RECOGNITION AND MEMBERSHIP. 2.01 The Hospital recognizes the Association as the collective bargaining representative with respect to rate of pay, hours of work, and other conditions of employment for a bargaining unit composed of all registered nurses employed by the Hospital only at 13th and May Streets, Hood River, Oregon, and no other location as general duty nurses, but excluding administrative and supervisory personnel and nurses employed exclusively in the following departments and areas: Admissions, Physical Therapy, EEG, Anesthesia, Radiology, Laboratory, Pharmacy, Occupational Therapy, Quality Assurance, Utilization Review, Nursing Education, Dietary, Medical Records, Personnel, Doctor's Offices, and Housekeeping. Should the Hospital move nurses currently within the bargaining unit to a location contiguous with the Hospital property but not specifically located at 13th and May Streets, those positions will remain within the bargaining unit. 2.02 The Hospital also recognizes the Association as the collective bargaining representative with respect to rate of pay, hours of work, and other conditions of employment for all registered nurses employed in the Home Health Care and Hospice Departments as general-duty nurses, but excluding administrative and supervisory personnel. 2.03 Because a nurse has a high degree of professional responsibility to the patient, the nurse is encouraged to participate in the Association to define and upgrade standards of nursing practice and education through participation and membership in his/her professional association. An ONA membership packet will be provided by ONA to the Hospital. The Hospital will provide that packet to each nurse at the time of new employee orientation. A bargaining unit nurse designated by the Association will be given the opportunity to meet with newly-hired nurses who are on paid time for 15 minutes, to discuss contract administration. The meeting will occur within the first week of employment. If the nurse designated by the Association has been released from otherwise scheduled work, the nurse will also be paid for the 15-minute period. 2.04 The following provisions apply to any nurse hired before December 14, 2009 (“Effective Date”): Membership in the American Nurses Association through Association shall be encouraged, although it shall not be required as a condition of employment. Notwithstanding the prior sentence, if a nurse hired before December 14, 2009, voluntarily joins the Association or has voluntarily joined the Association as of December 14, 2009, the nurse must thereafter maintain such membership, as an ongoing condition of employment, or exercise one of the two options listed in 2.05A(2) or 2.05A(3) below.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
RECOGNITION AND MEMBERSHIP.
13 2.01 The Hospital recognizes the Association as the collective bargaining 14 representative with respect to rate of pay, hours of work, and other conditions of 15 employment for a bargaining unit composed of all registered nurses employed by the 16 Hospital only at 13th and May Streets, Hood River, Oregon, and no other location as 17 general duty nurses, but excluding administrative and supervisory personnel and nurses 18 employed exclusively in the following departments and areas: Admissions, Physical 19 Therapy, EEG, Anesthesia, Radiology, Laboratory, Pharmacy, Occupational Therapy, 20 Quality Assurance, Utilization Review, Nursing Education, Dietary, Medical Records, 21 Personnel, Doctor's Offices, and Housekeeping. Should the Hospital move nurses 22 currently within the bargaining unit to a location contiguous with the Hospital property 23 but not specifically located at 13th and May Streets, those positions will remain within 24 the bargaining unit.
26 2.02 The Hospital also recognizes the Association as the collective bargaining 27 representative with respect to rate of pay, hours of work, and other conditions of 28 employment for all registered nurses employed in the Home Health Care and Hospice 29 Departments as general-duty nurses, but excluding administrative and supervisory 30 personnel.
32 2.03 Because a nurse has a high degree of professional responsibility to the 33 patient, the nurse is encouraged to participate in the Association to define and upgrade 34 standards of nursing practice and education through participation and membership in 1 his/her professional association. An ONA membership packet will be provided by ONA to the Hospital. The Hospital will provide that packet 2 to each nurse at the time of new employee orientation. A bargaining unit nurse 3 designated by the Association will be given the opportunity to meet with newly-hired 4 nurses who are on paid time for 15 30 minutes, to discuss contract administration. The 5 meeting will occur within the first week month of employment. If the nurse designated by the 6 Association has been released from otherwise scheduled work, the nurse will also be 7 paid for the 1530-minute period.
