R2017-48 Contract Pay and Benefits AFSCME Local 268 and Decatur Public Library

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ARTICLE III UNION RIGHTS Section 1. Access to Premises by Union Representatives The Employer agrees that local representatives and officers and AFSCME staff representatives shall have reasonable access to the premises of the Employer giving notice upon arrival to the appropriate Employer representative. Such visitations shall be for the reason of the administration of this Agreement and shall result in no interference of work. Section 2. Time Off for Union Activities (A) The Employer shall grant the Union ten (10) days per year without pay for state or international Union conventions under the following conditions: (1) No more than two (2) employees may be absent at the same time. (2) The employee must give at least seven (7) days written notice to his/her supervisor prior to such leave. (3) The employee may use unused vacation time or approved unused personal leave time. (4) Two employees who are duly appointed or elected as a Union officer or steward may conduct Union business up to eight (8) hours per month on the following conditions: (a) The Union business may be conducted during the first and last hour of the officer's or steward's assigned shift. (b) The Union business may be conducted only after notifying said employee's immediate non-bargaining unit supervisor and subject to the supervisor's permission, which permission shall not be unreasonably wit held. (c) The Union shall be afforded thirty (30) minutes for new employee orientation at the conclusion of the new employee's probationary period. A joint meeting shall occur in the subsequent thirty (30) minutes with the Union and the Employer being present for positive programming. Section 3. Union Bulletin Boards The Employer shall provide one official Union bulletin board. The board shall be for the sole and exclusive use of the Union and shall contain only Union related information. Page 3 of 29