Common use of Internal Union Business and Access to Agency Facilities Clause in Contracts

Internal Union Business and Access to Agency Facilities. 1. Internal Union business shall be conducted during non-duty hours. 2. There will be no restraint, coercion, or discrimination against any employee for serving as a representative of the Union. 3. A request by the Union to access Agency facilities shall not be unreasonably delayed or denied. Subject to normal security regulations and the requirements of Section 6.7(5), Union Representatives will be granted access to Agency facilities as requested. 4. The Union shall be allowed to conduct membership drives before and after duty hours, and during break and lunch periods. Access in conjunction with a membership drive shall be limited to non-work areas such as a lunch or break room or other non-work areas where employees usually gather during periods of rest. In facilities that do not have a lunch or break room, or where the lunch or break room is limited in size or capacity and unable to support employee attendance, the Union will be allowed temporary use of a conference room or other work area.