9 2.04 The following provisions apply to any nurse hired before December 14, 10 2009 (“Effective Date”): Membership in the American Nurses Association through 11 Association shall be encouraged, although it shall not be required as a condition of 12 employment. Notwithstanding the prior sentence, if a nurse hired before December 14, 13 2009, voluntarily joins the Association or has voluntarily joined the Association as of 14 December 14, 2009, the nurse must thereafter maintain such membership, as an 15 ongoing condition of employment, or exercise one of the two options listed in 2.05A(2) 16 or 2.05A(3) below.
17 A. Transfers. Nurses who are members of the Association or have 18 exercised one of the two options listed in 2.05A(2) or 2.05A(3) below will 19 maintain such status upon transfer to Providence Portland Hospital, Providence 20 St. Xxxxxxx Hospital, Providence Willamette Falls Hospital, and Providence Home 21 Health and Hospice. Nurses who are not members at another facility in the 22 Portland metro area where they are represented by a union may continue such 23 status, at their option, upon transfer to Providence Portland Hospital, Providence 24 St. Xxxxxxx Hospital, and Providence Home Health and Hospice, unless they 25 elect to exercise one of the two options listed in 2.05A(2) or 2.05A(3) below. 27 B. Promotions within a facility. A nurse subject to paragraph A above 28 as of December 14, 2009 who assumes a position at the Hospital outside of the 29 bargaining unit will retain her/his respective status (as a nonmember, a member 30 whose membership must be maintained, or one of the two options listed in 32 year of the date that the nurse assumed a non-bargaining position. A nurse who 33 returns to the bargaining unit after one year will be subject to the choices in 34 paragraph 2.05A below. 2 2009: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
RECOGNITION AND MEMBERSHIP. 2.01 The Hospital recognizes the Association as the collective bargaining representative with respect to rate of pay, hours of work, and other conditions of employment for a bargaining unit composed of all registered nurses employed by the Hospital only at 13th and May Streets, Hood River, Oregon, and no other location as general duty nurses, but excluding administrative and supervisory personnel and nurses employed exclusively in the following departments and areas: Admissions, Physical Therapy, EEG, Anesthesia, Radiology, Laboratory, Pharmacy, Occupational Therapy, Quality Assurance, Utilization Review, Nursing Education, Dietary, Medical Records, Personnel, Doctor's Offices, and Housekeeping. Should the Hospital move nurses currently within the bargaining unit to a location contiguous with the Hospital property but not specifically located at 13th and May Streets, those positions will remain within the bargaining unit.
2.02 The Hospital also recognizes the Association as the collective bargaining representative with respect to rate of pay, hours of work, and other conditions of employment for all registered nurses employed in the Home Health Care and Hospice Departments as general-duty nurses, but excluding administrative and supervisory personnel.
2.03 Because a nurse has a high degree of professional responsibility to the patient, the nurse is encouraged to participate in the Association to define and upgrade standards of nursing practice and education through participation and membership in his/her professional association. An ONA membership packet will be provided by ONA to the Hospital. The Hospital will provide that packet to each nurse at the time of new employee orientation. A bargaining unit nurse designated by the Association will be given the opportunity to meet with newly-hired nurses who are on paid time for 15 30 minutes, to discuss contract administration. The meeting will occur within the first week month of employment. If the nurse designated by the Association has been released from otherwise scheduled work, the nurse will also be paid for the 1530-minute period.
2.04 The following provisions apply to any nurse hired before December 14, 2009 (“Effective Date”): Membership in the American Nurses Association through Association shall be encouraged, although it shall not be required as a condition of employment. Notwithstanding the prior sentence, if a nurse hired before December 14, 2009, voluntarily joins the Association or has voluntarily joined the Association as of December 14, 2009, the nurse must thereafter maintain such membership, as an ongoing condition of employment, or exercise one of the two options listed in 2.05A(2) or 2.05A(3) below.
