Common use of Merit Principles Clause in Contracts

Merit Principles. To promote, strengthen and defend the principles of merit system in the public service: to promote and maintain efficiency in the public service and to safeguard and strengthen the public employee retirement systems of Ohio and to bargain collectively on behalf of union members in order to secure, retain and improve these principles and rights. AFSCME and OCSEA in signing this agreement hereby pledge their full cooperation from this day forward in fulfilling the above objectives and AFSCME expressly understands and endorses the objectives, function, aims and goals of the OCSEA particularly as they are spelled out in the Constitution and By-Laws of OCSEA. 1. Upon execution of this Agreement, OCSEA shall be affiliated with AFSCME and AFSCME shall charter OCSEA as Ohio Civil Service Employees Association, Local No. 11, AFSCME, AFL-CIO (hereinafter “OCSEA”). 2. AFSCME recognizes and approves OCSEA’s status as a non-profit corporation, chartered under the laws of the State of Ohio which shall remain in force in perpetuity. AFSCME recognizes and approves of OCSEA as a statewide organization comprised of many intermediate and subsidiary bodies and that all the provisions of this agreement shall remain applicable to all such intermediate and subsidiary bodies as may now or in the future be created and over its existing or future members. 3. OCSEA shall be chartered as an unaffiliated statewide, local union and shall not be required to affiliate with an AFSCME council in the future unless mutually agreed. ARTICLE II An OCSEA legislative district shall be established for OCSEA and one International vice-president shall be elected from such district by OCSEA’s Board of Directors within ninety (90) days from the date of the execution of this agreement. The vice-president so elected shall serve until the next regular AFSCME convention, at which time he/she shall be either re-elected or his/ her successor elected in conformance with the normal election procedure as set forth in AFSCME’s Constitution. The eligibility requirement of three years membership in a local within the legislative district shall be waived until three years from the effective date of this affiliation. ARTICLE III OCSEA’s jurisdiction as an affiliate of AFSCME shall be all members in the jurisdiction within which they are employed. The parties recognize that such jurisdiction may subsequently be restructured following passage of a public employee collective bargaining law in the State of Ohio or, as collective bargaining units may be required pursuant to the provisions of applicable law. ARTICLE IV This Agreement shall become effective upon approval by AFSCME and OCSEA in the manner required by their respective constitutions. ARTICLE V All of the assets, real and personal, tangible and intangible of OCSEA at the time of the execution of this agreement, including but not limited to pen- sion funds, benefit funds, wherever situated, which are currently the property of OCSEA and any Chapters, District Councils, or assemblies, including apprecia- tion of existing property and any accretion, additions, or accumulations thereto, are acknowledged to be the property of OCSEA and shall remain its prop- erty in perpetuity. AFSCME further agrees that the name Ohio Civil Service Employees Association shall remain the property of OCSEA in perpetuity. The funds and property of OCSEA shall remain under the direction and control of the properly constituted officers of OCSEA in accordance with its Constitution and By- Laws. Any agreements or contract negotiated by OCSEA shall be in the name of OCSEA only and AFSCME International Union shall not be a signatory to such an agreement. Any such contracts or agreements shall remain the sole and exclusive property of OCSEA. ARTICLE VI As an AFSCME affiliate, OCSEA shall retain its identity consistent with its own policies and have full autonomy in accordance with the provisions of this agreement. OCSEA autonomy shall include, but it is not limited to, the right to establish its own dues structure, select its own staff, conduct work actions, vote, make its own decisions regarding contract demands and nego- tiations, including joining coalitions for bargaining purposes and economic actions by vote of its own membership, engage in political activity on behalf of its members, retain professional services including accountants and attorneys, the right to organize within OCSEA’s jurisdiction without the need of approval from AFSCME, as well as make policy determinations concerning OCSEA. AFSCME hereby approves the Constitution and By-Laws of OCSEA pres- ently in existence. All future amendments thereto by OCSEA following affilia- tion with AFSCME shall be subject to, and not in conflict with, the AFSCME Constitution. ARTICLE VII OCSEA as an affiliate of AFSCME shall have all rights, benefits, and privileges of membership in AFSCME, including affiliation with the AFL-CIO. AFSCME shall pay to the AFL-CIO the required per capita tax on each regular active member represented by OCSEA and associate member. In addition to paying the required AFL-CIO per capita tax as agreed to above, AFSCME agrees to assure that at all times AFSCME and OCSEA meet the requirements for protection under Article XX of the AFL-CIO Constitution. ARTICLE VIII Upon the effective implementation of this Agreement, OCSEA agrees to pay the per capita payments to AFSCME in accordance with International Constitution of AFSCME on behalf of all active and associate members of OCSEA, as well as on behalf of all persons making service or other similar payments in lieu of dues under agency shop or similar provisions. OCSEA shall not be obligated to pay any per capita payments to AFSCME on behalf of retired or life members of OCSEA. OCSEA shall not be obligated to pay an initiation fee or any special assessments on behalf of any OCSEA member.

Merit Principles. To promote, strengthen and defend the principles of merit system in the public service: to promote and maintain efficiency in the public service and to safeguard and strengthen the public employee retirement systems of Ohio and to bargain collectively on behalf of union members mem- bers in order to secure, retain and improve these principles and rights. AFSCME and OCSEA in signing this agreement hereby pledge their full cooperation from this day forward in fulfilling the above objectives and AFSCME expressly understands and endorses the objectivesobjec- tives, function, aims and goals of the OCSEA particularly as they are spelled out in the Constitution and By-Laws of OCSEA. 1. Upon execution of this Agreement, OCSEA shall be affiliated with AFSCME and AFSCME shall charter OCSEA as Ohio Civil Service Employees Association, Local No. 11, AFSCME, AFL-CIO (hereinafter “OCSEA”).affiliated 2. AFSCME recognizes and approves OCSEA’s status as a non-non- profit corporation, chartered under the laws of the State of Ohio which shall remain in force in perpetuity. AFSCME recognizes and approves of OCSEA as a statewide organization comprised of many intermediate and subsidiary bodies and that all the provisions of this agreement shall remain applicable to all such intermediate and subsidiary bodies as may now or in the future be created and over its existing or future members. 3. OCSEA shall be chartered as an unaffiliated statewide, local union and shall not be required to affiliate with an AFSCME council in the future unless mutually agreed. ARTICLE II An OCSEA legislative district shall be established for OCSEA and one International international vice-president shall be elected from such district by OCSEA’s Board of Directors within ninety (90) days from the date of the execution of this agreement. The vice-president so elected shall serve until the next regular AFSCME convention, at which time he/she shall be either re-elected or his/ his/her successor elected in conformance with the normal election procedure as set forth in AFSCME’s ConstitutionConstitu- tion. The eligibility requirement of three years membership in a local within the legislative district shall be waived until three years from the effective date of this affiliation. ARTICLE III OCSEA’s jurisdiction as an affiliate of AFSCME shall be all members mem- bers in the jurisdiction within which they are employed. The parties recognize that such jurisdiction may subsequently be restructured following fol- lowing passage of a public employee collective bargaining law in the State of Ohio or, as collective bargaining units may be required pursuant pur- suant to the provisions of applicable law. ARTICLE IV This Agreement shall become effective upon approval by AFSCME and OCSEA in the manner required by their respective constitutionscon- stitutions. ARTICLE V All of the assets, real and personal, tangible and intangible of OCSEA at the time of the execution of this agreement, including but not limited to pen- sion pension funds, benefit funds, wherever situated, which are currently the property of OCSEA and any Chapters, District Councils, or assembliesAssemblies, including apprecia- tion appreciation of existing property and any accretion, additions, or accumulations thereto, are acknowledged to be the property of OCSEA and shall remain its prop- erty property in perpetuity. AFSCME further agrees that the name Ohio Civil Service Employees Association shall remain the property of OCSEA in perpetuity. The funds and property of OCSEA shall remain under the direction and control of the properly constituted officers of OCSEA in accordance with its Constitution and By- Laws. Any agreements or contract negotiated negoti- ated by OCSEA shall be in the name of OCSEA only and AFSCME International Union shall not be a signatory to such an agreement. Any such contracts or agreements shall remain the sole and exclusive property prop- erty of OCSEA. ARTICLE VI As an AFSCME affiliate, OCSEA shall retain its identity consistent with its own policies and have full autonomy in accordance with the provisions of this agreement. OCSEA autonomy shall include, but it is not limited to, the right to establish its own dues structure, select its own staff, conduct work actions, vote, make its own decisions regarding regard- ing contract demands and nego- tiationsnegotiations, including joining coalitions for bargaining purposes and economic actions by vote of its own membershipmember- ship, engage in political activity on behalf of its members, retain professional profes- sional services including accountants and attorneys, the right to organize organ- ize within OCSEA’s jurisdiction without the need of approval from AFSCME, as well as make policy determinations concerning OCSEA. AFSCME hereby approves the Constitution and By-Laws of OCSEA pres- ently presently in existence. All future amendments thereto by OCSEA following affilia- tion fol- lowing affiliation with AFSCME shall be subject to, and not in conflict with, the AFSCME Constitution. ARTICLE VII OCSEA as an affiliate of AFSCME shall have all rights, benefits, and privileges of membership in AFSCME, including affiliation with the AFL-CIO. AFSCME shall pay to the AFL-CIO the required per capita capi- ta tax on each regular active member represented by OCSEA and associate asso- ciate member. In addition to paying the required AFL-CIO per capita tax as agreed to above, AFSCME agrees to assure that at all times AFSCME and OCSEA meet the requirements for protection under Article XX of the AFL-AFL- CIO Constitution. ARTICLE VIII Upon the effective implementation of this Agreement, OCSEA agrees to pay the per capita payments to AFSCME in accordance with International Constitution of AFSCME on behalf of all active and associate asso- ciate members of OCSEA, as well as on behalf of all persons making service or other similar payments in lieu of dues under agency shop or similar provisions. OCSEA shall not be obligated to pay any per capita payments to AFSCME on behalf of retired or life members of OCSEA. OCSEA shall not be obligated to pay an initiation fee or any special assessments on behalf of any OCSEA member.

