Successor Agreement Negotiations. The Employer will approve paid release time in aggregate of forty (40) days for all employee bargaining team members for formal negotiations. Upon exhaustion of this bank, the Union may request the parties meet and discuss additional paid release time for Union team members. If agreeable, the Employer will approve leave for all remaining formal negotiation sessions and for all travel to and from the sessions for Union team members provided the absence of the employee for negotiations does not create significant and unusual coverage issues. No exchange time will be incurred as a result of negotiations and/or travel to and from negotiations.
Successor Agreement Negotiations. The parties agree that successor Agreement negotiations shall commence no later than 90 days prior to the expiration of this Agreement.
Successor Agreement Negotiations. 4.1.1 The parties shall commence negotiations and exchange initial proposals by December 1, 2017.
4.1.2 While committed to reaching agreement rather than impasse, the parties will pre-schedule mediation and factfinding, including selection and scheduling of the mediator and factfinder, to avoid the delays that would otherwise happen upon occurrence of impasse:
4.1.3 Employees who serve as designated members of the Association Negotiating Team shall be allowed reasonable use of County time when meeting and conferring with the County on successor memoranda of understanding, for other negotiating sessions, and for other formal meetings regarding matters within the scope of representation.
Successor Agreement Negotiations. The County and the Association agree that meeting and conferring over the renewal or continuation of this Agreement shall be initiated at the request of either party no later than March 15th of the last year of this Agreement, and that every effort will be made to reach an agreement prior to the expiration of this Agreement.
Successor Agreement Negotiations. The parties shall commence negotiations by March 1 of the final year of this Agreement. Employees who serve as designated members of the Association Negotiating Team shall be entitled to release time to participate in negotiations for successor memoranda of understanding, for other negotiating sessions, and for other formal meetings regarding matters within the scope of representation, including eight hours prior to the first negotiations meeting and two hours before and one hour after each negotiating session. Exceptions can be made on a case-by-case basis, to assure that release time for preparations is reasonable. Release time is subject to operational needs as reasonably determined by the employee’s department in consultation with the employee.
Successor Agreement Negotiations. 1. No later than December 1, 2024, the Union shall notify the University if it intends to open the Agreement for successor negotiations.
2. The University shall have until December 15, 2024, to notify the Union if it intends to open the Agreement for successor negotiations.
3. If neither party notifies the other of its intent to open the Agreement for successor negotiations, the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and the procedures in Section C below shall apply.
4. If the conditions under B.1. and B.2 are met, the Union shall provide the University with written notice of its selected article(s) and a list of bargaining team members by no later than January 14, 2025.
5. If the conditions under B.1., B.2., and B.4. are met, the University shall provide the Union with written notice of its selected article(s) by no later than January 28, 2025.
6. By February 4, 2025, the parties shall set a mutually agreeable start date for the commencement of negotiations.
Successor Agreement Negotiations. (A) Each employee, up to a total of five employees, attending joint sessions with management for the purpose of negotiating a successor agreement will be paid by the State for the time actually spent in the joint session, including caucuses, and for reasonable travel time to the joint sessions, up to a total of twenty hours per employee, unless additional time is mutually agreed to, in writing, by the chief negotiators.
(B) Time spent outside of joint sessions, including, without limitation, union meetings in preparation for joint sessions, will not be paid for by the State.
Successor Agreement Negotiations. At the request of either party, negotiations for a successor agreement shall begin no later than March 1, 2021
Successor Agreement Negotiations. 4.1.1 The parties shall commence negotiations by March 1 of the final year of this Agreement. REPRESENTATION The County and SLOCEA agree that SLOCEA officers and representatives, not to exceed five (5) employees, will be allowed to meet with County management on County time during their normal working hours for the purpose of meeting and conferring in good faith without loss of pay or any benefits. These employees shall be entitled to release time to participate in negotiations for successor memoranda of understanding, for other negotiating sessions, and for other formal meetings regarding matters within the scope of representation, including eight hours prior to the negotiations meeting and two hours before and one hour after each negotiating session. Exceptions can be made on a case-by-case basis, to assure that release time for preparations is reasonable. Release time is subject to operational needs as reasonably determined by the employee’s department in consultation with the employee. Of the five (5) employees, the parties agree that not more than one (1) employee per division in a department and not more than three (3) employees from the same department shall receive release time. However, if in a given instance SLOCEA requests an exception, the County will evaluate such a request and not unreasonably deny such a request. Where an agency, as determined by the County, exists, the term “department” shall refer to the individual operational section within that agency. Where a department, as determined by the County, exists, the term “division” shall refer to the individual operational section within that department. SLOCEA agrees to provide the County Administrative Officer with a list of SLOCEA officers and representatives, with their job classifications, who are authorized to meet and confer in good faith and to keep the list up to date. The County agrees that authorized SLOCEA staff representatives shall be given access to work locations during working hours to conduct grievance investigations and observe working conditions. SLOCEA shall request approval of the department head 24 hours prior to the intended visit and a management representative may accompany the staff member on the visit. A staff representative is defined as a paid full-time or part-time employee of SLOCEA. SLOCEA shall provide the County Administrative Officer a list of all authorized staff representatives and the list shall be kept current by SLOCEA. SLOCEA STEWARDS
Successor Agreement Negotiations. Timely notice, as provided below, shall impose the duty to engage in meeting and conferring for the purposes of negotiating amendments to the Article(s)
