UNION NEGOTIATION COMMITTEE. The purpose of this Committee is for the renewal of the Collective Agreement. A Union Bargaining Committee shall be selected and consist of not more than five (5) members of the Union, as appointees of the Union. The bargaining committee shall whenever possible have as a minimum at least one member from Land Ambulance and one member from the Communications Services. The Bargaining Committee shall deal with such matters as reviewing and negotiating to amend this Agreement. The Union will advise the Corporation of the Union members selected to the Committee. The Union shall have the right at all times during bargaining to have the assistance of a National Representative to assist with matters of bargaining. The Corporation agrees to pay the Union’s members of the bargaining committee for time spent in bargaining up to the time that the Parties request that a conciliation officer of the Ministry of Labour be appointed to assist the Parties in reaching an Agreement or until the unresolved matters are referred to another forum for resolution. The Corporation shall compensate the committee members; however, the Corporation reserves the right to schedule bargaining committee members in such a way as to ensure the health and safety of the member, the protection of the general public and to ensure the operational efficiency of the service. As such, the Corporation shall to the best of its ability, ensure that no member of the bargaining committee shall lose any regular wages or suffer loss of regularly scheduled time off as a result of direct bargaining.
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Samples: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
