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ARTICLE I PREAMBLE AND PURPOSE OF AGREEMENT <br />1.1.This Agreement is entered into by and between the Board of Kittitas County Commissioners for Kittitas <br />County, Washington, which is hereinafter referred to as the "Employer", and Teamsters Union Local No. 760, <br />hereinafter referred to as the "Union" on behalf of the employees. The purpose of this Agreement is to <br />comply with all applicable statutory provisions and to increase the general efficiency of the Misdemeanant <br />Probation Department and to maintain harmonious relations between the County and the Union. <br />1.2.As part of the purpose of the Agreement, the parties agree to the inclusion of the subjects of wages, hours, <br />working conditions and other provisions. <br />ARTICLE 2 RECOGNITION <br />2.1.The Employer recognizes the Union as the sole and exclusive collective bargaining representative of all <br />regular full-time and regular part-time employees of Kittitas County Misdemeanant Probation and Juvenile <br />Court Services, excluding the Juvenile Court Services Director, Chief Probation Officer, Diversion Coordinator, <br />and the Office Clerical employees. <br />2.2.Teamsters Union Local No. 760 recognizes the Board of County Commissioners and the Presiding Judges for <br />Superior Court, Lower District Court, and Upper District Court, or their designees, as representing the <br />Employer. <br />ARTICLE 3 UNION SECURITY AND DUES CHECK-OFF <br />3.1.When the Employer hires a new employee, the Employer shall, within thirty (30) calendar days of the date of <br />employment, notify the Union in writing giving the name, Social Security numbe5 hire date, address, and <br />classification of the hired employee. The Union agrees to defend and hold the Employer harmless from and <br />against any and all claims, demands, lawsuits, orders, or judgments arising from the administration and <br />effects of this Section. <br />3.2.The Employer must provide the exclusive bargaining representative reasonable access to new employees of <br />the bargaining unit for the purposes of presenting information about their exclusive bargaining <br />representative to the new employee. The presentation may occur during a new employee orientation <br />provided by the employer, or at another time mutually agreed to by the employer and the exclusive <br />bargaining representative. <br />3.2.1. Access to the new employee must occur within ninety (90) days of the employee's start date within <br />the bargaining unit, unless mutually agreed to by the Employer and the exclusive bargaining <br />representative, and <br />3.2.2. The access occurs during the new employee's regular work hours at the employee's regular <br />worksite, or at a location mutually agreed to by the Employer and the exclusive bargaining <br />representative, and <br />3.2.3. The access is for no less than thirty (30) minutes during the employee's regular work hours; <br />additional time may be scheduled outside the employees scheduled work hours as mutually agreed <br />to by the employee and the exclusive bargaining representative. <br />3.3.Nothing in this section prohibits the Employer from agreeing to longer or more frequent new employee <br />access, but in no case may an employer agree to less access than required by this section. <br />-2-