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Community Colleges of Spokane

• Managing in a Unionized Higher Education
  Environment

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Labor Relations

• Broadly defined as any dealings between
  management and workers about employment
  conditions.
• More commonly, however, labor relations refers to
  dealings between management and a workforce that
  is already unionized.
• Labor Relations in Higher Education and the
  Concept of Participatory Governance

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History of Labor Law Short Course

• National Labor Relations Act of 1935
• Revised Code of Washington 28B.52 (faculty)
• Revised Code of Washington 41.56.010 (classified
  public employees)

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Commonly Used Terms Defined

• Arbitration Method of settling a
  labor-management dispute by having an impartial
  third party hold a formal hearing, take testimony
  and render a decision. The decision is usually
  binding upon the parties.
• Bargaining Unit A unit of employees determined
  to have a common body of interests sufficient
  enough to be represented by the same contractual
  terms.
• Business Agent/Local Area Rep A full-time paid
  union official who handles grievances for the
  bargaining unit, advises employees regarding the
  collective bargaining agreement terms and
  performs other tasks in the day-to-day operation
  of a union.
• Collective Bargaining Agreement A written
  agreement or contract that is the result of
  negotiations between an employer and a union. It
  sets out the conditions of employment (wages,
  hours, benefits, etc.). Collective bargaining
  agreements usually run for a definite
  period--one, two or three years.
• Exclusive Representative An employee
  organization that has the right to solely
  represent the bargaining unit for purposes of
  collective bargaining.

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Commonly Used Terms Defined

• Grievance A formal complaint usually lodged by
  an employee or the union alleging a
  misinterpretation or improper application of one
  or more terms in a collective bargaining
  contract.
• Management's Rights Certain rights that
  management maintains as fundamental to the
  ability to manage and operate the organization.
  They are not required, negotiable subjects of
  collective bargaining. These rights are often
  expressly reserved to management in the
  management's rights clause of the bargaining
  agreement.
• Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Specific
  agreements reached by the parties during the term
  of a collective bargaining agreement, generally
  in resolution of a unique situation or to
  memorialize an agreement regarding implementation
  of a term of the contract. Generally expires
  upon the expiration of the collective bargaining
  agreement.
• Past Practice An unwritten agreement or work
  practice that is long standing, consistently
  followed, unilaterally imposed and has come to be
  relied upon by both parties. A further
  consideration is whether the practice provides a
  benefit of personal value to the employee. Such
  practices may be enforceable working conditions
  and treated similar to a contractual agreement.

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Commonly Used Terms Defined

• Shop Steward/Steward The unit representative of
  a group of fellow employees who carries out
  duties of the union within the workplace., such
  as handling grievances, recruiting new members
  and monitoring compliance with the contract. The
  steward usually is either elected by other union
  members or appointed by higher union officials.
• Unfair Labor Practice An act or omission on the
  part of either the union or management which
  violates the regulations set forth by statute
  regulating fair dealing.

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CCS Recognized Unions Bargaining Units

• Exclusive Representatives
• Faculty Washington Education Association (WEA)
• Classified Washington Federation of State
  Employees (WFSE)
• CCS Bargaining Units
• Faculty Association for
• Higher Education (AHE)
• Classified Four recognized units
• Head Start
• Trades
• General/Clerical
• Supervisors

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Keys to Successfully Meeting Your
Responsibilities

• Know the parts of the respective collective
  bargaining agreements that govern working
  conditions
• ?Leave Policy ?Personnel files
• ?Discipline ?Management Rights
• ?Schedules/Hours ?Tenure/Evaluation
• Understand the basics of key court decisions
• Wiengarten Rights
• Loudermill Rights
• Roth/Liberty Rights
• Attend management training programs specific to
  your responsibilities
• Tenure Review and C-PAS (Classified Evaluation)
• Disciplinary Action and Just Cause
• Leave Administration
• Call the Human Resources Office if you have
  questions or need assistance

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Working with Stewards and Reps

• Get to know them in advance of a problem
• Be proactive in informing of issues, getting
  input and feedback
• Be honest and forthright with important
  information necessary to understanding an issue
• Be responsive when called,
• it is probably important
• Know which are nickel and
• which are dollar issues

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• QUESTIONS?
• For additional training information,
• please contact the
• Human Resources Office
• Email hro_at_ccs.spokane.edu