RECOGNITION Clause Samples

RECOGNITION. 1.1 The Council recognizes the Association as the exclusive bargaining agent for all employees of the Council described in the certificate issued by the former Public Service Staff Relations Board on the nineteenth day of July 1967, covering non-supervisory employees in the Operational Category.

RECOGNITION. A. The Board hereby recognizes the Union as the sole negotiating representative for all full-time and Professor Emeritus members of the faculty of the College of Lake County for all matters hereafter provided. As used herein, "full-time faculty" shall refer to those persons who enter the bargaining unit and remain in the unit for the duration of their employment once they have been assigned at least fourteen (14) faculty load hours in a semester or at least twenty-five (25) faculty load hours in an academic year or thirty-five (35) clock hours in a week for guidance counselors, instructional developers and librarians and other professionals not excluded herein. As used herein, "faculty" shall include teachers, guidance counselors, instructional developers, librarians, and student development counselors, but shall not include the President, Vice Presidents, Deans, Business Manager, Director of Nursing, members of the central administrative staff, directors, or similar administrative positions which may be hereafter created. As used herein, “faculty” shall also include any employee who performs full-time faculty responsibilities on a temporary basis. As used herein, "faculty" shall not include those positions designated by the Board as "professional" as part of their employment classification. As used herein, faculty shall not include any persons employed pursuant to a contractual program with a government agency. Any full-time faculty member who enters into a contractual or comparable program or adjunct employee position shall automatically be placed on General Leave (Article 44) for the duration of their adjunct position. Service during such General Leave shall not be considered consecutive service pursuant to Article 35 of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, during the first year of full-time employment by the College, the Board and the faculty member may agree that the faculty member shall be employed for eleven (11) to thirteen (13) hours during either or both semesters of such first year and compensated at the rate of 11/15 to 13/15 of the amount prescribed in Article 13 of this Agreement, but all other provisions of the Agreement shall be applicable to such faculty member. B. The Board agrees not to negotiate with any other faculty organization for the duration of this agreement over matters defined as negotiable herein. C. The term "faculty" or "faculty members" when used hereinafter in this Agreement shall refer to those persons who are i...

RECOGNITION. The Employer recognizes the Union as the sole bargaining agent for the employees defined or otherwise referred to in this Agreement and shall bargain collectively with the Union as the exclusive collective bargaining agent for such employees with respect to rates of pay, wages, hours and terms and conditions of employment.

RECOGNITION. 1.1 The Employer recognizes the Union as the sole and/or exclusive bargaining agent for the purpose of establishing salaries, wages, hours, and other conditions of employment for all of its employees in the classifications listed under Appendix A hereto, and by reference made a part of this Agreement, and for such additional classification as the parties may later agree to include.

RECOGNITION. 2.1 The City recognizes the Union as the “Exclusive Representative” of all employees of the City who hold a classification listed on Exhibit “A” of this Memorandum of Understanding. The provisions of this Memorandum of Understanding hereinafter set forth shall apply only to those employees of the City of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ for whom Local Union 1245 is the established exclusive representative. 2.2 Official representatives of Union will be permitted access to City property to confer with City employees on matters of employer-employee relations but such representatives shall not interfere with work in progress without agreement of Management. 2.3 The City will provide the Union adequate bulletin board space for the purpose of posting thereon matters relating to official Union business. 2.4 The City will not interfere with, intimidate, restrain, coerce or discriminate against any employee because of the employee’s membership in Union or the employee’s activity on behalf of Union. 2.5 Any employee, at the employee’s request, shall be permitted representation by a Union representative. The foregoing shall apply to reprimands, disciplinary actions, investigations, and hearings, providing there is no unreasonable delay in obtaining representation. The City has the right to reasonably limit the number of Union Stewards at any given meeting, based on scheduling, need and topic to be discussed. 2.6 Joint Shop ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-Management meetings shall be held at least two (2) times a year in February and August or more often as agreed upon by Union and Management. The purpose of these meetings shall be to promote harmony and efficiency and to improve communications between employees and all levels of management. The meeting agenda shall be determined by those in attendance and there shall be no restrictions on the subject matter; provided, the meetings shall not substitute for normal grievance procedures or for formal negotiations between the parties. Those in attendance shall consist of Union’s Business Representative and Shop Stewards and the City’s Labor Representative and such other management personnel as determined by the City Manager. The meetings shall be summarized in written minutes. Except that the provisions of this section shall be observed, the meetings shall be self-organizing. 2.7 Whenever any employee is absent from work as a result of a formal request by the Union’s Business Manager and is engaged in official Union business, the City shall pay for all regular time lost...

RECOGNITION. 3.01 The Employer recognizes the Union as the exclusive bargaining agent for all employees in the Bargaining Unit.

RECOGNITION. Section 1. The Employer recognizes the Union as the exclusive bargaining representative for all classified employees in positions represented by the Union at the universities designated in Article 1 - Parties to the Agreement, hereinafter referred to as employees or bargaining unit employees. The Union is also the exclusive bargaining representative for temporary university employees who: perform work in the various classifications listed in Appendix A of this collective bargaining agreement, have worked an average of four (4) hours or more per week during the most recent calendar quarter, and have a reasonable expectation of continued employment. This recognition does not apply to employees currently represented by other labor organizations, students who are not classified employees, campus police officers, or unclassified, exempt, supervisory, managerial and confidential employees as defined by law or as determined by the Employment Relations Board. Section 2(A) When the Employer intends to exclude a filled bargaining unit position based on supervisory, confidential, managerial, or other unclassified status, the Employer agrees to provide the Union and the affected employee(s) with no less than thirty (30) calendar days written notice of such intent. Such notice shall include the basis for the exclusion and a copy of the current position description, including a statement of the specific duties of the position supporting the change in status. The employee may elect to exercise the employee’s layoff rights under Article 44 - Layoff, Section 12. If the employee elects to exercise layoff rights, the layoff will not be effective prior to the end of the thirty (30)-day notice period. If the Employer decides during the thirty (30)-day notice period not to proceed with the exclusion and the position is not otherwise eliminated, the employee shall remain in the position. The effective date of the exclusion remains unchanged. Within thirty (30) calendar days of the date of the Employer’s notice, the Union shall notify the Employer, in writing, of any comments it has regarding the exclusion including specific information regarding the reason(s) for the challenge. The Employer shall respond in writing within thirty (30) calendar days to the Union’s challenge and indicate whether it intends to continue with the exclusion of the position. Upon request of either party, the Union and the Employer shall meet at a mutually agreed time within the initial thirty (30)-day p...

RECOGNITION. Pursuant to the provisions of the Fresno County Employee Relations Ordinance, the certification of the Fresno County Civil Service Commission, and appropriate state law, the County hereby recognizes the Association as the exclusive representative of all employees whose classifications have been certified for inclusion by the Fresno County Civil Service Commission in the Unit covered by this MOU. Should any classification be certified for inclusion by the Fresno County Civil Service Commission during the term of this MOU, the Employee Relations Ordinance, section 3.12.240 governs.

RECOGNITION. The Employer acknowledges the right of the Union to appoint employees as Stewards.