Common use of Negotiations Committee Clause in Contracts

Negotiations Committee. a) The Union Negotiations Committee is composed of four (4) members named by the Union. b) In the twelve (12) months preceding the expiry of the collective agreement, the employees forming the Negotiations Committee may take leave without loss of pay for the purpose of preparing the collective agreement project. These hours and days of leave will be drawn from the bank of hours provided for in clause 9.08. c) For each negotiation, conciliation, mediation or arbitration, the University grants the Negotiations Committee leave without loss of pay at the rate of one half day per day of meetings. d) Members of the Negotiation Committee may, if they so desire, defer to after the signing of the collective agreement, their vacation accumulated in the twelve (12) months preceding the expiry of the collective agreement, as well as those accumulated up until the signing of the collective agreement, to a maximum of ten (10) days.