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760 — Probation <br />ARTICLE 1— 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 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 and Juvenile Court Services Departments and to maintain harmonious relations between the <br />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 the Kittitas County Misdemeanant Probation and <br />Juvenile Court Services, excluding the Juvenile Court Services Administrator, Chief Probation Officer, <br />Diversion Coordinator, and other office clerical employees. <br />2.2 Teamsters 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 <br />of employment, notify the Union in writing giving the name, , hire date, address, and classification of the <br />hired employee. The Union agrees to defend and hold the Employer harmless from and against any and <br />all claims, demands, lawsuits, orders, or judgments arising from the administration and effects of this <br />Article. <br />3.2 The Employer must provide the exclusive bargaining representative reasonable access to new employees <br />of 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 Accessto the new employee must occurwithin ninety (90) days of the employee's start date within <br />the bargaining unit; and <br />3.2.2 The access occurs during the employee's regular work hours at the employee's regular worksite, <br />or at a location mutually agreed upon by the Employer and the exclusive bargaining unit; 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 <br />agreed 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 the Employer agree to less access than required by this section. <br />17 <br />