Collective Bargaining Agreement Between NOAA …

1 Collective Bargaining Agreement Between noaa Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO) AND District No. 1 PCD, MEBA (AFL-CIO) Effective Date: December 23, 2015 Labor Management Relations For Licensed Engine Officers Table of Contents 1 ARTICLE I -BASIC 2 SECTION 1 2 SECTION 2 DISTRIBUTION OF 2 SECTION 3 DURATION OF Agreement .

2 3 SECTION 4 SUPPLEMENTAL CHANGES/UPDATES TO MASTER 3 SECTION 5 - CHANGES IN LAWS, REGULATIONS, AND 3 SECTION 6 PAST 3 ARTICLE 2 - Collective BARGANING PRINCIPLES AND 4 SECTION 1 EQUAL EMPLOYMENT 4 SECTION 2 RIGHTS OF 4 SECTION 3 RIGHTS OF 4 SECTION 4 UNION REPRESENTATION AND RIGHT OF 5 SECTION 5 RIGHTS OF EMPLOYEE .. 6 SECTION 6 MUTUAL RIGHTS AND 7 SECTION 7 DUES WITHHOLDING .. 7 ARTICLE 3 COMMUNICATION AND PARTERNERSHIPS ..11 SECTION 1 SECTION 2 - ARTICLE 4 -ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR) ..13 SECTION 1 ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION.

3 13 ARTICLE 5 -TRAINING ..15 SECTION 1 ARTICLE 6 PERFORMANCE AND AWARDS ..17 SECTION 1 PERFORMANCE APPRAISALS ..17 SECTION 2 PERFORMANCE BONUSES AND AWARDS ..17 ARTICLE 7 WEINGARTEN SECTION 1 WEINGARTEN RIGHTS AND DISCIPLINARY ACTION ..19 ARTICLE 8 GRIEVANCES, ARBITRATION, AND IMPASSE ..20 SECTION 1 - GRIEVANCE/ARBITRATION & IMPASSES ..20 SECTION 2 SETTLEMENT OF i SECTION 3 GRIEVANCE SECTION 4 ARBITRATION.

4 23 SECTION 5 IMPASSES IN NEGOTIATIONS ..24 SECTION 6 UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICE (ULP)..24 ARTICLE 9 COMPENSATION AND PREMIUM PAY ..25 SECTION 1 SECTION 2 AUTHORIZATION OF PREMIUM SECTION 3 TYPES AND APPLICATION OF PREMIUM PAY ..26 SECTION 4 COMPUTATION OF PREMIUM SECTION 5 DISPUTED OVERTIME OR PREMIUM SECTION 6 AUDIT OF PREMIUM PAY EXPENDITURES ..27 SECTION 7 SIMULTANEOUS APPLICATION OF PREMIUM PAY (PYRAMIDING) ..27 SECTION 8 LICENSED ENGINE OFFICER OVERTIME AND PENALTY PAY ..28 SECTION 9 TEMPORARY SECTION 10 PENALTY PAY FOR LINENS ..31 SECTION 11 DIRTY WORK.

5 31 SECTION 12 COMPENSATORY TIME ..32 SECTION 13 PREMIUM PAY FOR HOLIDAYS ..33 SECTION 14 CALL SECTION 15 CONTINUOUS SECTION 16 TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENT OF PERMANENTLY ASSIGNED LICENSED ENGINE ARTICLE 10 QUALITY OF LIFE ..35 SECTION 1 QUALITY OF LIFE & SECTION 2 ROOM AND MEAL ALLOWANCES (COMSUBS) ..37 SECTION 3 MESSROOMS AND FOOD ARTICLE 11 -HOURS OF WORK ..42 SECTION 1 HOURS OF WORK ..42 SECTION 2 LICENSED ENGINE OFFICERS ON WATCH OR ARTICLE 12 WORKING SECTION 1 GENERAL WORKING SECTION 2 ii SECTION 3 NORMAL WORK OF LICENSED ENGINE SECTION 4 EMERGENCY DUTIES, DRILLS.

6 INSPECTIONS AND SECTION 5 SAFE WORKING SECTION 6 GANGWAY, PORT SECURITY AND ANCHOR SECTION 7 WORK CLOTHING/UNIFORMS ..49 SECTION 8 UNBROKEN HOUR FOR MEAL AND SECTION 9 COFFEE TIME ..50 SECTION 10 SUPPER RELIEF ..51 SECTION 11 NIGHT SECTION 12 REST PERIODS FOR WORK PERFORMED AFTER MIDNIGHT: ..51 SECTION 13 REST BEFORE SECTION 14 WORKING ALOFT ..51 SECTION 15 INSTALLING OR REMOVING SECTION 16 LIMITING WORK ON SEA SECTION 17 RESTRICTION TO SECTION 18 SHIFTING SECTION 19 SAILING SECTION 20 DELAYED SAILING ..54 SECTION 21 SEA SECTION 22 - PORT SECTION 23 LAUNCH SERVICES.

7 55 SECTION 24 INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE ..56 ARTICLE 13 SECTION 1 ARTICLE 14 SECTION 1 SHORE SECTION 2 POSTING OF SECTION 3 REQUESTING SECTION 4 HABITABILITY OF NEWLY ACQUIRED VESSELS ..59 SECTION 5 PERSONNEL ASSIGNED TO SHIPS IN REDUCED OPERATIONAL STATUS (ROS) ..59 SECTION 6 INACTIVE SHIP STAFFING ..60 iii SECTION 7 WAR RISK SECTION 8 MAIL AND PARCEL HANDLING ..60 SECTION 9 ELECTION SECTION 10 SUPERSEDURE ..60 ARTICLE 15 iv PREAMBLE Under the policy setforth by the Civil Service Reform Act of1978, the Articles ofthis Master Agreement , together with any and all Supplemental and Subordinate Agreem ents and/or Amendments which may be agreed to at later dates by the representatives o_fthe Parties, constitute the total Agreement .

8 The Parties are the United States Department National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( noaa ). Ojjice ofMarine and Aviation Operations (Management) and District No. 1-PCD, Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association, hereafter known throughout the Master Agreement as the Union. Both Parties recognize the importance ofbuilding a constrnctive and cooperative bilateral relationship which will aid in achieving the mission ofthe ]ice ofMarine and Aviation Operations. They are jointly committed to s erving the public interes t by the development and implementation and progressiFe work practices to facilitate and improve employee pe1for111ance and the efficient accomplishment ofthe operations ofthe Gm ernment.

9 They are committed to normally using consensus decision making and interest-based problem solving to achieve the effective conduct ofpublic business. The Parties recognize that both the well-being ofemployees and efficient administmtion ofthe Government are benefited by providing employees an opportunity to participate in the development and implementation ofp ersonnel policies and practices affecting the conditions oftheir employment. The maintenance ofa cons tructive and coop erative Union-Management relationship at the appropriate levels will encourage this participation. The Parties agree that the public interest demands the highest standards ofperforma11ce n11d accountability.

10 Therefore. the Parties are commirted rlie spirit and intent ofthe Articles contained in this Mas ter Agreement . /f:!::;~~ Rear Admiral David A. Score President, MEBA Director, OMAO ~40~~~.f. ARTICLE I - BASIC Agreement This Agreement is entered into this twenty-third day of December, 2015, Between the Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO), Marine Operations (MO), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( noaa ), Department of Commerce (DOC), hereinafter called the "Employer" and the District PCD, MEBA (AFL-CIO), hereinafter called the "Union.