A. Transfers. Nurses who are members of the Association or have exercised one of the two options listed in 2.05A(2) or 2.05A(3) below will maintain such status upon transfer to Providence Portland Hospital, Providence St. Xxxxxxx Hospital, Providence Willamette Falls Hospital, and Providence Home Health and Hospice. Nurses who are not members at another facility in the Portland metro area where they are represented by a union may continue such status, at their option, upon transfer to Providence Portland Hospital, Providence St. Xxxxxxx Hospital, and Providence Home Health and Hospice, unless they elect to exercise one of the two options listed in 2.05A(2) or 2.05A(3) below.
B. Promotions within a facility. A nurse subject to paragraph A above as of December 14, 2009 who assumes a position at the Hospital outside of the bargaining unit will retain her/his respective status (as a nonmember, a member whose membership must be maintained, or one of the two options listed in 2.05A(2) or 2.05A(3) below) if he or she returns to the bargaining unit within one year of the date that the nurse assumed a non-bargaining position. A nurse who returns to the bargaining unit after one year will be subject to the choices in paragraph 2.05A below.
2.05 The following provisions apply to any nurse hired after December 14, 1 2009: A. By the 31st calendar day following the day that the nurse begins working, each nurse must do one of the following, as a condition of employment:
1. Become and remain a member in good standing of the Association and pay membership dues (Association member); or
2. Pay the Association a representation fee established by the Association in accordance with the law; or
3. Exercise his/her right to object on religious grounds. Any employee who is a member of, and adheres to established and traditional tenets or teachings of a bona fide religion, body, or sect, that holds conscientious objections to joining or financially supporting labor organizations, will, in lieu of dues and fees, pay sums equal to such dues and/or fees to a non-religious charitable fund. These religious objections and decisions as to which fund will be used must be documented and declared in writing to the Association and the Hospital. Such payments must be made to the charity within fifteen (15) calendar days of the time that dues would have been paid.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
RECOGNITION AND MEMBERSHIP. 2 2.01 The Hospital recognizes the Association as the collective bargaining 3 representative with respect to rate of pay, hours of work, and other conditions of 4 employment for a bargaining unit composed of all registered nurses employed by the 5 Hospital only at 13th and May Streets, Hood River, Oregon, and no other location as 6 general duty nurses, but excluding administrative and supervisory personnel and nurses 7 employed exclusively in the following departments and areas: Admissions, Physical 8 Therapy, EEG, Anesthesia, Radiology, Laboratory, Pharmacy, Occupational Therapy, 9 Quality Assurance, Utilization Review, Nursing Education, Dietary, Medical Records, 10 Personnel, Doctor's Offices, and Housekeeping. Should the Hospital move nurses 11 currently within the bargaining unit to a location contiguous with the Hospital property 12 but not specifically located at 13th and May Streets, those positions will remain within 13 the bargaining unit.
15 2.02 The Hospital also recognizes the Association as the collective bargaining 16 representative with respect to rate of pay, hours of work, and other conditions of 17 employment for all registered nurses employed in the Home Health Care and Hospice 18 Departments as general-duty nurses, but excluding administrative and supervisory 19 personnel.
21 2.03 Because a nurse has a high degree of professional responsibility to the 22 patient, the nurse is encouraged to participate in the Association to define and upgrade 23 standards of nursing practice and education through participation and membership in 24 his/her professional association. An ONA membership packet will be provided by ONA 25 to the Hospital. The Hospital will provide that packet to each nurse at the time of new 26 employee orientation. A bargaining unit nurse designated by the Association will be 27 given the opportunity to meet with newly-hired nurses who are on paid time for 30 15 28 minutes, to discuss contract administration. The meeting will occur within the first 29 month week of employment. If the nurse designated by the Association has been 30 released from otherwise scheduled work, the nurse will also be paid for the 153015-minute period.minute
1 2.04 The following provisions apply to any nurse hired before December 14, 2 2009 (“Effective Date”): Membership in the American Nurses Association through 3 Association shall be encouraged, although it shall not be required as a condition of 4 employment. Notwithstanding the prior sentence, if a nurse hired before December 14, 5 2009, voluntarily joins the Association or has voluntarily joined the Association as of 6 December 14, 2009, the nurse must thereafter maintain such membership, as an 7 ongoing condition of employment, or exercise one of the two options listed in 2.05A(2) 8 or 2.05A(3) below.
