Apr 10, 2007 11:36 AM
A. Released Time
Part-time employees who participate in activities and meetings involving Employer representatives such as contract negotiations, grievance conferences, arbitration hearings, Personnel Advisory Committee meetings, and other joint meetings and activities, during their scheduled working time shall be excused from work and shall be paid for the lost working time. Full-time employees who participate in such activities and meetings during their scheduled working time shall have the time treated as part of their regular workweek.
B. Union Time
The Employer agrees to make available to the Union an average of five (5) hours per week (260 hours per year) of released time to be used by the CWE Chapter for activities relating to the administration of the Agreement and other duties and responsibilities of the Union.
C. Union Website
The Employer and its technology services department agree to pay the following costs of designing, constructing and maintaining a web presence for the Union: a one-time amount, not to exceed $20,000 toward design and construction costs of an original website; an amount not to exceed $5,000 annually for web presence maintenance, and an amount not to exceed $150 monthly for web presence maintenance.
The Employer agrees to provide a web presence to the Union with terms and conditions that require the Employer's technology services department to use its best efforts to achieve website objectives identified by the Union, and establish that the Employer's technology services department owes a duty of confidentiality to the Union with respect to website design, construction, content, maintenance, and all matters related thereto.
All web presence content, and any applications or content related thereto, including but not limited to e-mail and its content, and any and all intellectual property associated therewith, will be wholly owned by the Union. The Employer will have no role whatsoever regarding content, usage or any other matter regarding the Union web presence or its content. A confidentiality Agreement will be negotiated by the Union and the Employer's technology services department. No information posted on the website can be used against any member of the Union.
The parties agree that all communications on the website by employees constitute an exercise of their rights under Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act. The Employer shall not interfere with the exercise of those rights or take any action against any employee for participating in such communications.
D. Union Representative Designation
At the beginning of each school year, the Union shall submit to the Employer, in writing, the names of the designated UFT Chapter representatives and the names of the members of the PAC Committee. If there are changes during the school year, the Union shall duly notify the CWE Director of Education.