University of Missouri System

Human Resources Policy Manual

Collection of Policies For Service/Maintenance Employees

II Recognition

1. The Board of Curators recognizes Laborers' International Union of North America, Local 773, AFL-CIO and International Union of Operating Engineers', Local 148, AFL-CIO as the exclusive bargaining agent to represent certain service and support employees within the University for the purpose of discussing general working conditions, employee benefits and services, opportunities for training and grievances with the University Administration.
    
   Service and support employees represented by this exclusive bargaining agent are employed by the University of Missouri and include regular service and support employees, excluding secretarial and clerical employees, technical and professional employees, student employees, nonregular employees, campus police and security guards, confidential, managerial, supervisory, and administrative staff and faculty members.
    
2. The Board desires to make clear:
   1. That the Board will not condone any type of attempted coercion, including striking or picketing, and
   2. That the Board does not require any employee to become or remain a member of such union, and
   3. That any employee may personally discuss with or present to the administration, and through the administration to this Board, any problem or suggestion concerning his/her job or working conditions, and
   4. That no discrimination of any kind will be made either in favor of or against any employee because he/she is or becomes a member of Laborers' International Union of North America, Local 773, AFL-CIO and International Union of Operating Engineers', Local 148, AFL-CIO or does not become or remain a member of such unions,
       
   C. That this Board will not relinquish any of its legal responsibilities to appoint, remove, and fix the compensation, terms and conditions of employment of its employees.