Associated Ambulance & Services (Whitecourt) Ltd., Collective Agreement 2020-2025

Article 3: Recognition and Union Business

1. The Employer recognizes the Union as the sole bargaining agent for Employees covered by this Collective Agreement.
2. No Employee shall be required or permitted to make any written or verbal agreement which may be in conflict with the terms of this Collective Agreement.
3. Except as otherwise specified elsewhere in this Collective Agreement, all correspondence between the parties arising out of this Collective Agreement or incidental thereto shall pass to and from the Chief Executive Officer of the Employer or designate and a designate of the Union.
4. An Employee shall not engage in Union business during their working hours without prior approval of the Employer.
5. Any duly accredited Officer of the Union may be permitted on the Employer’s premises for the purpose of transacting Union business providing prior permission to do so has been granted by the Employer.
6. A representative of the Union shall have the right to make a presentation of up to forty-five (45) minutes during the probationary period or at the orientation of new Employees with respect to the structure of the Union, as well as the rights, responsibilities and benefits under the Collective Agreement, provided, however, that attendance at the presentation shall not be compulsory and, further, that a representative of the Employer may be present at such presentation. Where the representative of the Union is a Steward or Local Unit Representative there shall be no loss of pay for time spent at the presentation.
7. The name of the local unit representatives shall be supplied in writing to the Employer before they are recognized as an Union representative.  A representative of the Union shall be entitled to leave work to carry out their functions as provided in this Collective Agreement, provided permission to leave work during working hours, and agreement on the length of time of such leave, shall first be obtained from the Operations Manager or designate. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld.  Representatives shall suffer no loss of pay for time spent on the Employer’s premises in performing such duties.
8. No persons, other than members of the bargaining unit, shall perform bargaining unit work, except for the purposes of instruction, or in an emergency, and provided it does not reduce the hours of work or pay for any bargaining unit Employee.
9. Subject to operation requirements, time off granted in accordance with Article 20.02(a) & (b) shall be with pay, and the Union agrees to reimburse the Employer for the total cost of the absence plus a fifteen percent (15%) administration fee.