Right to Union Representation — Kaiser Permanente — Northwest RNs (Oregon / SW Washington)

OFNHP – RN 2021-2025 6.D.7 The Employer may hire a temporary Registered Nurse to replace Registered Nurses on a Union-related leave. The temporary may be hired for the duration of the leave. 6.D.8 Union-related leaves may not be added to other types of leaves of absence. 6.E. Union representatives will have the opportunity to meet with newly hired employees as part of the orientation process for the purpose of furnishing them with information about the Union. The Union’s segment of this process will be for thirty (30) minutes and will be considered as paid time for the orientee. The provision of orientation will not drive overtime. 6.F. Bargaining Unit members, serving as members of the Union Negotiating Team, shall be credited with seniority for time spent in contract negotiations equal to her/his normal work shift spent when negotiations occur on the employee’s scheduled work day. 6.G. …

OFNHP – RN 2021-2025 The time limits contained in this procedure may be extended by mutual, written agreement of the Employer and the Union. If the Grievant or union representative fails to file an appeal within the time limit provided, the grievance will be deemed to have been resolved by the decision at the prior step. If the Employer fails to maintain the time limits provided, the Union representative may advance the grievance to the next step. The Grievant and the Union steward participating in the grievance and arbitration meetings shall not lose pay associated with regular scheduled work hours for time spent in meetings unless there are “class action” grievances involving more than one Grievant, in which case the parties shall mutually agree on pay issues. Witnesses may be asked to appear at grievance meetings without loss of pay by mutual agreement. Meetings held in accordance wit …

Note: Please refer to the National Agreement Section 1.K.1 6.A. The Union will provide the Employer with a current list of its officers and stewards who are accredited to represent the Union every six (6) months. 6.B. Duly authorized staff representatives of the Union and its affiliates shall be granted access at reasonable times to enter the Employer’s facility where employees covered thereunder are employed, when such visits are necessitated by matters concerning the administration of this Agreement, observing the conditions under which the employees are employed and assisting in processing grievances. The Union representatives shall, prior to or upon arrival at the facility, notify the Medical Office Administrator, who shall contact the appropriate management personnel. During hours when the Medical Office Administrator’s office is closed, the Administrator on call shall be notified b …

The following process will be used when selecting a Team Leader or Charge Nurse: 13.C.1 Notice of Resignation Management and Union Representatives will jointly develop a resignation form, which will be distributed to union office and manager. 13.C.2 Selection of Interview Team An interview team will be selected when notification of the pending vacancy has been received. a. The Manager and an OFNHP Union Representative will take the lead to assemble the Team. b. The selection/interview team will be a multi-disciplinary team. The Team will include: 1) At least one RN. This RN should be either a team member or a Team Leader/Charge Nurse. 2) Manager of the respective department/unit. 3) Other members of the selection team may include a physician, members of the work team or other staff members. 13.C.3 Training of Interview Team a. In each CN/TL selection process, training will occur prior to …

Note: Please refer to the National Agreement Section 1.L.1(a) 29.A. The goal of Corrective Action is to correct performance or conduct/behavior deficiencies, rather than to punish employees. In that spirit, the Employer and Union agree to work together to identify problems and craft solutions. This may include the use of other employees as mentors as is mutually agreed appropriate. 29.B. The Employer and the Union shall conduct Corrective Action meetings away from employees, patients, and the public. 29.C. An Employee shall have the right, and shall be informed thereof, to have a Union representative accompany him/her to any meeting which could result in Corrective Action, and to participate in the joint discovery process. 29.D. Corrective Action shall be for just cause only and will embody the principle of progressive discipline, where the Employer reserves the right to determine the ap …

OFNHP – RN 2021-2025 voluntarily accepted by a work group or employee, otherwise the position(s) shall be posted. 11.D. Method for Establishing Alternate Schedule Patterns: The Employer and the union mutually recognize the benefit innovative work schedule patterns may have on recruitment and retention of qualified Public Health Nurses. Alternatives to the OFNHP/Kaiser Permanente Labor Agreement may be tentatively agreed upon by shop stewards and supervisors or managers when approved by the Continuing Care Service Department’s Retention and Recruitment Committee, under the following conditions: 11.D.1 Alternatives must be described in writing, and signed and dated by a representative appointed by the Union and a supervisor (hereafter called an experimental agreement). 11.D.2 Alternative schedule patterns may include weekends, holidays and days off. 11.D.3 The experimental agreement must s …

All present employees shall, within thirty-one (31) days of the execution of this Agreement, either become and remain members of the Union or pay regular fees equal to Union membership fees and monthly dues. All employees in classification covered by this Agreement who are hired by the Employer subsequent to the execution date of this Agreement shall, on or before the thirty-first (31st) day following the beginning of their employment, either become and remain members of the Union or pay regular fees equal to Union membership fees and monthly dues. Any employee who transfers to a position covered under this Agreement from a position in a comparable classification covered under a separate labor agreement with the Employer shall not be required to pay any initiation fees upon transfer, but shall pay Union monthly dues or fees equal to such dues. Employees who are required to join the Union …

Refer to National Agreement Section 1.L.1 and 1.L.2 The Employer and the Union encourage open, two-way communication and informal resolution of issues and problems between employees and supervisors. Each party shall make every attempt to understand and resolve differences informally before resorting to the Formal Grievance Procedure. Issues may be resolved utilizing the Issue Resolution Process or the Grievance Procedure. Some legitimate differences regarding interpretation and/or the application of this Agreement may, in fact, require a formal grievance process. The purpose of this Article is to promote a prompt and efficient process for the investigation and resolution of grievances. The Employer and the Union agree that all disputes will be settled as hereinafter provided. The parties also agree that there shall be no lockouts on the part of the Employer nor suspension of work on the …