Common use of Negotiating Team Schedules Clause in Contracts

Negotiating Team Schedules. The parties commit to the importance of participation of nurses in contract negotiations. The members of the Association negotiating team will work with their managers to make good faith attempts to adjust their schedules to accommodate negotiations, including arranging for schedule trades. If they are unsuccessful, the Medical Center agrees it will release up to eight members of the negotiating team from scheduled shifts to attend negotiation sessions, and for the first 12 bargaining sessions of each contract, without loss of pay, unless urgent patient care needs or operation needs arise in which case the Medical Center will notify the Association and the nurse. The parties will promptly discuss the issue to strive to mutually reach a solution to better ensure staff nurses are included in scheduled negotiations.

Negotiating Team Schedules. The parties commit to the importance of participation of nurses in contract negotiations. The members of the Association negotiating team will work with their managers to make good faith attempts to adjust their schedules to accommodate negotiations, including arranging for schedule trades. If they are unsuccessful, the Medical Center agrees it will release up to eight members of the negotiating team from scheduled shifts to attend negotiation sessions, and for the first 12 bargaining sessions of each contract, without loss of pay, unless urgent patient care needs or operation needs arise in which case the Medical Center it will notify the Association and the nurse. The parties will promptly discuss the issue to strive to mutually reach a solution to better ensure staff nurses are included in scheduled negotiations.