Daughters of Charity - SEIU-UHW Healthcare Workers West

Employers. Upon notification to the manager, if the Union steward wishes to
schedule a meeting with an employee during the steward’s work shift, release
time shall not be unreasonably denied.
4. Union stewards shall not direct any employee how to perform or not
perform his/her work, shall not countermand the order of any supervisor, and shall
not interfere with the normal operations of the Employers or any other employee.
5. The Employers’ designated representative will meet with two Union
Representatives (Field Representative and/or Union Stewards) and any affected
employee on any grievance or issue concerning this Agreement. If additional
employee(s) or Union Representatives have firsthand facts to present as a witness
concerning the Union’s grievance issue, however, then such additional person(s)
also may attend, by prior mutual agreement with the Employers at the time the
meeting is set.
6. Upon advance written request and subject to staffing and scheduling
needs, the Employers will provide up to four (4) days without pay per calendar
year to a Union steward for the purpose of participating in Union educational
programs.
7. Upon proper advance notice, the Employers shall continue to exercise
good faith efforts to release duly recognized shop stewards to leave their normal
work to attend the monthly shop steward meeting. No more than four (4) hours of
such release time per month will be allowed. Stewards not scheduled to work will
not receive any pay for attendance at such meeting. The paid time spent at
monthly steward meetings will not count towards overtime calculations. Within
thirty days of the ratification of the contract, the Union will provide to the
Employers a schedule of the Union Steward’s Council regularly scheduled
meeting, for the next twelve (12) months (and will further submit a schedule on
an annual basis for succeeding years of this Agreement). A maximum of one (1)
steward for every twenty-five (25) bargaining unit employees shall receive the
release time, not to exceed eight (8) stewards at Saint Louise, ten (10) at
O’Connor, and twelve (12) at Seton.
St. Francis shop stewards will be permitted to leave their normal work to attend
the monthly shop steward meeting. No more than eighty (80) hours quarterly, in
the aggregate, of such paid time will be allowed. Stewards not scheduled to work
will not receive any pay for attendance at such meetings. Time spent at monthly
shop steward meetings will not be used to compute overtime. In departments with
multiple stewards and patient care needs, the stewards will determine a rotation
for attendance if warranted.
8. Time spent attending arbitration hearings by shop stewards, grievants and
witnesses called by the Union shall be unpaid.
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