Common use of Joint Bargaining Clause in Contracts

Joint Bargaining. The joint bargaining process shall include meeting at “big tables” with both bargaining units and “small tables” with separate bargaining units. The parties will negotiate the following issues at the big table: ● Medical benefits ● Retirement ● Short term disability ● Life insurance ● Health and safety ● Term of the agreement ● Leaves of absence (jury, bereavement, FMLA, military, personal, union) ● Nurse staffing and workload issues ● Union membership and activity (membership dues deduction, union access, union officers/delegates, employee rosters, bulletin boards, negotiation release time, contract distribution, union orientation, meeting space, non-discrimination for union activities, voluntary political action fund deduction) ● Holidays All other issues will be negotiated at the small table unless, by mutual agreement, the parties agree that the matter is appropriate for big table bargaining or for a subcommittee meeting.

Joint Bargaining. The joint bargaining process shall include meeting at “big tables” with both bargaining units and “small tables” with separate bargaining units. The parties will negotiate the following issues at the big table: ●  Medical benefits ●  Retirement ●  Short term disability ●  Life insurance ●  Health and safety ●  Term of the agreement ●  Leaves of absence (jury, bereavement, FMLA, military, personal, union) ●  Nurse staffing and workload issues ●  Union membership and activity (membership dues deduction, union access, union officers/delegates, employee rosters, bulletin boards, negotiation release time, contract distribution, union orientation, meeting space, non-discrimination for union activities, voluntary political action fund deduction) ●  Holidays All other issues will be negotiated at the small table unless, by mutual agreement, the parties agree that the matter is appropriate for big table bargaining or for a subcommittee meeting.