Section 2

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Adequate, clean, structurally safe and sanitary working facilities shall be provided for all employees.
Motor vehicles and power equipment which are in compliance with minimum standards of applicable law shall be provided to employees who are required to use such devices.
Where necessary, first aid chests, adequately marked and stocked, shall be provided by the Employer in sufficient quantity for the number of employees likely to need them and such chests shall be reasonably accessible to the employees.
A Labor Management Health and Safety Committee shall be established in each agency. Each committee shall be composed of not less than three nor more than five labor representatives designated by the Union and not more than an equivalent number of management representatives designated by the agency. The appropriate number of such representatives shall be determined jointly. If agreement on the number cannot be reached such number shall be determined by the Commissioner of Labor Relations. The Committee shall meet at least quarterly and shall meet at the written request of the labor or the management representatives for the purpose of discussing health and safety problems in the agency and making recommendations for their resolution to the agency head. The written request for such a meeting shall indicate the specific condition for which the meeting is called.
In addition to the above described committee, sub-committees may be established on an ad hoc basis upon agreement of the parties.
The sole remedy for alleged violations of this Section shall be a grievance pursuant to Article XV of this Agreement. Any employee who withholds services as a means of redressing or otherwise protesting alleged violations of this Section shall be docked pay for any unauthorized non-performance of work and may be subject to any appropriate disciplinary action.
In construing this Section, an arbitrator shall initially have the power only to decide whether the subject facilities meet the standards of subsection (a) of this Section 2 but may not affirmatively direct how the Employer should comply with this Section. If the arbitrator determines that the Employer is in violation of this Section, the Employer shall take appropriate steps to remedy the violation. If in the opinion of the Union the Employer does not achieve compliance within a reasonable period of time, the Union may reassert its claim to the arbitrator. Upon such second submission, if the arbitrator finds that the Employer has had a reasonable time to comply with the terms of this Section and has failed to do so, then and only then, the arbitrator may order the Employer to follow a particular course of action which will effectuate compliance with the terms of this Section. However, such remedy shall not exceed appropriations available in the current budget allocation for the involved agency for such purposes.
In any enclosed facility where employees are assigned to work, the Employer shall make reasonable efforts to provide for the personal security of employees while they are working.
When the Employer becomes aware of a safety hazard which the Employer considers an imminent physical danger to employees at a worksite, the Employer shall remove the employees from the affected area.
The Employer shall provide to the Municipal Labor Committee a copy of the results of environmental testing by the City of a City worksite and statistics resulting from special medical testing of employees.

Section 2

1995 - 2001 CITYWIDE AGREEMENT

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