SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION, LOCAL 1939, AFL-CIO, CLC 3 (PART-TIME CIVIL SERVICE) (2001-2004)

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ARTICLE XXI 21.0 STRIKES & WORK STOPPAGES (REFER TO FULL TIME SEIU MOU) ARTICLE XXII 22.0 LAYOFFS 22.1 22.2 22.3 The City agrees to inform the Union as soon as possible if and when a decision is made to reduce positions represented by the Union through layoff: If it is decided to contract out work, the City shall provide the Union reasonable notice of the decision; meet and confer with the Union over the impact of the decision; will seriously consider reasonable alternatives provided by the Union; and if any bargaining unit member is laid off as a result of the decision, the City shall make a reasonable effort to place said employee with the contracting company. In the event of a reduction-in-force, part time employees in any City office, activity or department shall be laid off prior to laying off Part Time Civil Service Employees as above defined. Wherever possible, Part Time Civil Service Employees inthe class shall be laid off prior to Full Time employees in the same class. The principles of seniority (length of service) shall govern layoffs as described herein, except in the event that more than one (1) employee has the same seniority date, in ~vhich case performance also shall be considered. The City's determination ofperfom~ance shall not be arbitrary or capricious in nature. Any dispute over the application of the principles outlined in this Article XXII shall be subject to the grievance procedure. Classification seniority is defined as length of service in the classification, and shall begin on the first date worked by the employee in that classification. Whenever a position within a classification is to be eliminated, resulting in the layoff of an employee, seniority shall govern the order of layoff. The employee with the lowest seniority in the affected classification shall be laid off first. In lieu of layoff; an employee may elect to work in a lower classification, in which he has served, providing that classification is within the same job family/career ladder. In that event, the employee's length of service in the next lower classification will be added to his Iength of service in the affected classification, and said conrbined seniority shall be used to bump down into the next lower classification. This method of combining seniority shall be applied to subsequent louver classifications. C. The reemployment list shall be valid for one (1) year l¥om the date of its 34