Common use of MANAGEMENT-UNION COMMITTEE Clause in Contracts

MANAGEMENT-UNION COMMITTEE. 12.1 The Management/Union committee is comprised of ten (10) members. The City's team shall consist of representatives from the City Manager's office, the Personnel Department and the Public Utilities Department. The Union shall provide five (5) members to sit on its committee, at least three of which must be employees of the City. The five union members will be drawn from the Utility and Supervisory units, inclusive. This committee shall meet at least quarterly to discuss matters of concern to both management and the Union and a written summary of each meeting shall be prepared by the City. The committee shall have the authority to agree upon appropriate resolution of problems brought to its attention and affecting day to day concerns of both the City and the Union. In so doing, the committee shall be authorized to schedule meetings more frequently than the quarterly ones required herein in order to expeditiously respond to concerns properly before the committee. 12.2 A joint management/union committee will be formed to recommend a plan to eliminate drug/alcohol abuse from the work place. Such plan will include, at a minimum, components calling for testing, counseling and/or other forms of treatment and disciplinary consequences under appropriate circumstances for testing positive and for failing or refusing to take a test. The parties reaffirm their mutual commitment to this language and to eliminating drug/alcohol abuse from the work place. 12.3 If a flex schedule is initiated by the City, its impact on wages, hours and working conditions will be referred to the Management/Union Committee.