LABOR/MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES. To facilitate communication between the Parties, joint Labor-Management Committees may be established at the Agency level by mutual agreement of the Union and the Agency Administrator and the Department of Administrative Services. The Committees shall take steps to ensure consistency with the Collective Bargaining Agreement. The Committees shall be on a meet-and-confer basis only and shall not be construed as having the authority nor entitlement to negotiate. The Committees shall have no power to contravene any provision of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, nor to enter into any agreements binding on the Parties to this Agreement or resolve issues or disputes surrounding the implementation of the Contract. Matters which may require a Letter of Agreement shall not be implemented until a Letter of Agreement has been signed by the Labor Relations Unit and the Executive Director of the SEIU Local 503, OPEU. No discussion or review of any matter by the committees shall forfeit or affect the time frames related to the grievance procedure. Matters that should be resolved through the grievance and arbitration procedure shall be handled pursuant to that procedure. At the conclusion of each fiscal year, the Parties shall discuss the concept of Labor-Management Committees and whether they should be modified, continued, or discontinued.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
