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ARTICLE III
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS
3.1 The District authorizes the Association to use the District's facilities and buildings at times other than normal working hours and hours of student instruction as long as the Association submits the appropriate Civic Center Act form to the immediate manager of the facility or building.
3.2 The immediate manager of the facility or building may grant the Association use of District equipment as long as such use is in accordance with the procedures provided for in the Civic Center Act and as long as the use of such equipment does not interfere with the normal student instruction or work production of the District. The Association shall pay for the cost of all materials and supplies used.
3.3 Upon request of the unit member, the Association shall have the right to represent him/her in any employment conditions covered by this contract and proceedings related to dismissal actions, except as provided for to the contrary, elsewhere in this Agreement.
3.4 The Association shall have the right to use a reasonable area of each facility's designated official bulletin board for the purpose of posting official Association notices. Such notices shall identify the Association as the sender of the communication, the date of posting and carry the name of the Association president. Such bulletin board area will be identified by the immediate manager of the facility and labeled "Association Business."
3.5 The Association may make reasonable use of the District mail services and unit members’ mail boxes for written communication to unit members.
3.5.1 The Association's written communications shall not defame or ridicule the District or its agents, nor shall it encourage the withholding of services (direct or adjunct) contemplated in Section 23.1 of the Agreement. These restrictions do not preclude the Association or its officers from exercising their right to freely express their constitutionally protected views on all issues affecting the educational and other policies of the District without fear of reprisal, discrimination or retaliation.
3.6 District Directory - Names, work locations, non-confidential addresses and telephone numbers of District employees shall be provided to the Association upon written request, at intervals not to exceed once per year. The District shall provide the above information on any new employees on a monthly basis.
3.7 The District shall provide the Association with two (2) copies of the complete Board of Education Meeting Agenda for each Board meeting, exclusive of executive session material.
3.8 Authorized representatives of the Association shall be permitted to transact official business on school property as long as the business is carried on during non-duty hours of unit members. Such contact with unit members on school premises must occur only before or after school or during the lunch period. Authorized representatives of the Association shall be required to notify the site manager of his/her presence on the site. If the authorized Association representative is a unit member, he/she must transact official business on his/her non-duty time. Official business, as used in this section, shall mean conducting a called Association meeting at the site or the reasonable interviewing of witnesses for the processing of a grievance.
3.9 The District agrees to provide thirty (30) days of leave each year for Association representatives for the purpose of conducting Association business not prohibited by the provisions of Article XXIII (Work Stoppage). The President of the Association shall notify the Superintendent at least one working day prior to the absence. The Association shall reimburse the District for any substitute costs involved in providing the leave.
3.10 United Teachers of Pasadena shall have the exclusive right to represent the interests of its bargaining unit members on all joint and district-wide committees. Consequently the Association shall appoint its unit members to all District/Association Joint Committees. In addition, the Association shall appoint its unit members to district-wide committees, as it deems appropriate, for the purpose of contributing specific area(s) of expertise. The District’s appointment of additional Association unit members to district-wide committees shall not diminish the number of the Association’s appointments.
3.11 Designated representatives of the Association may make brief announcements at the end of faculty meetings provided the announcements do not involve controversial matters of employer/employee relations.
3.12 Reconstitution
3.12.1 United Teachers of Pasadena shall assume “observer status” in the bargaining unit member selection process as it relates to any school subject to reconstitution.
3.12.2 United Teachers of Pasadena shall assume the role of a full participant in the administration selection process as it relates to any school subject to reconstitution. |
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