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on which tentative agreement has been reached and proposals and/or counterproposals that have been voluntarily withdrawn by the initiating party, all other items still unresolved shall automatically be declared an impasse on the first day of school.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 2.1 The City hereby recognizes the Union as the exclusive collective bargaining representative, for the purposes stated in RCW 41.56, for the bargaining unit as defined by the Public Employment Relations Commission certification contained in Appendix A of this Agreement.

  • Central Matters Bargaining 2.3.1 Either TEBA or the Association may, by written notice to the other, require the other to begin negotiations. Notwithstanding section 59(2) of the Labour Relations Code, a notice to commence central bargaining by TEBA or the Association must be served not less than 15 days and not more than 30 days after the central matters and local matters have been determined.

  • SCOPE OF BARGAINING 3.1 The Board and the Association agree to negotiate in good faith on wages, hours, fringe benefits and other terms and conditions of employment.

  • 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.

  • Bargaining Unit Roster Upon the signing of this Agreement and monthly thereafter, the Employer shall supply to the Union via a secured method an alphabetical list of all employees covered by this Agreement. The list shall include the name, address, employee identification number, date of hire, rehire date (if applicable), shift, FTE, job classification, department cost center number, unit, hourly rate of pay and monthly gross earnings. Each month, the Employer will provide a list of new hires and addresses, and a list of all employees who have terminated during the month via a secured method. The new hire and termination lists shall include the same data as the monthly employee roster except for monthly gross earnings. The termination list shall include the termination date. Within ninety (90) days of ratification, Swedish Medical Center and SEIU 1199NW will convene a work group including HRIS expert to explore a method for the Employer to provide a list of all employment changes for bargaining unit employees, via a secure site.

  • 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.

  • Collective Bargaining Agreement 9 Company................................................................. 9 Competitor.............................................................. 9 Component............................................................... 9

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