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Section 1.

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  1. The Employer and the Union, having recognized that cooperation between management and employees is indispensable to the accomplishment of sound and harmonious labor relations, shall jointly maintain and support a labor management committee in each of the agencies having at least fifty (50) employees [For the Human Rights Specialist occupational group, the number of Employees shall be ten (10)].
  2. Each labor management committee shall consider and recommend to the agency head changes in the working conditions of the Employees within the agency, including developments in the reorganization of the Human Resources Administration and the decentralization of billings and collections procedures of the Health and Hospitals Corporation, and the practical impact of such developments upon Employees. The labor management committee shall not consider items subject to the grievance procedure.
  3. Each labor management committee shall consist of six (6) members who shall serve for the term of this Agreement. The Union shall designate three (3) members and the agency head shall designate three (3) members. The appointing party shall have the right to remove its designees upon notice to the other party. Each member may designate one (1) alternate. Each committee shall select a chairperson from among its members at each meeting. The Union may, through its members on the committee, designate up to a maximum of four (4) consultants to attend a particular meeting. The agency shall have the same right. The chair of each committee shall alternate between the members designated by the agency head and the members designated by the Union. A quorum shall consist of a majority of the total membership of a committee. A committee shall make its recommendations to the agency head in writing.
  4. The labor management committee shall meet at the request of either the Union members or the Employer members at times mutually agreeable to both parties. At least one week in advance of a meeting, the party calling the meeting shall provide the other party with a written agenda of matters to be discussed. Minutes shall be kept and copies supplied to all members of a committee.

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