NEGOTIATIONS PROCEDURE. A. Upon the request of Local 149 or the Board, not earlier than ninety (90) calendar days prior to the expiration of this Agreement, the parties may open negotiations for a successor contract. The first meeting will be held within fifteen (15) calendar days of receipt of the request unless the parties mutually agree to a later date.
B. The Board and the Union shall be represented at negotiation meetings by a team of not more than six (6) members each.
C. The Board and the Union negotiating teams shall exchange items for negotiations at the first negotiating session. All contract proposals shall be presented in writing by both parties. No issue shall be introduced by either party following the first session unless mutually agreed by both negotiating teams.
D. Neither team shall release information to the public media without mutual agreement of the other team until such time as impasse is declared by either side.
E. When tentative agreement is reached covering the matters of negotiation, it shall be reduced to writing, reproduced at Board expense for the Local 149 membership to ratify or reject. When approved by Local 149 membership, it shall be presented to the Board for its approval or rejection.
F. In the event agreement is not reached within thirty (30) calendar days after the first actual negotiating session, either party may request that Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service be notified and requested to furnish the services of a mediator for the purpose of assisting the parties in reaching agreement. The request for a mediator shall be jointly filed. This procedure is intended to serve as an alternate dispute resolution procedure to those set forth in Chapter 4117 of the Ohio Revised Code.
G. The procedures set forth above may be modified prior to the start of negotiations by joint agreement of the parties. Should that occur, the bargaining shall be governed by the ground rules agreed to modifying these procedures.
NEGOTIATIONS PROCEDURE. 1. The purpose of this Article is to establish an orderly procedure for negotiations between the Board and Association.
2. The scope of the negotiations shall be limited to wages, hours, and terms and conditions of employment.
3. Unless representation has been challenged pursuant to applicable law, either the Board or the Association may initiate negotiations by serving written notice to the other party not more than one hundred twenty (12) days nor less than ninety (90) days prior to the expiration of this Agreement. At the same time that the notice is filed, the Association and Board will notify the State Employment Relations Board (SERB) of the offer to negotiate and will provide SERB with a copy of this Agreement, together with a statement that the parties shall utilize, if necessary, the impasse procedures identified in Section 11 of this Article. Unless the parties agree otherwise, no negotiations meeting shall begin prior to the one hundred twentieth (120th) day before the expiration of this Agreement.
4. All meetings shall be mutually scheduled. The date, time, and place for the next meeting will be established before adjournment of each meeting.
5. Each party shall have full authority to choose its own negotiating members. The negotiating team of the Board shall meet with the negotiating team of O.A.P.S.E to negotiate in good faith. Each negotiating team shall, in advance of negotiations, identify up to five (5) individuals to serve on its negotiating team, plus an Association Representative or lawyer. The parties shall ensure that their respective negotiating teams shall have all necessary authority to make proposals, counter-proposals, consider proposals and counter-proposals in the course of negotiations, and enter into tentative agreements, subject to ratification by the Association and formal adoption by the Board.
6. During the period of negotiations, the Board and the Association may provide each other, upon written request, all public information it regularly and routinely prepares concerning the issue(s) under consideration.
7. Should either party to the negotiations issue a news release or public statement during the period of negotiations, that party will provide the other a written copy of the text of said news release or statement prior to its being made public.
8. All proposals for negotiation shall be submitted in writing at the first meeting.
9. During the course of negotiations, items agreed to shall be reduced to writing and sign...
NEGOTIATIONS PROCEDURE. A. The parties acknowledge that during the negotiations which resulted in this Agreement, each had the unlimited right and opportunity to make demands and proposals with respect to any subject or matter not removed by law from the area of collective bargaining, and that the understandings and agreements arrived at by the parties after the exercise of that right and opportunity are set forth in this Agreement. Therefore, the Employer and the Association, for the life of this Agreement, each voluntarily and unqualifiedly waive the right and agree that the other shall not be obligated to bargain collectively with respect to any subject or matter referred to or covered in this Agreement and also with regard to any subject or matter which was negotiated in the formation of this Agreement but upon which no Agreement was reached. It is contemplated that the terms and conditions of employment provided in this Agreement shall remain in effect during its term unless altered by mutual consent of the Employer and the Association, in writing. It is likewise recognized that matters previously unforeseen may be negotiated by mutual consent of the parties.
