NEGOTIATIONS FOR A SUCCESSOR AGREEMENT. 36.1 Prior to the expiration of the contract in accordance with Article 35, the parties agree to the following process for purposes of negotiating a successor Agreement:
36.1.1 The parties shall have an initial meeting to begin the bargaining process pursuant to ORS 243.712 no later than the third week in December;
36.1.2 The parties’ bargaining teams shall meet no later than the third week in January;
36.1.3 The parties agree to request and pre-schedule mediation in order to allow mediation to occur as soon as possible following the expiration of the 150 day period of negotiations in the event an agreement is not reached during that period.
36.2 The parties agree for the purposes of negotiating a successor Agreement to this Labor Agreement, and any mid-term bargaining which occurs during the life this Agreement, that the City will release up to five (5) bargaining unit members to participate in negotiations.
36.2.1 Of the five (5) members released, the City and the Union will each pay 50% of the daily wage. In order to facilitate meeting times, the members of the negotiating team shall have their schedules adjusted so that they have common days off, and bargaining will be scheduled on their work days unless the parties mutually agree otherwise. Bargaining team members working evening hours will be required to adjust their shift in order to attend bargaining sessions and will use Union Time Reimbursed (UTR). There will be no cap on UTR time used for this purpose.
36.2.2 Bargaining sessions are paid day for day at straight time. On bargaining days members will be excused from returning to work whenever the bargaining sessions last more than seven (7) hours. If bargaining sessions are less than seven (7) hours, members will return to work in order to complete their ten (10) hour work day. Members may be allowed to make up the balance of any time owed by the use of annual leave or overtime compensatory time; or, when mutually agreeable, members may arrange to work the balance at a later date.
NEGOTIATIONS FOR A SUCCESSOR AGREEMENT. The parties agree that negotiations for a successor Memorandum of Understanding shall begin by the submission by either party of a proposal or a written request to meet and confer not later than February 1, 2020. If a proposal or request is submitted, meeting and conferring sessions shall begin by February 15, 2020 and shall continue until agreement is reached or until an inability to reach agreement (impasse) is declared. The parties agree to use their best efforts to conclude meet and confer sessions before May 31, 2020. If neither party submits a proposal or request, all conditions of this MOU shall continue in full force and effect for one year from the date it otherwise would have terminated.
NEGOTIATIONS FOR A SUCCESSOR AGREEMENT. The parties agree that negotiations for a successor Memorandum of Understanding shall begin by the submission by either party of a proposal or a written notice of intent to bargain not later than February 1 of the final year of the MOU. If a proposal or notice of intent to bargain is submitted, meeting and conferring sessions shall begin and shall continue until agreement is reached or until an inability to reach agreement (impasse) is declared. The parties agree to use their best efforts to conclude meet and confer sessions before May 31 of the final year of the MOU. If neither party submits at least a notice of intent to bargain, all conditions of this MOU shall continue in full force and effect for one year from the date it otherwise would have terminated.
NEGOTIATIONS FOR A SUCCESSOR AGREEMENT. The parties to this Agreement shall commence negotiations for a successor agreement on or after October 1 of the last year of the contract but in no event later than 120 days prior to the Board’s required budget submission date.
NEGOTIATIONS FOR A SUCCESSOR AGREEMENT. Negotiations for a successor MOU shall begin by the submission by either party of a proposal or a written request to meet and confer not later than March 1, 2026. If a proposal or request is submitted, meet and confer sessions shall begin by March 15, 2026, and shall continue until an agreement is reached or until an inability to reach agreement (impasse) is declared. The parties agree to use good faith efforts to conclude meet and confer sessions before June 30, 2026. If neither party submits a proposal or request to meet and confer, the wages, hours and terms and conditions of employment of this MOU shall automatically continue in full force and effect for an additional one-year term. In the event of such automatic extension, the time for exchanging proposals and opening negotiations as set forth in this Article shall be adjusted accordingly. This process of automatic extensions in the event of a failure by either party to submit a proposal or written request to meet and confer may continue from year to year.
NEGOTIATIONS FOR A SUCCESSOR AGREEMENT. 1.2.5.1 The Hospitals will count a bargaining team member’s attendance toward the fulfillment of that individual’s FTE status when engaged in joint bargaining toward a successor agreement. For example, an employee whose FTE commitment would typically require him/her to work five (5) shifts per week will
1.2.5.2 The employee’s attendance at bargaining does not count as “hours worked” for any other purpose.
1.2.5.3 Each bargaining team member shall provide his/her supervisor with written notice of the need to be scheduled consistent with the scheduled bargaining within 24 hours after the bargaining dates are agreed upon in order to allow his/her supervisor the maximum amount of time to cover the schedule, unless bargaining dates are scheduled within 24 hours.
1.2.5.4 In the event that the parties mutually agree to bargaining dates upon short notice (i.e., one (1) week or less), in addition to the notification process described above, the Hospitals will also instruct managers to release bargaining team members from duty whenever possible, consistent with patient care needs.
NEGOTIATIONS FOR A SUCCESSOR AGREEMENT. A. Negotiations for succeeding Agreements shall begin not later than the second week in January. Meetings between the representatives of the parties shall be scheduled as convenient until an Agreement is concluded.
B. The parties agree to negotiate in good faith effort to reach agreement pursuant to Chapter 123, Public Laws of 1974.
NEGOTIATIONS FOR A SUCCESSOR AGREEMENT. Negotiations for succeeding Agreements shall begin not later than the second week in October. Meetings between the representatives of the parties shall be scheduled as convenient until an Agreement is concluded.
NEGOTIATIONS FOR A SUCCESSOR AGREEMENT. Prior to the expiration of the contract in accordance with Article 35, the parties agree to the following process for purposes of negotiating a successor Agreement:
