Association Establishment and all other expenses of the Association and also similar expenses of the Maintenance In-charge looking after the common purposes, until handing over the same to the Association.
Association Grievance A grievance, as defined in Section 7.1, relating to occurrences actually involving at least three (3) nurses or arising under the Association Business article, may be initiated by the Association at Step 2 of the above-mentioned procedure by the filing of a written grievance, signed by a representative of the Association, within thirty (30) calendar days from the date of occurrence. Such grievance shall describe the problem and the contract provisions alleged to have been violated.
Association Dues (a) Employees of the City of Reno may authorize payroll deductions for the purpose of paying Association dues. Upon written authorization to the City's Human Resources Department from an employee, the City agrees to deduct on a biweekly basis from the wages of said employee such sums as he/she may specify for United Fund, City of Reno Credit Union, Association Dues, City of Reno Group Insurance Plan, U.S. Savings Bonds, or such other purposes as the City may hereafter approve. No authorization shall be allowed for payment of initiation fees, assessments or fines. Each employee shall have the right to terminate such payroll deductions at any time upon his/her written request to the City's Human Resources Department.
(b) The Association will indemnify, defend, and hold the City harmless against any claims made and against any suits instituted against the City on account of any action taken or not taken by the City in good faith under the provisions of this Article. The Association agrees to refund to the City any amounts paid to it in error on account of the payroll deduction provision upon presentation of proper evidence thereof.
(c) The employees' earnings must be regularly sufficient after other legal and required deductions are made to cover the amount of the appropriate Association dues. When a member in good standing of the Association is in non-pay status for an entire pay period, no withholding will be made to cover that pay period from future earnings. In the case of an employee who is in non-pay status during only part of the pay period, and the wages are not sufficient to cover the full withholding, no deductions shall be made. In this connection, all other legal and required deductions have priority over Association dues.
(d) Within thirty (30) days of signing of this Agreement, the total amount of biweekly payroll deductions for Association dues shall be remitted by the City to the Secretary- Treasurer of the Association by the deposit of said deductions to the designated bank account of the Association. Said deductions shall be deposited within seven (7) working days after the end of the pay period providing the Association's designated bank is a member of the Federal Reserve. If the Association's designated bank is not a member of the Federal Reserve, such deposit shall be made within thirty (30) days after the end of the pay period in question. The Association shall provide thirty (30) days written notice of a change in bank or bank account.
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS A. Duly authorized representatives of the Association shall be permitted to meet with employees, subject to the following:
1. The representative(s) shall check in and out at the work location upon arrival and departure.
2. Visits with employees at their work location shall not be permitted during student contact time or during a period of assigned duty. Visits with individual teachers shall not require prior notice.
3. The administrator will facilitate the visit by assigning a reasonable location for the Association representative to confer with employees. The location should provide a reasonable degree of privacy so that the union and employee(s) may speak confidentially. Further, when reasonably possible such location should not be adjacent to the administration offices.
4. Upon request, the representative(s) shall have his/her presence announced by the posting of a notice and/or over the intercom system, outside the student day. Such announcement shall include the location and time of the visit, and may be made by either the administrator or the site Association representative.
5. The Association, with the administrator’s consent, shall be permitted to use a work location’s facilities for holding meetings which include employees from other work locations, provided such meetings are held outside the employee duty day and the Association bears the actual cost of such meetings at the lowest cost category.
6. At the beginning of each school year, the Association will be provided a mutually agreeable time on the agenda during the district-wide orientation to speak to new employees.
7. If new employee orientation(s) are held during the school year, the Association will be notified at least two (2) weeks prior to the opening session(s) of the orientation(s). Subsequently, the District will receive notification from the Association one (1) week prior with their intent to attend the orientation session. The CTA President/designee will be given the same opportunity to speak to new employees as at the district- wide orientation.
B. Site Association Representatives
1. Upon conclusion of any faculty meeting, the site Association Representative shall be given the opportunity to make announcements relating to Association business. Continued attendance by employees shall be voluntary. Once a month the site Association Representative(s) shall be given the opportunity to hold a meeting during non-student contact time of all instructional personnel at a school site to make announcements relating to Association business. Attendance by employees shall be voluntary. The site Association Representative(s) shall be given an opportunity to send an Association-approved email message related to Association business to all instructional personnel at a school site.
2. The site Association Representative may use the work location’s facilities for the purpose of conducting professional meetings during non-student contact times. Such meetings shall be arranged in advance with the administrator and shall not be unreasonably denied.
3. When the site Association Representatives are either involuntary transferred, or have grade/subject assignment changes and room changes on the work location’s campus, the transfer or changes, shall be reviewed by the CTA President and the Superintendent or their designee. The site Association representative must request such a review in writing, and submit the request to the Association within ten (10) days of the transfer or change.
4. The Association will provide each site administrator the name of the CTA Association Representative at his/her school within six weeks of the beginning of each school year. Notification will be given of any changes throughout the year.
5. The Association shall provide and maintain a current list of site Associations Representatives and provide such a list and updates to the Human Resources Department designee(s).
6. The site Association Representative and the Administrator may meet monthly to discuss implementation of the contract and issued within the work location.
C. When a PERC sanctioned representation challenge occurs, the challenging organization shall be granted no greater access rights than the Association.
Association Leave The Association shall be allowed to use up to 5 days of leave each school year for use by teachers who are officers or agents of the Association. The Association shall reimburse Unified School District 434 for the loss of use of the teacher taking such leave by paying the daily cost of a substitute teacher. The Association shall notify the Superintendent not less than 5 calendar days in advance of using such leave.
