Common use of Majority Rights Clause in Contracts

Majority Rights. 1. The Federation shall have exclusive right to participate in all teacher orientation meetings. 2. Authorized representatives of the Federation shall have the right to appear and speak at all regular and special meetings of the Board of Education. The Federation shall be given a place on such meeting agendas for the purpose of being heard. Other teacher organizations shall not be seated or placed on the Board’s agenda or be heard on matters relating to school policies or provisions of this agreement except in cases when these matters have been previously submitted to the Federation with no resulting action. Members of the bargaining unit shall not appear before the school board as an individual complainant, or as a member of a group with a complaint, where the complaint is subject to collective bargaining between the Board and the Federation as defined in O.R.C. 4117.01 (b). Members of the bargaining unit who have complaints as parents on matters concerning their own children shall use the Board’s “Public Complaint Form” referral process before attempting resolution with school board members. Individual teachers with contractual grievances will not present such grievances to the Board except through the grievance procedure in Article II, subject to their right, pursuant to 4117.03(A)(5) to discuss problems with their supervisor or with the Human Resources Office. 3. The Federation shall have exclusive teacher organization right to the use of school bulletin boards, mailboxes, inter-school mail delivery, facilities for the purpose of meetings and leave privileges for organizational functions until such time as a valid and lawful challenge to the certification status of the Federation is recognized by S.E.R.B. Organizations which purport to represent teachers for purposes of collective bargaining, or organization for collective bargaining, shall not have the right to use the aforementioned items. 4. The Federation shall have exclusive teacher organization right to have announcements read or printed in all other Board communications media subject to the provisions of this agreement.

Majority Rights. 1. The Federation shall have exclusive right to participate in all teacher orientation meetings. 2. Authorized representatives of the Federation shall have the right to appear and speak at all regular and special meetings of the Board of Education. The Federation shall be given a place on such meeting agendas for the purpose of being heard. Other teacher organizations shall not be seated or placed on the Board’s agenda or be heard on matters relating to school policies or provisions of this agreement except in cases when these matters have been previously submitted to the Federation with no resulting action. Members of the bargaining unit shall not appear before the school board as an individual complainant, or as a member of a group with a complaint, where the complaint is subject to collective bargaining between the Board and the Federation as defined in O.R.C. 4117.01 (b4117.01(b). Members of the bargaining unit who have complaints as parents on matters concerning their own children shall use the Board’s “Public Complaint Form” referral process before attempting resolution with school board members. Individual teachers with contractual grievances will not present such grievances to the Board except through the grievance procedure in Article II, subject to their right, pursuant to 4117.03(A)(54117.03(A) (5) to discuss problems with their supervisor or with the Human Resources Office. 3. The Federation shall have exclusive teacher organization right to the use of school bulletin boards, mailboxes, inter-school mail delivery, facilities for the purpose of meetings and leave privileges for organizational functions until such time as a valid and lawful challenge to the certification status of the Federation is recognized by S.E.R.B. Organizations which purport to represent teachers for purposes of collective bargaining, or organization for collective bargaining, shall not have the right to use the aforementioned items. 4. The Federation shall have exclusive teacher organization right to have announcements read or printed in all other Board communications media subject to the provisions of this agreement.