Joint Health and Safety Committee
A Joint Health and Safety Committee has been established, comprised of bargaining unit
and management representatives. The Director of the OEHS chairs the Committee. One of the
bargaining unit members shall be designated by the Union as Chief Union Safety Representative
for Local 34 and one member shall be designated as Chief Union Safety Representative for
Local 35, for the purpose of serving as focal points for communications and coordination
of activities addressed by this Committee.
This Committee will meet monthly, or at a schedule determined by the Committee, to
review, discuss, and make recommendations related to safety and health issues at the
University. By mutual agreement, the Local 34 and Local 35 portions of the Committee may
meet separately with University selected members of the Committee in lieu of the
regular monthly meeting. The two Chief Union Safety Representatives shall meet with the
Director in advance of the meetings to discuss the agenda.
Committee meetings shall normally be held during working hours, and employees serving
on this Committee will be paid by the University for any of their work time spent at
meetings of such Committee, or carrying out functions authorized by the Committee during
their normally scheduled work hours.
Among other things, the Committee shall:
Make recommendations for the correction or elimination of unsafe or harmful conditions
and practices.
Review reports of occupational injury and illness.
Recommend rules and procedures for the prevention of accidents and illness and for
the promotion of the health and safety of employees.
Recommend topics for safety and health training of Supervisors, Union Stewards,
and employees.
Distribute information to employees designed to educate and inform employees
with regard to their health and safety while at work.
Within a reasonable time after the Committee makes a recommendation, the University
will advise the Committee that it intends to accept the recommendation in full or in part,
and on what timetable; or that it does not intend to accept the recommendation in full
or in part, and the reason(s) for that decision not to accept; or that it needs more
time to consider the recommendation.
