Community Living Services Collective Agreement - British Columbia ...

CSSBA and CSSEA - Community Living Services (03/2012) Page 7
(c) An employer representative and a union representative will alternate in presiding over meetings.
Minutes of each meeting of the committee will be prepared by the Employer and approved by an
employer and union designate who were in attendance at the meeting. Once approved, the minutes will
be distributed to the Union and the Employer within three working days.
(d) The Committee will not have jurisdiction over wages or any other matter of collective bargaining,
including the administration of this Agreement. The Committee will not supersede the activities of any
other Committee of the Union or of the Employer and will not have the power to bind either the Union
or its members or the Employer to any decisions or conclusions reached in their discussions.
(e) The Committee will have the power to make recommendations to the Union and the Employer on
the following general matters:
(1) reviewing matters, other than grievances, relating to the maintenance of good relations
between the parties;
(2) correcting conditions causing grievances and misunderstanding.
* Geographic Area: A group of communities where it is practical for multiple locations to meet together.
8.4 Technical Information
(a) The Employer agrees to provide to the Union such information as is available relating to
employees in the bargaining unit, as may be required by the Union for collective bargaining purposes.
(b) In January of each year the Employer will provide to the Union a list of all employees in the
bargaining unit, their job titles, addresses and their phone numbers.
9.1 Grievance Procedure
ARTICLE 9 - GRIEVANCES
The Employer and the Union agree that disputes arising from:
(a) the interpretation, application or alleged violation of the Agreement, including all Memoranda,
Letters and Addenda attached to the Collective Agreement including the question of arbitrability; or
(b)
the dismissal, suspension or discipline of any employee in the bargaining unit;
will be resolved in accordance with the following procedures.
9.2 Step 1
In the first step of the grievance procedure, every effort will be made to settle the dispute with the
designated local supervisor. The aggrieved employee will have the right to have a steward present at such
a discussion. If the dispute is not resolved orally, the aggrieved employee may submit a written grievance,
through the union steward, to Step 2 of the grievance procedure. When the aggrieved employee is a
steward, she will not, where possible, act as a steward in respect of her own grievance, but will submit the
grievance through another steward or union staff representative.
9.3 Time Limits to Present Initial Grievance
An employee who wishes to present a grievance at Step 2 of the grievance procedure, in the manner
prescribed in Article 9.4 (Step 2), must do so not later than 30 days after the date:
(a) on which she was notified orally or in writing of the action or circumstances giving rise to the
grievance; or
(b)
on which she first became aware of the action or circumstances giving rise to the grievance.