R2019-205 Resolution Authorizing Collective Bargaining Agreement for Pay and Benefits - AFSCME Council 31 and Local 268, General Service Employees

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Section 3. (a)Although it is agreed that union membership is not a mandatory condition uf empioyment for any empfoyee covered by this Agreement, any empiayee covered by this Agreemenf employed before June 1, 1989,except as provided in sub-paragraph (b) hereof,who has become a Union member or becomes a Union member at any time during the term of this Agreement, shall, as a condition of continued employment, confinue to pay to the Union those dues or fees regularty charged members of the Union in good standing for the life of this Agree- ment(except as otherwise provided herein for yearly withdrawai of inembership}. The failure of an empioyee who has become a member and who does not withdraw membership during the withdrawal periods stafed herein to continue to pay such dues and fees shaii obligate the City, upon wriifen notice from the union to such effect,to discfiarge the empioyee if Union membership was availabie to the emptoyee on the same terms and conditions generally available to all other members. (b)An employee hired after May 1, 1989,and covered by this Agreement who, after com- pieting thirty(30)calendar days of employment voluntarily joins the Union,shall be subject to the same terms of continued membership as employees in Section 3(a)abo�e. (c) Every empioyee who is a mernber of the Union shall have the right to withdraw from membership during the last thirty(30} days before each annua! anniversary date of this Agree- ment. An employee who has properly withdrawn membership as provided herein shal! not be subject to the provisions of Section 3(a}, Section 4.The Union shatl indemnify the City and any department of ttte Cify and hold it harmless against any and alt claims, demands, s�its or other forms of liability that may arise out of, or by reason of, any action taken by the City or any department of the City for the purpose of complying with the provisions of this Article. ARTICLE 4 INTERRUPTION OF DUTY Section 1.While this Agreement is in effect it is understood that there shalt be no strike, lock out, stow down, unauthorized absenteeism or inte�ruption of duty or other interf'erence with the efficient operation of the city service. ARTICLE 5 H(JURS OF DUTY Section 1.The regular haurs of duty each day shall be consecutive except that they may be in#errupted by a lunch pe�iod and even if so interrupted,such lunch period shalt be disregarded in considering whether or not such hours are consecu#ive. Employees shalt neither be permitfed nor mandated fo work more fhan sixteen(16) con- secutive hours. Emptoyees who work sixteen (16) consecutive hours shall be provided a mini- mum eight (8) hour off-duty rest period immediately thereafter. This provision supersedes all other provisions of the Collecfive Bargaining Agreement reiating to hours of duty and overtime. This provision may be temporarily suspended by mutual agreement between the City and the Union for good cause. 5