9 A. Transfers. Nurses who are members of the Association or have 10 exercised one of the two options listed in 2.05A(2) or 2.05A(3) below will 11 maintain such status upon transfer to Providence Portland Hospital, Providence 12 St. Xxxxxxx Hospital, Providence Willamette Falls Hospital, and Providence Home 13 Health and Hospice. Nurses who are not members at another facility in the 14 Portland metro area where they are represented by a union may continue such 15 status, at their option, upon transfer to Providence Portland Hospital, Providence 16 St. Xxxxxxx Hospital, and Providence Home Health and Hospice, unless they 17 elect to exercise one of the two options listed in 2.05A(2) or 2.05A(3) below. 18
19 B. Promotions within a facility. A nurse subject to paragraph a above 20 as of December 14, 2009 who assumes a position at the Hospital outside of the 21 bargaining unit will retain her/his respective status (as a nonmember, a member 22 whose membership must be maintained, or one of the two options listed in 23 2.05A(2) or 2.05A(3) below) if he or she returns to the bargaining unit within one 24 year of the date that the nurse assumed a non-bargaining position. A nurse who 25 returns to the bargaining unit after one year will be subject to the choices in 26 paragraph 2.05A below.
28 2.05 The following provisions apply to any nurse hired after December 14, 29 2009:
30 A. By the 31st calendar day following the day that the nurse begins 31 working, each nurse must do one of the following, as a condition of employment:
1 (1) Become and remain a member in good standing of the 2 Association and pay membership dues (Association member); or
3 (2) Pay the Association a representation fee established by the 4 Association in accordance with the law; or 5 (3) Exercise his/her right to object on religious grounds. Any 6 employee who is a member of, and adheres to established and traditional 7 tenets or teachings of a bona fide religion, body, or sect, that holds 8 conscientious objections to joining or financially supporting labor 9 organizations, will, in lieu of dues and fees, pay sums equal to such dues 10 and/or fees to a non-religious charitable fund. These religious objections 11 and decisions as to which fund will be used must be documented and 12 declared in writing to the Association and the Hospital. Such payments 13 must be made to the charity within fifteen (15) calendar days of the time 14 that dues would have been paid.
16 B. The Hospital will provide a copy of the collective bargaining 17 agreement to newly hired nurses, along with including a form provided by the 18 Association that confirms the provisions in 2.05A above. The nurse will be asked 19 to sign upon receipt and return the signed form directly to the Association. The 20 Hospital will work in good faith to develop a procedure to retain copies of such 21 signed forms.
23 C. A nurse should notify the Association’s Membership Coordinator, in 24 writing, of a desire to change his or her status under the provisions of 2.05A 25 above by mail, to the business address for the Association. 26
27 D. The Association will provide the Hospital with copies of at least two 28 notices sent to a nurse who has not met the obligations to which he/she is 29 subject, pursuant to this Article. The Association may request that Hospital’s 30 terminate the employment of a nurse who does not meet the obligations to which 31 he/she is subject, pursuant to this Article. After such a request is made, 32 Providence will terminate the nurse’s employment no later than fourteen (14) 1 days after receiving the written request from the Association. The Hospital will 2 have no obligation to pay severance or any other notice pay related to such 3 termination of employment.
