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USE OF EMPLOYER PROVIDED FACILITIES,
PUBLICATIONS & SERVICES
Section 1. The Employer shall provide a separate
bulletin board for posting of Union materials at all air traffic facilities
within the unit in areas frequented by bargaining unit employees. A locking
glass cover may be installed on the Union bulletin board at Union expense. The
Parties at the local level will determine the exact location and size of the
bulletin board. Materials shall not be posted or removed by the Employer
except for compelling need. The Parties recognize that posting of scurrilous,
inflammatory, or unlawful material is prohibited.
Section 2. Union representatives shall be given reasonable access to
FAA telephone lines, facsimile machines, and copy machines for the purposes of
conducting official labor relations business regarding grievances and other
representational matters. Such access shall not be used to conduct internal
Union business.
Section 3. In facilities where suitable shelf space is available in
non-work areas, the Union shall be permitted to use such shelf space as a
library for Union acquired publications.
Section 4. In facilities where unused suitable space is available in
non-work areas, the Union shall be permitted to use such space for the
placement of file cabinets or other similar equipment. Such space may be an
office if the Employer determines one is available. The Employer shall make a
reasonable effort to provide excess desks, chairs, file cabinets or other
similar equipment for Union use. Any Union supplied equipment shall be subject
to approval of the Employer in terms of suitability from the standpoint of
d�cor. The Employer reserves the right to withdraw from such space
arrangements whenever the space is required.
Section 5. The Employer shall provide lockers that are capable of being
locked for all employees.
Section 6. The Employer shall approve the Union�s use of facility space
at no cost to the Union for periodic meetings with employees in the unit,
provided the space requested is available, and the use of the space does not
interfere with other facility requirements. These meetings shall take place
during the non-duty or non-work hours of the employees involved. On duty
employees in a non-work status may be allowed to attend these Union meetings,
provided they are available for immediate recall.
Section 7. When a Union representative is performing representational
duties under this Agreement, the Employer shall make every reasonable effort
to provide meeting space that will protect the confidentiality of any
discussion.
Section 8. Union representatives may mail material to management
officials through the FAA internal mail system. In those facilities where the
Union does not have a resident facility representative, the Union may
communicate with bargaining unit employees through the agency�s internal mail
system, provided that such mail involves representational purposes.
Section 9. The Union shall be permitted to place Union reading binders
adjacent to FAA general information reading binders. The binders shall be
clearly identified as Union materials. These binders are non-operational and
shall not be read on operating positions.
Section 10. The Union shall have the right to have a member on the
cafeteria committee where such a committee exists or is established.
Section 11. The Employer shall maintain clean and adequately stocked
restrooms at all of its facilities.
Section 12. The Employer agrees to make every reasonable effort to
provide adequate and suitably equipped eating facilities. The employer will
provide, at a minimum, a microwave oven, a refrigerator, and a coffee maker
for each facility. At facilities with more than 50 employees the Employer may
provide an additional microwave oven and refrigerator.
Section 13. At facilities where proceeds from vending and recreational
machines do not go exclusively to the contractor, the Union shall have the
right to designate a representative on the employee committee overseeing the
distribution of those proceeds.
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