15 - Laserfiche WebLink

• The City of Livermore and the City of Pleasanton have jointly formed the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department Joint Powers Authority. The International Association of Fire Fighters, Local 1974, AFL- CIO-CLC, and representatives of the Cities have met and conferred in good faith regarding wages, hours and other terms and conditions of employment of employees in the representation unit specified in Section 1, and have exchanged freely information, opinions and proposals and have reached agreement on all matters relating to the employment conditions and employer-employee relations of such employees. This Memorandum of Understanding is entered into pursuant to the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act (Government Code Section 3500, et. seq.) and has been jointly prepared by the parties. This Memorandum of Understanding has been presented to the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department Joint Powers Authority governing board and to the City Councils of the City of Livermore and the City of Pleasanton. The governing board and the City Councils have approved the salary and employee benefit adjustments for the period commencing January July 1, 2012 2014 and ending June 30, 20142018. "Employees" as used in this Memorandum of Understanding shall mean employees of the City of Pleasanton. Unless otherwise indicated, "City" or"the City" shall mean the City of Pleasanton. Section 1. Recognition Local 1974, of the International Association of Fire Fighters, AFL-CIO-CLC, hereinafter referred to as the "Union," is the formally recognized employee organization for the Fire Employees Unit comprised of the classifications of Firefighter, Fire Engineer, Fire Captain, Fire Inspector and Hazardous Materials Inspector certified pursuant to the Employer-Employee Relations Procedures & Resolution No. 97-1 adopted by the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department Joint Powers Authority on 11/21/97. Section 2. Union Security 2.1 Agency Shop Pursuant to legislation enacted by SB 739 and amendment to the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act, the City and the Union agree to abide by the following provisions as they relate to an agency shop. A. Agency Shop as defined under Meyers-Milias Brown means "an arrangement that requires an employee, as a condition of continued employment, either to join the recognized employee organization, or to pay the organization a service fee in an amount not to exceed the standard initiation fee, periodic dues, and general assessments of the organization." The City and the Union agree that an agency shop arrangement between the City and the Union shall be placed in effect upon ratification of this agreement. B. Any employee who is a member of a bona fide religion, body, or sect that has historically held conscientious objections to joining or financially supporting public employee organizations shall not be required to join or financially support any public employee organization as a condition of employment. The employee may be required, in lieu of 1