LABOUR MANAGEMENT BARGAINING RELATIONS 9.1 No employee or group of employees shall undertake to represent the Association at meetings with the Employer without the authority of the President or the General Secretary acting on behalf of the Association.
Central Bargaining Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, in the event the parties to this Agreement agree to negotiate for its renewal through the process of central bargaining, either party to this Agreement may give notice to the other party of its desire to bargain for amendments on local matters proposed for incorporation in the renewal of this Agreement and negotiations on local matters shall take place during the period from 120 to 60 days prior to the termination date of this Agreement. Negotiations on central matters shall take place during the period commencing forty-five days prior to the termination date of this Agreement. It is understood and agreed that "local matters" means, those matters which have been determined by mutual agreement between the central negotiating committees respectively representing each of the parties to this Agreement as being subjects for local bargaining directly between the parties to this Agreement. It is also agreed that local bargaining shall be subject to such procedures that may be determined by mutual agreements between the central negotiating committees referred to above. For such purposes, it is further understood that the central negotiating committees will meet during the sixth month prior to the month of termination of this Agreement to convey the intentions of their principals as to possible participation in central negotiations, if any, and the conditions for such central bargaining." Dated at , Ontario, this day of 1999. FOR THE LOCAL UNION FOR THE HOSPITAL APPENDIX OF LOCAL ISSUES The following provisions, while not being an exhaustive listing, are appropriate for inclusion in an Appendix of Local Issues. Any local issue provisions which existed in the hospital's expiring collective agreement shall be continued in the Appendix of Local Issues subject to any changes, deletions or additions resulting from the current round of bargaining. - Management Rights - Statement of Religious Purpose - Recognition - Union Membership - Dues Deduction and Remittance and Dues Lists - Constitution of Local Bargaining and Grievance Committees - Seniority Lists - Scheduling - Uniform Allowance - Sick Leave Administrative Provisions - Designation of Specific Holidays - Administrative Provision re Payment of Wages - Meal Allowances - Bulletin Boards - Mileage Allowance - Communication to Union - Vacation Administrative Provisions - Pay Day - Health & Safety - Designation of Classifications Required to Wear Safety Footwear Where a Hospital and a Local Union have reached a settlement of all Local Issues, and the form in which their agreed issues are to appear in the collective agreement is inconsistent with the foregoing agreement of the central parties, then the local parties may re-open negotiations for the sole purpose of ensuring that the form of their collective agreement is consistent with the foregoing. Any difficulties in this regard shall be submitted to the Implementation Committee for resolution.
List Bargaining 2.2.1 Negotiations regarding the list of central and local matters must commence not less than 6 months and not more than 8 months before the expiry of the then existing collective agreement and shall be initiated by a written notice from the Association or TEBA to the other.
Union Bargaining Committee A Union Bargaining Committee shall be appointed by the Union and shall consist of up to three (3) members of the Union together with the President of the Union or her designate. The Union shall have the right at any time to have the assistance of members of the staff of the Union when negotiating with the Employer.
Employee Matters (a) Following the Effective Time and until the first anniversary of the Closing Date (or, if earlier, the date of termination of employment of an applicable Current Employee), Parent shall, or shall cause one of its Subsidiaries to, provide the individuals who are employed by the Partnership or any of the Partnership Subsidiaries immediately before the Effective Time (the “Current Employees”) and who continue employment during such time period with (i) annual base salary or hourly wage rate (as applicable) that is no less favorable than the annual base salary or hourly wage rate (as applicable) provided to such Current Employees immediately prior to the Effective Time, (ii) a target annual cash incentive compensation opportunity (expressed as a percentage of base salary) and a target long-term incentive compensation opportunity (expressed as a percentage of base salary) that, together in the aggregate, are no less favorable than the target annual cash incentive compensation opportunity (expressed as a percentage of base salary) and target long-term incentive compensation opportunity (expressed as a percentage of base salary) that, together in the aggregate, were provided to such Current Employees immediately prior to the Effective Time, and (iii) employee benefits (excluding any defined benefit and supplemental pensions, retiree or post-termination health or welfare benefits, and retention or change in control payments or other special or one-time awards (collectively, the “Excluded Benefits”)) that are substantially comparable in the aggregate to the other compensation and employee benefits (subject to the same exclusions) provided to similarly situated employees of Parent and its Subsidiaries. In the event that, following the Effective Time and until the second anniversary of the Closing Date, a Current Employee experiences a severance-qualifying termination of employment as described on Section 5.7(a) of the Partnership Disclosure Schedule, such Current Employee shall be entitled to severance benefits pursuant to the formula set forth on Section 5.7(a) of the Partnership Disclosure Schedule, subject to such Current Employee’s execution of a customary release and waiver of claims (which shall not include any restrictive covenants); provided, however, that such Current Employee is not otherwise entitled to receive severance benefits under any employment, severance, change in control, retention or similar agreement or arrangement between such Current Employee and the Partnership or any of its affiliates. Parent shall honor and comply with, or cause its applicable Subsidiary to honor and comply with, the severance agreements set forth on Section 5.7(a) of the Partnership Disclosure Schedule.
Collective Bargaining Agreements This chapter shall be superseded by a collective bargaining agreement that expressly so provides.
Collective Bargaining Committee The Employer agrees to recognize a Collective Bargaining Committee whose sole functions shall be to meet with Employer representatives for the purpose of negotiating modifications to this Agreement. The committee shall be composed of two (2) stewards from the bargaining unit together with the Union's Business Agent. The Employer agrees to pay committee members at their regular straight time rate for all time lost from their regular schedule of work while in collective bargaining meetings with Employer representatives.
