2020-12 - 2020-22 Public Works Collective Bargaining Agreements

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ARTICLE 1 PURPOSE 1.01 This Agreement is made between the City of Lakewood, Ohio, hereinafter referred to as the "City," and Ohio Council 8 and Local 1043 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, hereinafter referred to as the "Union." The male pronoun or adjective where used herein refers to the female also, unless otherwise indicated. The term "employee" or "employees" where used herein, refers to all regular full-time and part-time employees in the bargaining unit. The purpose of this Agreement is to provide a fair and responsible method of enabling employees covered by this Agreement to participate through Union representation in the establishment of terms and conditions of their employment, and to establish a peaceful procedure for the resolution of all differences between the parties. ARTICLE 2 RECOGNITION 2.01 The Union is recognized as the sole and exclusive representative for a bargaining unit of all regular full-time and part-time Department of Public Works employees in the classifications contained in Appendix A for the purpose of establishing terms and conditions of employment, but excluding all Foreman Class A, supervisors, professionals (as defined by the collective bargaining act), office clerical, administrative employees, guards and security (as defined by the Collective Bargaining Act) and students. The City will not recognize any other union, organization or person as the representative for any of the Department of Public Works employees in the bargaining unit. 2.02 Notwithstanding Section 2.01 the parties have mutually agreed to add to this bargaining unit the Traffic Signal Tech I and Traffic Signal Tech II positions. The parties have jointly petitioned SERB to make these changes. ARTICLE 3 NON-DISCRIMINATION 3.01 The Employer and the Union agree that there shall be no discrimination against any employee on account of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, gender identity/expression, genetic information, military status, veteran status, sexual orientation, union membership or activity, or ancestry. The Employer further states and the Union approves that no such discrimination shall be practiced against any applicant for employment. ARTICLE 4 CHECK -OFF 4.01 All employees in the bargaining unit covered by this Agreement who are members of the Union on the date this Agreement is signed, and all other employees in such bargaining unit who become members of the Union at anytime in the future, shall, for the term of this Agreement, continue to be members of the Union, and the City will not honor dues deduction (check -off) revocations from any such employee except as provided herein. 4.02 The City will deduct regular initiation fees and monthly dues from the pay of employees in the bargaining unit covered by this Agreement upon receipt of individual authorization cards voluntarily executed by an employee for that purpose and bearing the employee's signature, provided that: