Union Representation on Board Committees. If the Board shall determine to appoint a district-wide committee, which shall include more than five (5) teachers thereon who shall not be entitled to additional financial compensation excluding mileage for such committee participation and which shall be charged to review and/or report on curricular matter(s) directly affecting the working conditions of teachers, the Union President shall be invited to submit to the superintendent the name of at least one (1) teacher who shall be named to the committee. In the instance of a committee to deal with curriculum matters as described above, the names of the anticipated appointees shall be submitted in writing to the Union president or his/her designee who may select one teacher from such list as a Union representative. Such selection by the Union President shall be within seven (7) calendar days of his/her receipt of such list. If the Union President wishes to select a teacher who is not on the anticipated committee list, he/she may do so and that teacher will be added to the committee as the Union representative. Such Union selected teacher shall meet the district requirements for committee participation prior to such appointment as the Union representative.
Union Representation on Board Committees. The Society agrees, during the term of the Collective Agreement, to allow for representation by bargaining unit employees on certain Board Committees as follows: Social and Child Welfare Policy Committee and other Committees as mutually agreed to by the parties. Representatives shall be appointed, elected or selected by the Union with the approval of the chairpersons of the respective Committees. Such representatives shall be entitled to participateon the respective Committees in the same capacity and subject to the same rights and responsibilitiesas other members of such Committees. Members appointed hereunder shall not suffer any loss of regular earnings for time spent during their normal working hours participating in the required activities of the Committees in question, it being understood, however, that time spent outside working hours shall be without pay and shall not be counted as hours worked for any pay purposes under provisions of the Collective Agreement. Appointments made to the Committees shall be effective during the period of operation of the respective Committees and the Union shall keep the Society advised of the then current representatives on each of the Committees. This Letter of Understanding does not form part of the Collective Agreement and is not subject to the grievance procedure. FOR THE UNION Dated at Toronto, Ontario this day of October FOR THE SOCIETY
