REDUCTIONS IN FORCE Sec. 2401
NEGOTIATIONS PROCEDURE Table of Contents
NEGOTIATIONS PROCEDURES Section 1. Negotiations shall commence pursuant to Article 4 of this Agreement and the Parties will structure their Agreement per the four (4) Agency groups set forth below: HUMAN SERVICES: Department of Human Services-Oregon Health Authority, Employment Department; INSTITUTIONS: Oregon Youth Authority (Youth Correctional Facilities), Oregon Health Authority Institutions: Oregon State Hospital (OSH), Pendleton State-Delivered Secure Residential Treatment Facility (Pendleton Cottage), OYA Administration and Field Services; ODOT: Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), Forestry, Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD), Oregon Department of Aviation (ODOA), Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife (ODFW), Department of Geology and Mineral Industries (DOGAMI), Department of Agriculture, Water Resources Department, Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board; SPECIAL AGENCIES: Justice, Revenue, Higher Education Coordinating Commission, Workers’ Compensation Board, Department of Consumer & Business Services (DCBS), Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI), Veterans’ Affairs, Board of Nursing, Oregon Medical Board, Board of Dentistry, Board of Pharmacy, Mortuary and Cemetery Board, Oregon Mental Health Regulatory Agency, Board of Medical Imaging, Board of Massage Therapists, Occupational Therapy Licensing Board, Board of Examiners for Speech Pathology & Audiology, Board of Naturopathic Medicine, Education, Library, Treasury, Commission for the Blind, Public Employees Retirement System (PERS), Special Schools, State Scholarship, Department of Administrative Services, Oregon Housing & Community Services (OHCS), Oregon State Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying (OSBEELS), and Teachers Standards and Practices Commission.
Recognition and Negotiations The Employer or anyone authorized to act on their behalf recognizes the Union as the sole collective bargaining agency for its employees classified and covered by this Agreement. The Employer agrees to negotiate with the Union or anyone authorized to act on behalf of the Union, in any and all matters affecting the relationship between the parties to this Agreement.
Negotiations Meetings Negotiations meetings between said bargaining committees shall be private and scheduled for mutually satisfactory times and place(s). Both parties may utilize the services of consultants during the negotiation process. Only bargaining committee members, consultants, and other individuals mutually agreed to between the bargaining committees shall be present in the negotiating sessions.
Modifications in Writing 19. No change, modification, extension, termination or waiver of this Agreement, or any of the provisions herein contained, shall be valid unless made in writing and signed by a duly authorized representative of each party.
Negotiations At the written request of a Party, each Party will appoint a knowledgeable, responsible representative to meet and negotiate in good faith to resolve any dispute arising out of or relating to this Agreement. The Parties intend that these negotiations be conducted by non-lawyer, business representatives. The location, format, frequency, duration, and conclusion of these discussions shall be left to the discretion of the representatives. Upon agreement, the representatives may utilize other alternative dispute resolution procedures such as mediation to assist in the negotiations. Discussions and correspondence among the representatives for purposes of these negotiations shall be treated as confidential information developed for purposes of settlement, exempt from discovery, and shall not be admissible in the arbitration described below or in any lawsuit without the concurrence of all Parties. Documents identified in or provided with such communications, which are not prepared for purposes of the negotiations, are not so exempted and may, if otherwise discoverable, be discovered or otherwise admissible, be admitted in evidence, in the arbitration or lawsuit.
Recognition and Negotiation 3.01 The Division recognizes the Canadian Union of Public Employees and its Local 2348 as the sole and exclusive bargaining agent for all employees of the Division set forth in the Manitoba Labour Board Certificate No. MLB 5017 dated the 4th day of February, 1994, and for those employees for whom the Division and the Union from time to time mutually agree upon.
Conducting Negotiations 5-2-1 The Association and the District agree that negotiations shall be guided by the following procedures, which may be modified at any time by mutual consent. 5-2-2 The parties agree to negotiate in good faith. Good faith is defined as an honest attempt to resolve issues, which arise during the negotiations process. Both parties agree to present reasonable proposals, which demonstrate educational and fiscal responsibility. The obligations of good faith negotiations does not compel either party to agree or to make concessions on a specific issue. 5-2-3 The parties agree that the primary teams at the table for each side will be limited to a mutually agreed upon number of participants. A majority of each team shall be District employees.
Preparation of Agreement This Agreement shall not be construed more strongly against any party regardless of who is responsible for its preparation. The parties acknowledge each contributed and is equally responsible for its preparation.
