Right to Union Representation — Stanford Health Care RNs

SHC/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -68- delayed to obtain the presence of a second CRONA representative. If the Nurse requests the presence of a CRONA representative, the meeting shall occur within three (3) business days of the Employer’s request for the investigatory meeting. If the Nurse requests representation and if the Hospital intends to have more than two (2) representatives (not including a management witness), the Hospital will notify CRONA in advance, and CRONA may have an equal number of representatives provided that the meeting will not be delayed to obtain additional CRONA representatives. CRONA and the Employer, with advance notice to the other party, may each invite a trainee to observe, but not participate in, an investigatory meeting, and such trainee shall not count toward the number of representatives provided for herein. For purposes of the advance notice, the Empl …

SHC/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -67- submissions shall state the issue or issues and the specific Section or Sections of this Agreement which the arbitrator is to interpret or apply. c. Resolution. (1) After such hearing the arbitrator shall render as soon as possible a decision which shall be final and binding on all parties. (2) The arbitrator shall have no power to add to, subtract from, alter, modify or amend any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement. (3) The arbitrator’s authority to award monetary damages shall be limited to compensatory damages. d. Expense. The cost of compensation and expenses of the arbitrator, including the cost of a transcript unless a transcript is waived by mutual agreement of the parties and the arbitrator, shall be divided equally between the parties. However, each party shall bear its own expenses of representation and witnesses. e. Expedited …

SHC/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -61- assessment of the Nurse’s clinical skills shall be provided by a non-CRONA Nurse. The supervisor will advise the Nurse that they may request a CRONA representative at the meeting in which the written warning will be delivered. A CRONA representative must be available for a meeting within three (3) business days of the Nurse’s request to have a CRONA representative at the meeting, or within such additional time as is agreed to by the Employer. A recurrence of similar related misconduct may result in further corrective action or discharge. Regular and Relief Nurses who have completed the trial periods specified in Section 6 and 15 of the Agreement may grieve the Written Warning pursuant to the provisions of Section 29 and the Nurse may provide written objections to the warning within fifteen (15) days of receipt. The objections will be placed in th …

SHC/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -65- 29.3.2 Step Two – Submission of Formal Grievance. The grievance shall be submitted in writing to the Vice President of Patient Care within the time frames set forth in paragraph b. Timeliness below. The Vice President of Patient Care will submit a copy of the grievance to CRONA and to the Director of Employee and Labor Relations within two (2) working days from receipt of such grievance. a. Content of Formal Grievance. The formal grievance shall be signed and dated by the grievant or designated CRONA officer and shall contain a brief description of the action or inaction complained of, the Employer management representative, if known, who is believed to have taken the action or failed to act, the date the action occurred or should have occurred, the resolution desired, and the Section or Sections of the Agreement alleged to be involved. b. Timeli …

SHC/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -3- If all or part of any information requested by CRONA is considered confidential by the Employer, then CRONA and the Employer will discuss and mutually agree upon ways to safeguard the confidentiality of any information provided. An assertion of confidentiality, however, will not relieve the Employer of its legally required obligation to provide information relevant and necessary to CRONA’s representation responsibilities. The Employer may charge a fee for those requests which require special or extraordinary processing or staff time. 4.3 The Employer shall in good faith attempt to provide monthly to CRONA the following information for each bargaining unit Nurse: 1. Name 2. Mailing Address 3. Employee Identification Number 4. Retirement Plan 5. CRONA Dues Status, including last four digits of Social Security Number 6. Telephone Number, if available …

SHC/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -47- 18.4 Schedules will be posted for four (4) week periods. These schedules will be posted at least three (3) weeks (which includes the day of the posting) prior to the beginning of the next schedule. The Employer will make a good faith effort to post the Thanksgiving and Christmas/New Year’s schedules at least four (4) weeks in advance of the schedule period. The posted schedule shall reflect when a Nurse is scheduled to work over the Nurse’s minimum regular commitment. 18.5 Breaks. The Employer provides paid breaks and unpaid meal breaks as follows: Shift Breaks Four (4) – Six (6) Hours One (1) paid fifteen (15) minute break Eight (8) – Ten (10) Hours Two (2) paid fifteen (15) minute breaks One (1) unpaid thirty (30) minute meal break Twelve (12) Hours Three (3) paid fifteen (15) minute breaks One (1) unpaid thirty (30) minute meal break 18.6 New …

4.1 Any official communications under this Agreement shall be sent to the CRONA office at an address supplied by CRONA as “President, CRONA” and to the Employer as “Director of Employee and Labor Relations”, or designee. 4.2 To the extent that CRONA may request information or data other than that provided by the terms of this Agreement, all such requests must be in writing by the CRONA President and directed to the Director of Employee and Labor Relations, or designee of the Employer. The Employer shall provide information requested to the extent relevant and necessary to CRONA’s representation responsibilities under this Agreement. The Employer shall in good faith attempt to provide the information within ten (10) business days of the request.

SHC/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -66- Director of Employee and Labor Relations with a copy to the Vice President of Patient Care Services. CRONA or its representatives shall contact the Employer’s representative to initiate selection of a mediator or arbitrator within fourteen (14) calendar days of its referral of the grievance to mediation or arbitration. 29.3.4 Step Four (Optional) – Mediation. a. As specified above, CRONA may request that the grievance be submitted to mediation, which shall be subject to agreement by the Employer. Within seven (7) days of CRONA’s request to submit to mediation, the Employer shall inform the Union in writing whether the Employer is agreeing to mediation. If the Employer does not agree to mediation or fails to respond on a timely basis, the grievance shall instead be submitted to arbitration, as provided in Section 29.2.5, below. b. If CRONA and the …