4 2.06 The following provisions apply to all nurses.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
RECOGNITION AND MEMBERSHIP. 2.01 20 2.1 The Hospital recognizes the Association as the collective bargaining 21 representative with respect to rate of pay, hours of work, and other conditions 22 of employment for a bargaining unit composed of all registered nurses 23 employed by the Hospital only at 13th and May Streets, Hood River, Oregon, 24 and no other location as general duty nurses, but excluding administrative 25 and supervisory personnel and nurses employed exclusively in the following 26 departments and areas: Admissions, Physical Therapy, EEG, Anesthesia, 27 Radiology, Laboratory, Pharmacy, Occupational Therapy, Quality Assurance, 28 Utilization Review, Nursing Education, Dietary, Medical Records, Personnel, 29 Doctor's Offices, and Housekeeping. Should the Hospital move nurses 30 currently within the bargaining unit to a location contiguous with the Hospital 31 property but not specifically located at 13th and May Streets, those positions 32 will remain within the bargaining unit.
2.02 1 2.2 The Hospital also recognizes the Association as the collective bargaining 2 representative with respect to rate of pay, hours of work, and other conditions 3 of employment for all registered nurses employed in the Home Health Care 4 and Hospice Departments as general-duty nurses, but excluding 5 administrative and supervisory personnel.
2.03 7 2.3 Because a nurse has a high degree of professional responsibility to the 8 patient, the nurse is encouraged to participate in the Association to define 9 and upgrade standards of nursing practice and education through 10 participation and membership in his/her professional association. An ONA 11 membership packet will be provided by ONA to the Hospital. The Hospital will provide that packet to each nurse at the time of new 12 employee orientation. A bargaining unit nurse designated by the Association 13 will be given the opportunity to meet with newly-newly hired nurses who are on paid 14 time for 15 30 minutes, to discuss contract administration. The meeting will 15 occur within the first week month of employment. If the nurse designated by the 16 Association has been released from otherwise scheduled work, the nurse will 17 also be paid for the 1530-minute period.
2.04 19 2.4 The following provisions apply to any nurse hired before December 14, 2009 20 (“Effective Date”): Membership in the American Nurses Association through 21 Association shall be encouraged, although it shall not be required as a 22 condition of employment. Notwithstanding the prior sentence, if a nurse hired 23 before December 14, 2009, voluntarily joins the Association or has voluntarily 24 joined the Association as of December 14, 2009, the nurse must thereafter 25 maintain such membership, as an ongoing condition of employment, or 26 exercise one of the two options listed in 2.05A(22.5A(2) or 2.05A(32.5A(3) below.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
RECOGNITION AND MEMBERSHIP. 5 2.01 The Hospital recognizes the Association as the collective bargaining 6 representative with respect to rate of pay, hours of work, and other conditions of 7 employment for a bargaining unit composed of all registered nurses employed by the 8 Hospital only at 13th and May Streets, Hood River, Oregon, and no other location as 9 general duty nurses, but excluding administrative and supervisory personnel and nurses 10 employed exclusively in the following departments and areas: Admissions, Physical 11 Therapy, EEG, Anesthesia, Radiology, Laboratory, Pharmacy, Occupational Therapy, 12 Quality Assurance, Utilization Review, Nursing Education, Dietary, Medical Records, 13 Personnel, Doctor's Offices, and Housekeeping. Should the Hospital move nurses 14 currently within the bargaining unit to a location contiguous with the Hospital property 15 but not specifically located at 13th and May Streets, those positions will remain within 16 the bargaining unit.
18 2.02 The Hospital also recognizes the Association as the collective bargaining 19 representative with respect to rate of pay, hours of work, and other conditions of 20 employment for all registered nurses employed in the Home Health Care and Hospice 21 Departments as general-duty nurses, but excluding administrative and supervisory 22 personnel.
