AGREEMENT

This Agreement, made and entered into this ______ day of June, 2010, by and between the Charter Township of Delta, hereinafter referred to as the "Employer", and the Firefighters Association of Michigan, hereinafter referred to as the " Union ".

PURPOSE AND INTENT

The purpose and intent of this agreement is to ensure that both parties recognize that the best interests of the Employer and the community are of paramount concern and that any labor disputes between the bargaining unit and the Employer be resolved in an orderly manner without interruption of services as provided under the provisions of this agreement. 

ARTICLE 1
RECOGNITION

1.1:  The Employer does hereby recognize the Union as the exclusive representative for the purpose of collective bargaining in respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment and other conditions of employment, for the term of this Agreement of all employees of the Employer included in the bargaining unit described below:

INCLUDED IN THE FIREFIGHTER BARGAINING UNIT :  All regular full-time employees of the Delta Township Fire Department including Paramedic/Firefighters , Engineers, Lieutenants, Captains, and Fire Inspector(s) ;

 

BUT EXCLUDING:  The Fire Chief, Assistant Fire Chief, Deputy Fire Chief(s ) , all clerical employees, all appointed or elected officials, all part-time firefighters , all employees under contract with another labor organization and all other employees employed in and through the Charter Township of Delta.

Except as outlined in Appendix E, all bargaining unit employees shall adhere to all articles of the collective bargaining unit agreement.

 

ARTICLE 2
NON-DISCRIMINATION

2.1:  This Agreement shall be applied uniformly to all eligible members of the bargaining unit,  the Employer, and the Union and there will be no discrimination with respect to conditions of employment and the Union .

ARTICLE 3
CAPTIONS

3.1:  The captions used in each section of this Agreement are for identification purposes only and are not a substantive part of this Agreement.

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