Union Shop Stewards and Union Business. A. The Union shall provide the District with a written list of up to thirteen (13) Union Stewards after their designation and shall notify the District of changes as they occur. Additionally, the Union may designate one chief xxxxxxx and one Vice President. The District is not obligated to recognize a Union Xxxxxxx under this Article until after the District's receipt of written Union designation. B. The functions of the Union Xxxxxxx include the authority (1) to settle or assist in settling problems arising in connection with the application or interpretation of the Agreement, (2) to resolve grievances, and (3) to serve as a Union Representative for disciplinary meetings. C. For each separate fiscal year covered by this agreement, the union will be allocated a total of six hundred (600) hours of union bank (UBA) time for designated non-supervisory union members to attend monthly stewards meetings, conferences, legislative sessions or conventions, and other union business. If needed and upon mutual agreement of the parties, additional hours may be transferred between the General and Supervisory units. D. The District will not be responsible for any industrial accidents resulting from activities performed on behalf of the union on or away from District work locations during normal duty hours. E. Business and activities on behalf of the Union may be conducted during regular working hours provided that employees who are designated by the Union to participate in such business or activities obtain prior approval for leave from their division director or designee. When such approval is obtained, the employee may utilize union bank time, vacation, or accrued compensatory time. The type of time taken shall be at the employee's option. Such leave shall be taken in cumulative increments of fifteen minutes with a half- hour minimum for each occasion. A leave request will be submitted and approved prior to the time leave is taken. Release time as specifically addressed in this Agreement will not be unreasonably withheld. Union bank time requests will be approved by the chief xxxxxxx, the union's executive director or president. Any union bank time that is not approved shall be charged to the employee's accrued vacation leave. F. For the purpose of renegotiating this agreement, eight (8) members of the Union will be released from work for the Interest Based Bargaining Process or up to fifteen (15) members of the Union shall be released from work for the traditional bargaining process. Union Stewards shall perform their functions or Union-related activities after hours or by use of union bank time or scheduled leave. However, if a meeting is mutually agreed to with the Union Xxxxxxx during the Union Xxxxxxx'x work shift; the District will pay for that time. If the Union Xxxxxxx wishes to schedule a meeting with an employee during the Union Xxxxxxx'x work shift, scheduled leave shall be used by the xxxxxxx and the employee unless union bank time is used. G. Union Stewards shall not direct any employee how to perform work, shall not countermand the order of any supervisor, and shall not interfere with the normal operations of the District or any employee. H. Upon advance written request and subject to staffing and scheduling needs, duly recognized shop stewards will be permitted to leave their normal work to attend the monthly shop xxxxxxx meeting. The District shall not unreasonably deny such requests. Such leave time shall be charged to the union business bank time balance.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