24 2.03 Because a nurse has a high degree of professional responsibility to the 25 patient, the nurse is encouraged to participate in the Association to define and upgrade 26 standards of nursing practice and education through participation and membership in 27 his/her professional association. An ONA membership packet will be provided by ONA 28 to the Hospital. The Hospital will provide that packet to each nurse at the time of new 29 employee orientation. A bargaining unit nurse designated by the Association will be 30 given the opportunity to meet with newly-hired nurses who are on paid time for 15 31 minutes, to discuss contract administration. The meeting will occur within the first week 32 of employment. If the nurse designated by the Association has been released from 33 otherwise scheduled work, the nurse will also be paid for the 15-minute period.
1 2.04 The following provisions apply to any nurse hired before December 14, 2 2009 (“Effective Date”): Membership in the American Nurses Association through 3 Association shall be encouraged, although it shall not be required as a condition of 4 employment. Notwithstanding the prior sentence, if a nurse hired before December 14, 5 2009, voluntarily joins the Association or has voluntarily joined the Association as of 6 December 14, 2009, the nurse must thereafter maintain such membership, as an 7 ongoing condition of employment, or exercise one of the two options listed in 2.05A(2) 8 or 2.05A(3) below.
9 A. Transfers. Nurses who are members of the Association or have 10 exercised one of the two options listed in 2.05A(2) or 2.05A(3) below will 11 maintain such status upon transfer to Providence Portland Hospital, Providence 12 St. Xxxxxxx Hospital, Providence Willamette Falls Hospital, and Providence Home 13 Health and Hospice. Nurses who are not members at another facility in the 14 Portland metro area where they are represented by a union may continue such 15 status, at their option, upon transfer to Providence Portland Hospital, Providence 16 St. Xxxxxxx Hospital, and Providence Home Health and Hospice, unless they 17 elect to exercise one of the two options listed in 2.05A(2) or 2.05A(3) below. 18
19 B. Promotions within a facility. A nurse subject to paragraph a above 20 as of December 14, 2009 who assumes a position at the Hospital outside of the 21 bargaining unit will retain her/his respective status (as a nonmember, a member 22 whose membership must be maintained, or one of the two options listed in 23 2.05A(2) or 2.05A(3) below) if he or she returns to the bargaining unit within one 24 year of the date that the nurse assumed a non-bargaining position. A nurse who 25 returns to the bargaining unit after one year will be subject to the choices in 26 paragraph 2.05A below.
28 2.05 The following provisions apply to any nurse hired after December 14, 29 2009:
30 A. By the 31st calendar day following the day that the nurse begins 31 working, each nurse must do one of the following, as a condition of employment:
32 (1) Become and remain a member in good standing of the 33 Association and pay membership dues (Association member); or
1 (2) Pay the Association a representation fee established by the 2 Association in accordance with the law; or
3 (3) Exercise his/her right to object on religious grounds. Any 4 employee who is a member of, and adheres to established and traditional 5 tenets or teachings of a bona fide religion, body, or sect, that holds 6 conscientious objections to joining or financially supporting labor 7 organizations, will, in lieu of dues and fees, pay sums equal to such dues 8 and/or fees to a non-religious charitable fund. These religious objections 9 and decisions as to which fund will be used must be documented and 10 declared in writing to the Association and the Hospital. Such payments 11 must be made to the charity within fifteen (15) calendar days of the time 12 that dues would have been paid.
14 B. The Hospital will provide a copy of the collective bargaining 15 agreement to newly hired nurses, along with including a form provided by the 16 Association that confirms the provisions in 2.05A above. The nurse will be asked 17 to sign upon receipt and return the signed form directly to the Association. The 18 Hospital will work in good faith to develop a procedure to retain copies of such 19 signed forms.
21 C. A nurse should notify the Association’s Membership Coordinator, in 22 writing, of a desire to change his or her status under the provisions of 2.05A 23 above by mail, to the business address for the Association. 24
25 D. The Association will provide the Hospital with copies of at least two 26 notices sent to a nurse who has not met the obligations to which he/she is 27 subject, pursuant to this Article. The Association may request that Hospital’s 28 terminate the employment of a nurse who does not meet the obligations to which 29 he/she is subject, pursuant to this Article. After such a request is made, 30 Providence will terminate the nurse’s employment no later than fourteen (14) 31 days after receiving the written request from the Association. The Hospital will 32 have no obligation to pay severance or any other notice pay related to such 33 termination of employment.
1 2.06 The following provisions apply to all nurses.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
RECOGNITION AND MEMBERSHIP. 23 2.01 The Hospital recognizes the Association as the collective bargaining 24 representative with respect to rate of pay, hours of work, and other conditions of 25 employment for a bargaining unit composed of all registered nurses employed by the 26 Hospital only at 13th and May Streets, Hood River, Oregon, and no other location as 27 general duty nurses, but excluding administrative and supervisory personnel and nurses 28 employed exclusively in the following departments and areas: Admissions, Physical 29 Therapy, EEG, Anesthesia, Radiology, Laboratory, Pharmacy, Occupational Therapy, 30 Quality Assurance, Utilization Review, Nursing Education, Dietary, Medical Records, 1 Personnel, Doctor's Offices, and Housekeeping. Should the Hospital move nurses 2 currently within the bargaining unit to a location contiguous with the Hospital property 3 but not specifically located at 13th and May Streets, those positions will remain within 4 the bargaining unit.
5 2.02 The Hospital also recognizes the Association as the collective bargaining 6 representative with respect to rate of pay, hours of work, and other conditions of 7 employment for all registered nurses employed in the Home Health Care and Hospice 8 Departments as general-duty nurses, but excluding administrative and supervisory 9 personnel.
10 2.03 Because a nurse has a high degree of professional responsibility to the 11 patient, the nurse is encouraged to participate in the Association to define and upgrade 12 standards of nursing practice and education through participation and membership in 13 his/her professional association. An ONA membership packet will be provided by ONA 14 to the Hospital. The Hospital will provide that packet to each nurse at the time of new 15 employee orientation. A bargaining unit nurse designated by the Association will be 16 given the opportunity to meet with newly-hired nurses who are on paid time for 15 17 minutes, to discuss contract administration. The meeting will occur within the first week 18 of employment. If the nurse designated by the Association has been released from 19 otherwise scheduled work, the nurse will also be paid for the 15-minute period.
20 2.04 The following provisions apply to any nurse hired before December 14, 21 2009 (“Effective Date”): Membership in the American Nurses Association through 22 Association shall be encouraged, although it shall not be required as a condition of 23 employment. Notwithstanding the prior sentence, if a nurse hired before December 14, 24 2009, voluntarily joins the Association or has voluntarily joined the Association as of 25 December 14, 2009, the nurse must thereafter maintain such membership, as an 26 ongoing condition of employment, or exercise one of the two options listed in 2.05A(2) 27 or 2.05A(3) below.
28 A. Transfers. Nurses who are members of the Association or have 29 exercised one of the two options listed in 2.05A(2) or 2.05A(3) 30 below will maintain such status upon transfer to Providence 31 Portland Hospital, Providence St. Xxxxxxx Hospital, Providence 32 Willamette Falls Hospital, and Providence Home Health and 1 Hospice. Nurses who are not members at another facility in the 2 Portland metro area where they are represented by a union may 3 continue such status, at their option, upon transfer to Providence 4 Portland Hospital, Providence St. Xxxxxxx Hospital, and Providence 5 Home Health and Hospice, unless they elect to exercise one of the 6 two options listed in 2.05 (A) (2) or 2.05 (A) (3) below.
7 B. Promotions within a facility. A nurse subject to paragraph a above 8 as of December 14, 2009 who assumes a position at the Hospital 9 outside of the bargaining unit will retain her/his respective status 10 (as a nonmember, a member whose membership must be 11 maintained, or one of the two options listed in 2.05A(2) or 2.05A(3) 12 below) if he or she returns to the bargaining unit within one year of 13 the date that the nurse assumed a non-bargaining position. A 14 nurse who returns to the bargaining unit after one year will be 15 subject to the choices in paragraph 2.05A below. 17 2009:
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
