen (15) months from the date of the assignment. Bargaining unit employees shall be given the first opportunity to fill the resulting vacancy. The employee shall have the right to return to her or his bargaining unit position prior to the expiry of the fifteen (15) month period by giving the Employer six (6) weeks’ notice. Where an employee is backfilling outside of the bargaining unit for purposes of pregnancy and/or parental leave, the period of time will be extended up to nineteen (19) months from the date of the assignment. An employee who remains outside of the bargaining unit beyond the period covered by this article shall lose all seniority. When the employee returns to the bargaining unit, all other employee(s) shall revert to their previous positions. An employee must remain in the bargaining unit for a period of at least three (3) months before transferring out of the bargaining unit again or she or he will lose all seniority held at the time of the subsequent transfer unless the parties agree otherwise. (b) An employee who accepts a transfer under (a) above will not be required to pay Union dues for any complete calendar month during which no bargaining unit work is performed. (c) An employee who accepts a permanent position outside of the bargaining unit will lose all seniority held at the time of the transfer. (d) The Employer will advise the Union of the names of any employees pursuant to Article 9.17(a) or (b).

  • Bargaining Unit Roster The County will transmit to the Union a current listing

  • BARGAINING PROCEDURE 10.01 All negotiations with a view to the completion of a collective agreement or to effecting changes or modifications in this Agreement shall be conducted between the authorized bargaining Representatives of the Union on the one hand and the designated bargaining Representatives of the Company on the other. 10.02 No agreement resulting from collective bargaining as herein provided shall be deemed to have been concluded until it is reduced to writing and signed by the authorized bargaining Representatives of the Union and by the designated bargaining Representatives of the Company, and an agreement so signed shall take effect as and from the effective date specified therein.

  • Collective Bargaining Agreement The term “

  • Collective Bargaining Agreements This chapter shall be superseded by a collective bargaining agreement that expressly so provides.

  • Transfer and Seniority Outside the Bargaining Unit (a) It is understood that an employee shall not be transferred by the Hospital to a position outside the bargaining unit without his consent except in the case of temporary assignments not exceeding six (6) months. Such employees on temporary assignments shall remain members of the bargaining unit. (b) An employee who is transferred to a position outside the bargaining unit shall not, subject to (c) below, accumulate seniority. In the event the employee is returned by the Hospital to a position in the bargaining unit within twenty-four (24) months of the transfer he or she shall be credited with the seniority held at the time of transfer and resume accumulation from the date of his or her return to the bargaining unit. An employee not returned to the bargaining unit within 24 months shall forfeit bargaining unit seniority. (c) In the event an employee transferred out of the bargaining unit under (b) above is returned to the bargaining unit within a period of six (6) calendar months, he shall accumulate seniority during the period of time outside the bargaining unit."

  • Bargaining Agent Recognition The Employer recognizes the B.C. Government and Service Employees' Union as the exclusive bargaining agent for all employees covered by the certification.

  • Research Independence The Company acknowledges that each Underwriter’s research analysts and research departments, if any, are required to be independent from their respective investment banking divisions and are subject to certain regulations and internal policies, and that such Underwriter’s research analysts may hold and make statements or investment recommendations and/or publish research reports with respect to the Company and/or the offering that differ from the views of its investment bankers. The Company hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that the Company may have against such Underwriter with respect to any conflict of interest that may arise from the fact that the views expressed by their independent research analysts and research departments may be different from or inconsistent with the views or advice communicated to the Company by such Underwriter’s investment banking divisions. The Company acknowledges that the Representative is a full service securities firm and as such from time to time, subject to applicable securities laws, may effect transactions for its own account or the account of its customers and hold long or short position in debt or equity securities of the Company.

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