Article 14.A
Labor Management Committees

A. Both parties agree that the formation of committees dedicated to examining issues related to the workplace and to recommending changes is beneficial to Headquarters as a whole. Accordingly, the parties agree that the following standing committees will be formed:

Headquarters Health and Safety Committee
Headquarters Disability Council
Germantown Grounds Committee
Forrestal Cafeteria Committee
Germantown Cafeteria Committee
Travel Committee
Succession Planning Committee

The Committees will meet, formulate, and recommend suggested changes in existing practices and rules that relate to the subject committee. The members of the committee shall have access to Agency information relevant to their duties. New committees will be formed upon mutual agreement on an as-needed basis.

B. NTEU will appoint all bargaining unit employees and may have up to 4 representatives on official time (2 from each Department of Energy Headquarters/National Treasury Employees Union Collective Bargaining Agreement 34 Chapter) on each committee that addresses issues at both locations, and 2 Chapter representatives on official time on committees that address one location. There is no limit to the number of National office representatives that NTEU may have. The Employer will have a number of nonbargaining unit representatives equal to that of NTEU.

C. The committee shall designate a chairperson who shall be nominated from among the committee members and shall be elected by the committee members. Management and non-management members shall alternate in this position. Maximum service time as a chairperson will be 2 years.

D. Meeting announcements, meeting minutes, and activities conducted by the committees will be jointly prepared and publicized electronically or made accessible to all Headquarters employees.

E. Nothing in this Article shall diminish the union’s rights, under law and this Agreement, to notice and an opportunity to bargain over changes in conditions of employment.