Article XVI: Changes Resulting In a Conference
The department or unit chairperson, or designee, will notify the Union in writing within fourteen (14) calendar days of a significant change in any of the following matters as it relates to the terms and conditions of employment of Employees within a department or unit:
1. Level of funding available to the department or unit for the employment of Employees;
2. FTE’s available to the department or unit for Employees;
3. The work assignments or scope of responsibility for Employees caused by changes in the educational curriculum of the department or unit;
4. Average size of Employees’ employment fractions;
5. Number of Employees;
6. Class size policy.
The chairperson or designee will provide an opportunity for the Union representative to confer with the department or unit chairperson, or designee, on the change and on its implications for the terms and conditions of employment of the affected Employees. If the change and its implications are being considered by a committee of the department or unit, the committee shall be the designee of the department or unit chairperson. The Union shall designate as its representative an Employee in the department or unit, the appropriate steward, or a Union official, and shall notify in writing the designee (as listed in Article XIV) of the provost or the designated representative.
In the event that the above described procedure is not followed, and if the Union representative so requests, then the department or unit chairperson or designee, shall reconsider the decision made regarding the change and follow the above procedure.
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