NEGOTIATING PROCEDURES. 1. Prior to the time set for entering into the process for negotiations, the Board through the Superintendent, and the Association, through its President, shall each designate in writing the names of not more than seven persons who shall serve on their respective negotiating teams and be responsible for negotiations pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement. Each party shall also designate the person on its team who will be the chief negotiator. If either party finds it necessary to change members of the team during negotiations, the party shall so inform the other party in writing, each party agreeing to keep changes as minimal as possible.
2. Negotiation meetings shall be closed to all except the Association and the Board designated negotiations team members and consultants.
3. Negotiation meetings will be conducted at the times and places mutually agreeable to the negotiators named by each party. A maximum time limit of two hours will be set for each session; however, an extension of time may be taken, if such extension is mutually agreeable to both teams. Any emergency meeting can be called by mutual consent of the spokesperson of both teams.
4. Negotiation meetings shall be scheduled at times which will not interfere with the teacher work day and the education program.
5. The requests for negotiations by the Association or by the Board of Education shall be in writing. The written requests shall be submitted by the President of the Association to the Superintendent, or by the Board of Education to the President of the Association, no later than April 1st of each year.
6. When using non-collaborative bargaining, the Association and the Board of Education will submit their packages of proposals to be negotiated by April 1st with the first meeting to be held no later than May 1st. However, when collaborative bargaining is being utilized, both parties will come to an agreement upon the date for beginning negotiations. At this meeting, proposals and/or issues requested for negotiations shall be within the scope of negotiable items as previously set forth.
7. Each team is responsible for the disposal of its' own respective proposals and/or issues in one of the following methods:
a. Agreement on the item
b. Agreement to withdraw the item
c. Sending the item to impasse In case of collective bargaining, all non-monetary items shall be disposed of by June 15. By mutual agreement of both teams, the June 15 date may be altered by written notification. In the c...
NEGOTIATING PROCEDURES. 20.1 With respect to meeting and negotiating a successor agreement to this agreement, the Association and District shall commence negotiations at mutually acceptable times and places after satisfying the public notice requirements. The Association shall have the right to designate no more than five bargaining unit members, who shall be given reasonable release time for the purpose of designated and mutually called meeting and negotiating sessions with the District as specified in the paragraph above.
NEGOTIATING PROCEDURES. 1. Negotiations shall be conducted in closed sessions. Each party shall have a negotiating team of not more than seven (7) members.
2. All agreements reached as a result of such negotiations shall be tentative until ratification by both parties is effected pursuant to the ratification procedures as set forth in Labor Relations Policy HE.
3. The parties agree to meet at reasonable times, to bargain in good faith, and execute a written contract incorporating any agreement reached.
4. Prior to the beginning of negotiations, the APS and ATF negotiating teams may jointly participate in training in interest-based bargaining.
5. In the event the parties fail to reach agreement prior to the expiration date of this Agreement, they may seek mediation assistance from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.
NEGOTIATING PROCEDURES. 2.1 It is agreed by both parties that during the period of negotiations between the Federation and the Board, all proceedings shall be closed to the public.
2.2 It is agreed by both parties that agreement will be made at the end of each bargaining session on the agenda for the following bargaining session. The schedule for the date and time of the following meeting or meetings will also be agreed upon at that time.
2.3 Agreement reached by negotiations shall be subject to ratification by the Federation at the earliest opportunity subsequent to agreement, but in no case later than 15 days subsequent to the agreement.
2.4 The Board and Federation agree that the persons acting as chief negotiators for the respective parties shall carry the full authority of the respective party and shall be authorized to reach agreements.
NEGOTIATING PROCEDURES. 4.01 A request for professional negotiations shall be submitted in writing by the SHTA to the Board or its designated representative or by the Board’s designated representative to SHTA before April 1 of the year (approximately 90 calendar days) of the expiration of the existing Agreement. A copy of the notice shall be filed with the State Employment Relations Board. A mutually convenient meeting shall be held by April 15th in which both parties shall exchange negotiation packages which shall include additions to, deletions from or revisions of the existing agreement. No new items shall be introduced for negotiations during said negotiations except what may be mutually agreed upon by both negotiation teams.