B. Representatives of the Employer and Association may meet for purposes of discussing matters of mutual concern. These meetings are not intended to by-pass the grievance procedure or to constitute negotiations.
C. Negotiations between the parties on a successor agreement shall begin at least sixty (60) days prior to the expiration of the Agreement unless the parties have a written agreement otherwise. When negotiations are conducted during regular school hours, released time shall be provided for the Association’s negotiating team.
D. Neither party in any negotiations shall have any control over the selection of the negotiating or bargaining representatives of the other party. The parties mutually pledge that their representatives will be clothed with all necessary power and authority to make proposals and consider proposals.
E. This Agreement supersedes and cancels all previous Agreements, verbal or written or based on alleged past practices, between the Board and the Association and constitutes the entire Agreement between the parties. Any amendment or agreement supplemental hereto shall not be binding upon either party unless executed in writing by the parties hereto.
F. There shall be two (2) signed copies of any final agreement. One (1) copy shall be retained by the Employer and one (1) by the Association. Copies ...
NEGOTIATIONS PROCEDURE. A. On or about November 1 of the year preceding the expiration year of the then current Agreement, either of the parties desiring to open negotiations for a successor Agreement shall give written notice of such an intention to the other party.
B. The negotiations shall be geared insofar as possible to the budget-making process. The parties agree that the first negotiation session following the notice required above shall be convened not later than the first week of December of the year preceding the expiration year of the then current Agreement. Subsequent negotiating sessions and procedures shall be established by mutual consent.
NEGOTIATIONS PROCEDURE. A. Upon written request, the designated representative of the Employer and the Association's bargaining committees should meet during the term of the contract for the purpose of reviewing the administration of the contract and to resolve problems that may arise. These meetings are not intended to by-pass the grievance procedure. Each party will submit to the other, on or before the Friday prior to the meeting, an agenda covering what they wish to discuss. Should such a meeting result in a mutually acceptable amendment to the Agreement, then the amendment shall be subject to ratification by the Employer and the Association provided that the respective bargaining committee shall be empowered to effect temporary accommodations to resolve special problems.
B. Neither party in any negotiations shall have any control over the selection of the negotiating or bargaining representatives of the other party. The parties mutually pledge that their representatives will be clothed with all necessary power and authority to make proposals, consider proposals, and make concessions in the course of negotiations, subject to final ratification by the Board and by the Association. The parties' representatives shall be empowered during negotiations to enter into "tentative agreements" (TA's), which shall be in writing, dated and initialed by chief spokespersons on a provision by provision basis. TA's shall signify commitment to recommend ratification. No TA'd provisions shall be taken back for ratification until tentative agreement between bargaining teams is reached as to all issues opened to negotiations.
C. There shall be two signed copies of any final agreement. One copy shall be retained by the Employer and one by the Association.
NEGOTIATIONS PROCEDURE. The parties agree to enter into collective negotiations concerning a successor Agreement to become effective on or after July l, 2023, subject to the provisions above.
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NEGOTIATIONS PROCEDURE. Upon written notice given by one party to the other at least thirty (30) days in advance, negotiations for a successor agreement will begin. The Alliance and the University agree to negotiate over a successor agreement in good faith and make an effort to set the hours, wages, terms and conditions of employment for the members of the Bargaining Unit. An Agreement so reached shall be put in writing, signed by the University and the Alliance and all shall apply to the entire Bargaining Unit.
NEGOTIATIONS PROCEDURE. A. Negotiations shall be initiated by notification from the Association in writing to the Board and SERB no earlier than February 1 and no later than March 15.
NEGOTIATIONS PROCEDURE. A. The Board and the Association shall engage in good faith bargaining in accordance with all applicable law.
B. In preparation for and during negotiations, the Board shall provide relevant data requested by the Association, unless the provision of such data is otherwise prohibited by law.
C. Whenever any member of this Association is mutually scheduled by the parties to participate during working hours in negotiations, grievance procedures, conferences or meetings, he/she shall suffer no loss of pay and/or benefits.
