COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTCollective Bargaining Agreement • March 28th, 2022
Contract Type FiledMarch 28th, 2022TABLE OF CONTENTS PREAMBLE 1 ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS 2 1.1 Recognition 1.2 Unit 1.3 Days ARTICLE 2 PROVISIONS OF LAW AND REGULATIONS 2 2.1 Laws and Regulations 2.2 Previous Agreements and Past Practices ARTICLE 3 NEGOTIATIONS 2 3.1 Rights and Obligations of the Parties 3.2 Applicable Negotiation Procedures ARTICLE 4 RIGHTS OF EMPLOYER, UNION, AND EMPLOYEES 5 4.1 Management Rights 4.2 Rights of the Union 4.3 List of Employees 4.4 Consultation 4.5 Rights of the Employees ARTICLE 5 UNION AND EMPLOYEE REPRESENTATION 7 5.1 Union Stewards 5.2 Union Representation 5.3 Non-Rural Development Employees 5.4 Employee Correspondence ARTICLE 6 GRIEVANCES 8 6.1 Common Goals 6.2 Scope 6.3 Exclusivity 6.4 Exclusions 6.5 Grievability 6.6 Representation 6.7 Time Limits 6.8 Step 1 Procedures 6.9 Step 2 Procedures 6.10 Agency and Union Grievances ARTICLE 7 ARBITRATION 12 7.1 Invoking Arbit