RECOGNITION. The Employer recognizes the Union as the sole and exclusive bargaining agent for the purposes of establishing wages, hours, standards of productivity and performance and other terms and conditions of employment for all full-time and regular part-time employees in the bargaining unit. A regular part- time employee is defined as an employee who is expected to work 50% or more of the hours in a work year of a full-time employee in the same title. Should any new classifications be added to the work force, the Employer shall notify the Union of such new classifications. The Employer shall determine if such new classifications shall be added to the bargaining unit and the Employer shall notify the Union of its determination. If the Union disagrees with the Employer's determination, the matter may be referred to the Massachusetts Labor Relations Commission by the Union, with a request that the Commission make a determination. In the event it shall be finally adjudicated that the classifications be added to the bargaining unit, the classifications shall then be subject to the provisions of this Agreement. The Employer will not aid, promote or finance any labor group, organization or individual which purports to engage in collective bargaining, or negotiate with any individual unit member or make any agreement with any individual for the purpose of undermining the Union or changing any condition in this Agreement. The Employer agrees to apply applicable provisions of this Agreement to those employees who receive all contractual benefits, whose funding source is derived from institute, grant or contract funds and who perform the functions of those positions covered by this Agreement to the extent that the terms of their respective institute, grant or contract funding source and the level of funding thereunder so allow, as determined by the VCAF.
