EXHIBIT 28 Collective Bargaining Agreements With Unions ...

Either party desiring a record of the proceedings shall pay for the record and make a copy
available without charge to the arbitrator.
Section 4. An employee shall be permitted to have a representative of the Union present at
each step of the grievance procedure, up to and including Step 3; subject, however, to Section 606,
Article VI of the Public Employe Relations Act. Upon request by an employee or Union
representative, a Step 1 grievance meeting will be postponed or rescheduled, if necessary, if a
Union Representative is temporarily unavailable to the employee. Where this occurs, the time
limits for response to the grievance will be suspended during the postponement period.
Employees selected by the Union to act as Union representatives shall be known as
stewards. The Union shall furnish the Commonwealth with the names and work locations of
grievance representatives and shall notify the Commonwealth of any changes.
Where such Union representatives represent employees in more than one agency, they shall
be permitted to cross agency lines for the purpose of processing grievances.
A reasonable number of witnesses shall be permitted to attend Committee meetings without
suffering the loss of any pay, when their presence is required because of the Commonwealth's
refusal to accept the witnesses' written statements, as provided for in the attached Rules of
Procedure. Grievants shall be treated in exactly the same manner as witnesses under this
procedure.
An employee who presents a grievance or sits on a Joint Area Committee Panel, shall do so
with pay, provided the Union has indicated their desire to have that person participate in the
procedure. The number of employees so designated shall not be abused.
The Union may present grievances concerning agency-wide actions or state-wide actions
directly to Step 3 within fifteen (15) working days of the date of the occurrence giving rise to the
dispute, or the date when the Union knew, or by reasonable diligence should have known, of its
occurrence. However, the Union will meet with the official Agency or Office of Administration
designee prior to any hearing on such grievances, in order to resolve any factual disputes relating to
such Agency-wide or State-wide grievances.
Section 5. The Joint Area Committee and the Joint Pennsylvania State Committee will
function under the Rules of Procedure in Appendix G.
ARTICLE 39
SAFETY AND HEALTH
Section 1. The Employer will take positive action to assure compliance with laws and
regulations concerning the health and safety of employees working in state owned or leased
buildings and to assure compliance with all lease provisions affecting the safety or health of
employees.
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