4.02 These definitions shall be applicable to this Agreement, as follows:
NEGOTIATING PROCEDURES. 2:01 SCOPE
NEGOTIATING PROCEDURES a. The order of the discussion of proposals during negotiation will be alternated. This may be determined by the flip of a coin. During negotiations the parties agree to exchange proposals in paper and electronically.
b. The parties agree to make proposals available in a Microsoft word format using Microsoft word format normal style in Calibri 12 point font for proposals with no special formatting.
c. Either party may table a proposal, or any part of a proposal, one time. Any additional tabling of a proposal requires mutual agreement to table.
d. These ground rules are designed to assist the parties in the negotiations and may not prohibit a proposal or counter proposal whether in the form of a single issue or package of issues. After the initial exchange of proposals, no new subject or proposals shall be submitted unless mutually agreed to by both Chief Negotiators.
e. The parties agree to provide each other within no more than fourteen (14) days any new proposal not exchanged initially. After that date, new proposals may be accepted only at the mutual agreement of the parties.
f. Either party may call a caucus. The Union will leave the negotiating room and may meet in the space provided or, if the meetings are held electronically, in a meeting call established by the respective parties for caucuses. The length of the caucus will be determined by what is reasonable by the party calling the caucus. However, if the caucus exceeds one (1) hour, the parties will meet to discuss the possibility of tabling the issue or meeting at a later date when the party calling the caucus is better equipped to continue negotiations.
g. Copies of required Agency rules, regulations, policies, or law will be made available to the Union by the Agency within a reasonable time after being cited by the Agency or a request is made by the Union. Likewise, any rule, regulation, policy or law cited by the union as supporting its proposals will be made available to the Agency by the union within a reasonable time after a request is made. Direction to a website shall be considered to satisfy this obligation.
h. All proposals and counter proposals will be reduced to writing at the request of either party.
i. As proposals are agreed upon, the chief negotiator for each party will initial the language, thereby certifying that an agreement has been reached subject to agreement on the whole Article. Reopening of an agreed subject must done by the mutual assent of both parties.
j. The parties ...
NEGOTIATING PROCEDURES. (a) The negotiation process shall be governed by the Alberta Labour Relations Code, RSA 2000, c L-1, as amended.
(b) Each party to the negotiations shall name no more than three (3) members to its negotiating committee; however, either party may bring resource people to the table as needed.
(c) Other than simple language changes, each proposal will be presented initially as an interest proposal. An interest proposal includes the article(s) affected, the issue(s) to be addressed, and the interests motivating the proposal.
NEGOTIATING PROCEDURES. A. Negotiations for a successor agreement may be initiated by either party by submitting a written notice to the opposite party requesting the commencement of negotiations. The notice shall be sent no earlier than one hundred and twenty (120) days and no later than ninety (90) days prior to the expiration of this Agreement. Within a reasonable time period after receiving notice, the party receiving the request for bargaining shall respond in writing and shall suggest a date at which time the parties shall meet and determine a mutually agreed upon time and place to begin negotiations.
B. Negotiations shall be conducted in closed sessions.
C. Negotiation ground rules may be negotiated by the parties.
D. During the negotiations, the parties shall meet at mutually acceptable times and locations.
E. All agreements reached by the parties shall be initialed as tentative agreements. Such tentative agreements are conditional and may be withdrawn should later discussion change either team’s understanding of the language it relates to another part of the agreement. Unless otherwise agreed to by the parties, tentative agreements shall not become effective until the entire negotiations package is ratified by the parties.
F. The County will allow up to four (4) union members on half time to attend bargaining sessions on County time not to exceed four (4) hours per session.
NEGOTIATING PROCEDURES. 1. The procedure hereinafter described shall be the exclusive method by which this Contract shall be modified.
2. Prior to November 1 of each year, either the Association or the District may reopen for negotiations Article 5 and/or Article 6. In addition, either or both parties may reopen for negotiations a combination of two other existing Articles in the Contract or new items.
3. Negotiations shall take place at a mutually agreeable time and place, provided that meetings shall be held within ten (10) school days of the Board's public response. Whenever representatives of the Association are mutually scheduled by the parties to participate during working hours respecting modification of the Contract, they shall suffer no loss in pay.
4. Either the District or the Association may utilize the services of outside consultants to assist in the negotiations, including representation in actual negotiations.
5. During negotiations, items tentatively agreed upon shall be reduced to writing and initialed by both parties.
6. When the Association and the District reach tentative agreement on all matters being negotiated, the complete written Contract shall be submitted to and ratified by the membership of the Association and the District prior to becoming effective.