Merit Principles. To promote, strengthen and defend the principles of merit system in the public service: to promote and maintain efficiency in the public service and to safeguard and strengthen the public employee retirement systems of Ohio and to bargain collectively on behalf of union members in order to secure, retain and improve these principles and rights. AFSCME and OCSEA in signing this agreement hereby pledge their full cooperation from this day forward in fulfilling the above objectives and AFSCME expressly understands and endorses the objectives, function, aims and goals of the OCSEA particularly as they are spelled out in the Constitution and By-Laws of OCSEA. 1. Upon execution of this Agreement, OCSEA shall be affiliated with AFSCME and AFSCME shall charter OCSEA as Ohio Civil Service Employees Association, Local No. 11, AFSCME, AFL-CIO (hereinafter “OCSEA”). 2. AFSCME recognizes and approves OCSEA’s status as a non-profit corporation, chartered under the laws of the State of Ohio which shall remain in force in perpetuity. AFSCME recognizes and approves of OCSEA as a statewide organization comprised of many intermediate and subsidiary bodies and that all the provisions of this agreement shall remain applicable to all such intermediate and subsidiary bodies as may now or in the future be created and over its existing or future members. 3. OCSEA shall be chartered as an unaffiliated statewide, local union and shall not be required to affiliate with an AFSCME council in the future unless mutually agreed. ARTICLE II An OCSEA legislative district shall be established for OCSEA and one International vice-president shall be elected from such district by OCSEA’s Board of Directors within ninety (90) days from the date of the execution of this agreement. The vice-president so elected shall serve until the next regular AFSCME convention, at which time he/she shall be either re-elected or his/ her successor elected in conformance with the normal election procedure as set forth in AFSCME’s Constitution. The eligibility requirement of three years membership in a local within the legislative district shall be waived until three years from the effective date of this affiliation. ARTICLE III OCSEA’s jurisdiction as an affiliate of AFSCME shall be all members in the jurisdiction within which they are employed. The parties recognize that such jurisdiction may subsequently be restructured following passage of a public employee collective bargaining law in the State of Ohio or, as collective bargaining units may be required pursuant to the provisions of applicable law. ARTICLE IV This Agreement shall become effective upon approval by AFSCME and OCSEA in the manner required by their respective constitutions. ARTICLE V All of the assets, real and personal, tangible and intangible of OCSEA at the time of the execution of this agreement, including but not limited to pen- sion pension funds, benefit funds, wherever situated, which are currently the property prop- erty of OCSEA and any Chapters, District Councils, or assemblies, including apprecia- tion appreciation of existing property and any accretion, additions, or accumulations accumula- tions thereto, are acknowledged to be the property of OCSEA and shall remain its prop- erty property in perpetuity. AFSCME further agrees that the name Ohio Civil Service Employees Association shall remain the property of OCSEA in perpetuityperpe- tuity. The funds and property of OCSEA shall remain under the direction and control of the properly constituted officers of OCSEA in accordance with its Constitution and By- Laws. Any agreements or contract negotiated by OCSEA shall be in the name of OCSEA only and AFSCME International Union shall not be a signatory to such an agreement. Any such contracts or agreements shall remain the sole and exclusive property of OCSEA. ARTICLE VI As an AFSCME affiliate, OCSEA shall retain its identity consistent with its own policies and have full autonomy in accordance with the provisions of this agreement. OCSEA autonomy shall include, but it is not limited to, the right to establish its own dues structure, select its own staff, conduct work actions, vote, make its own decisions regarding contract demands and nego- tiations, including joining coalitions for bargaining purposes and economic actions by vote of its own membership, engage in political activity on behalf of its members, retain professional services including accountants and attorneys, the right to organize within OCSEA’s jurisdiction without the need of approval from AFSCME, as well as make policy determinations concerning OCSEA. AFSCME hereby approves the Constitution and By-Laws of OCSEA pres- ently presently in existence. All future amendments thereto by OCSEA following affilia- tion with AFSCME shall be subject to, and not in conflict with, the AFSCME Constitution. ARTICLE VII OCSEA as an affiliate of AFSCME shall have all rights, benefits, and privileges of membership in AFSCME, including affiliation with the AFL-CIO. AFSCME shall pay to the AFL-CIO the required per capita tax on each regular active member represented by OCSEA and associate member. In addition to paying the required AFL-CIO per capita tax as agreed to above, AFSCME agrees to assure that at all times AFSCME and OCSEA meet the requirements for protection under Article XX of the AFL-CIO Constitution. ARTICLE VIII Upon the effective implementation of this Agreement, OCSEA agrees to pay the per capita payments to AFSCME in accordance with International Constitution of AFSCME on behalf of all active and associate members of OCSEA, as well as on behalf of all persons making service or other similar payments in lieu of dues under agency shop or similar provisions. OCSEA shall not be obligated to pay any per capita payments to AFSCME on behalf of retired or life members of OCSEA. OCSEA shall not be obligated to pay an initiation fee or any special assessments on behalf of any OCSEA member.checks 61 disbursements 60 repayments 61