ADMS 3422 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Collective Agreement, Bargaining Unit, Job Sharing

• School: York University
• Department: Administrative Studies
• Course: ADMS 3422
• Professor: Ping Peng

Document Summary

An agreement between the union representing all workers in the bargaining unit and the employer. Purpose: to establish clear rules and procedures governing both workplace practices and the relationship between the parties. Most collective agreements include: a cover page, a table of contents, articles, clauses, appendices/schedules, letters of understanding. Desired relationship: expectations concerning the desired positive relationship between the parties. Recognition of union security: the union as the exclusive bargaining agent for the bargaining unit, dues check-off, union shop/closed shop/rand formula, leave for union business, restrictions on contracting out. Management rights: residual rights a principle whereby management retains all rights it held before unionization except those change by the collective agreement, drug/alcohol testing, selection tests, or performance tests. Technological change: this language is desired by the union in order to protect workers from the potentially negative impact of new technology, clauses may include, notification of change, restrictions concerning layoffs, retraining, wage protection (red-circling)