Release Time and Union Stewards. 2.5.1 The Union shall be permitted to maintain Stewards. 2.5.2 Stewards and their Union representatives have the right to meet with classified employees before work, during their scheduled breaks, during scheduled lunch breaks and after their assigned working hours for the purpose of exercising legally protected rights. 2.5.3 Prior to the commencement of each school year, the Union will provide Human Resources with a list of all Stewards, their titles and site location. 2.5.4 Stewards shall have a reasonable amount of release time for the purpose of processing grievances. This shall apply only to the informal stage of the grievance procedure provided that the release time does not include preparation, investigation, or work outside of meeting with management. An additional 8 hours of release time will be made available annually for the presentation of grievances and meetings in which a xxxxxxx is required to assist an employee who has been notified that he or she will be disciplined. 2.5.5 Union Leaders identified by AFSCME (not to exceed 14) shall be allowed up to 8 hours of release time per school year to attend training mutually agreed to or provided by AFSCME and the District. 2.5.6 The AFSCME president may be released up to one day per week for union business. The AFSCME treasurer may be released up to four hours on one day per month. The actual cost of the release time shall not exceed the cost of the president’s or treasurer’s per diem salary.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
