Reorganizations and Unit Merger. Whenever the Hospital decides to change a nurse’s master schedule without the nurse’s consent, the Hospital shall have the right to reorganize positions in any unit once during any eighteen (18) consecutive month period. The Hospital agrees to provide the Association with thirty (30) calendar days’ fourteen (14) consecutive calendar days’ written notice of its decision to reorganize, in advance of bidding for a reorganization, during which period the Association may provide the Hospital with written comments concerning the intended reorganization. The Hospital shall have the right to reorganize such positions at any other time within such eighteen (18) consecutive month period, upon the consent of the Association. At the time of notification of a reorganization, the Hospital shall provide the Association with the shift and shift patterns available in the reorganization. In accordance with 8.1.2, paragraph 1, the Hospital will not create a reorganization master that has more than three (3) consecutive days for 12-hour shifts and more than four (4) consecutive days for 10-hour shifts, without the express written consent of the Association. Bidding for new shift patterns shall occur by bargaining unit seniority. In departments with skill codes, bidding shall be awarded among nurses with the required skill code at the thirty (30) day notice of reorganization by bargaining unit seniority. Ties in seniority shall be determined by lot. The Hospital agrees that, in administering this section, the Hospital shall engage in a good faith dialogue with any nurse about, and prior to, any final decision to assign the nurse to any given shift in connection with a reorganization pursuant to this section, and shall give good faith consideration to the desire of the nurse relative to the nurse’s shift assignment prior to making a final decision. The Hospital further agrees that it will not reorganize any unit pursuant to Section 8.14 in such a manner that all shifts are of the same length (for example, all twelve- (12-) hour positions), unless a majority of the nurses regularly assigned to the unit have expressed their written consent prior to such a reorganization.
Reorganizations and Unit Merger. 2 Whenever the Hospital decides to change a nurse’s master schedule without 3 the nurse’s consent, the Hospital shall have the right to reorganize positions 4 in any unit once during any eighteen (18) consecutive month period. The 5 Hospital agrees to provide the Association with thirty (30) days fourteen (14) 6 consecutive calendar days’ written notice of its decision to reorganize, in 7 advance of bidding for a reorganization, during which period the Association 8 may provide the Hospital with written comments concerning the intended
