Whether to become a member of any labor organization.
BINDING ARBITRATION AGREEMENT
A written agreement to submit any dispute arising out of
the efforts of a labor organization to represent the employees of
a County contractor to final and binding arbitration.
COUNTY CONTRACTOR
Any employer that receives more than $50,000 in County funds
for supplying goods or services pursuant to a written contract with
the County of Suffolk or any of its agencies; pursuant to a Suffolk
County grant; pursuant to a Suffolk County program; pursuant to a
Suffolk County reimbursement for services provided in any calendar
year; or pursuant to a subcontract with any of the above.
COUNTY FUNDS
Any monies appropriated by the Suffolk County Legislature.
COUNTY PROPERTY
Any property or facility owned or leased to or by the County
of Suffolk or any Suffolk County agency or authority.
EMPLOYEE
Any person employed by an employer other than a person employed
in a supervisory, managerial, or confidential position as defined
by applicable law.
EMPLOYER
Any individual, corporation, unincorporated association,
partnership, government agency or authority, or other legal entity,
whether a for-profit entity, a not-for-profit entity, or a public
entity, that employs more than one person in the County of Suffolk.
FAIR COMMUNICATION AGREEMENT
A written agreement requiring the parties to such agreement
to refrain from providing employees with false and misleading information
regarding the circumstances surrounding their employment.
HUMAN SERVICES CONTRACT
A County contract, grant, or reimbursement of over $50,000
for the provision of health, mental health, residential or day treatment
services to the mentally ill and developmentally disabled, social
services, and other care and treatment services of the County.
LABOR DISPUTES
Any concerted action concerning wages, hours, and conditions
of employment, or concerning the representation of persons in negotiating,
maintaining, changing, or seeking to arrange wages, hours, and conditions
to employment.
LABOR ORGANIZATION
An organization of any kind in which employees participate,
and which exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of representing
employees concerning wages, rates of pay, benefit, grievances, labor
disputes, hours of employment, working conditions or other matters
incidental to the employment relationship, and shall include the parent
national or international organization of a local labor organization.
MAJORITY AUTHORIZATION CARD AGREEMENT
A written agreement authorizing the recognition of a labor
organization as the exclusive bargaining agent for a bargaining unit
based on the presentation of a majority of authorizing cards.
NEUTRALITY AGREEMENT
A written agreement by a County contractor not to participate
in or request or otherwise seek to influence, either in writing or
orally, the decision of its employees as to whether or not to be represented
by a labor organization.
NONINTIMIDATION AGREEMENTS
A written agreement prohibiting the parties from coercing
or intimidating employees, explicitly or implicitly, in selecting
or not selecting a bargaining representative.
REASONABLE ACCESS AGREEMENT
A written agreement granting a labor organization reasonable
access to employees and information necessary to be communicated therewith.