ARTICLE 2 UNIT DESCRIPTION/RECOGNITION

A. Pursuant to the certification of the Public Employment Relations Board, the District recognizes the Association as the exclusive representative for the following unit of employees. The unit represented by the Association shall include all academic regular, contract, and hourly instructors, counselors, librarians, college nurses, and all department heads.

B. The unit represented by the Association shall exclude all classified employees while performing classified duties; administrators; management; supervisory and confidential employees; presenters and facilitators of fee based courses; lecturers, facilitators, independent contractors and their employees, including but not limited to those engaged in among others, fire science, police science, emergency medical services, respiratory care, all substitutes and management interns performing management work as defined by the EERA.

C. The District and Association agree that the composition of the bargaining unit is appropriate and neither party will seek a clarification or amendment of any kind, either as to the inclusions or exclusions, during the term of the Agreement, except upon mutual agreement of both parties, or the District establishes a new position.
If the two parties cannot come to mutual agreement regarding any modification in the composition of the unit during the term of this agreement, the Unit may appeal to the Public Employment Relations Board.