Common use of Secondary Negotiations Clause in Contracts

Secondary Negotiations. In Departments with more than seventy-five (75) Bargaining Unit employees, the Union shall be entitled to designate up to three (3) secondary negotiation team members. However, in the Department of Health and Human Services, the Union shall be entitled to designate one representative from each agency. In all other Departments the Union shall be entitled to designate at least one (1) team member. Secondary negotiation team members, and such additional representatives as are mutually agreed to in secondary negotiations, shall be employed in this Unit in the Department to which such secondary negotiations pertain. However, in the case of Locals which include more than one department, the Local President or his/her designee shall be an additional member of the union’s negotiating team. By prior mutual agreement, either party may invite additional members to attend a specific session for a particular purpose.