Common use of Shop Steward Clause in Contracts

Shop Steward. A. The Municipality will recognize that the Business Manager of IBEW Local 1547 retains the right to appoint and dismiss all shop stewards in accordance with the Union rules and regulations. There will be one full-time non-working chief xxxxxxx and up to six part-time working assistant stewards. The Municipality shall recognize the shop stewards as the duly-appointed Union representatives of the employees. The Union will notify the Municipality as to the identity of all shop stewards. All shop stewards shall make every effort in cooperation with the Utility Manager, Department Director or duly-authorized representative to correct violations and infractions of this Agreement by either covered employees or management personnel. The duly-authorized assistant shop stewards, upon request made to their immediate supervisors, shall be given reasonable amounts of time during working hours and without loss of pay, to handle all work-related Union business pertaining to their areas of appointment, including but not limited to grievances and arbitration hearings, and shall keep both the Municipality and the Union informed as to their whereabouts. The Union shall reimburse the Municipality for wages paid by the Municipality to a municipal employee for time spent performing services primarily for the Union, such as, doing work for the union at another employer, attending xxxxxxx training, or in contract negotiations (excluding the Chief Shop Xxxxxxx’x time during contract negotiations); and the municipal employee will maintain accurate time records to reflect the performance of work for the union to be reimbursed. Time codes for shop xxxxxxx duty shall be as reflected in the Municipality’s guidelines. No shop xxxxxxx shall be terminated for any cause until the Utility Manager or Department Director and Business Manager of the Union have completed an investigation into the alleged cause for termination and determined there has been just cause. The assistant shop stewards shall not be laid off as long as there are two (2) or more employees employed within the assistant shop xxxxxxx'x area of appointment.

Shop Steward. A. The Municipality will recognize that the Business Manager of IBEW Local 1547 retains the right to appoint and dismiss all shop stewards in accordance with the Union rules and regulations. There will be one full-time non-working chief xxxxxxx and up to six total part-time working assistant stewardsstewards between this agreement and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 1547 Technician’s Collective Bargaining Agreement. The full-time non-working Chief Shop Xxxxxxx position will always be subject to the wages, benefits, and working conditions of this Agreement and not the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 1547 Technicians Agreement. The Municipality shall recognize the shop stewards as the duly-appointed Union representatives of the employees. The Union will notify the Municipality as to the identity of all shop stewards. All shop stewards shall make every effort in cooperation with the Utility Manager, Department Director or duly-authorized representative to correct violations and infractions of this Agreement by either covered employees or management personnel. The duly-authorized assistant shop stewards, upon request made to their immediate supervisors, shall be given reasonable amounts of time during working hours and without loss of pay, to handle all work-related Union business pertaining to their areas of appointment, including but not limited to grievances and arbitration hearings, and shall keep both the Municipality and the Union informed as to their whereabouts. The Union shall reimburse the Municipality for wages paid by the Municipality to a municipal employee for time spent performing services primarily for the Union, such as, doing work for the union at another employer, attending xxxxxxx training, or in contract negotiations (excluding the Chief Shop Xxxxxxx’x time during contract negotiations); and the municipal employee will maintain accurate time records to reflect the performance of work for the union to be reimbursed. Time codes for shop xxxxxxx duty shall be as reflected in the Municipality’s guidelines. No shop xxxxxxx shall be terminated for any cause until the Utility Manager or Department Director and Business Manager of the Union have completed an investigation into the alleged cause for termination and determined there has been just cause. The assistant shop stewards shall not be laid off as long as there are two (2) or more employees employed within the assistant shop xxxxxxx'x area of appointment.