ARTICLE 4
LABOR-MANAGEMENT MEETINGS

Section 1 – Labor-Management Partnerships:
Consistent with the principles of the D.C. Labor-Management Partnership Council, the parties agree to establish and support appropriate partnerships within the individual agencies covered by this Agreement. The purpose of such partnership will be to promote labor-management cooperation within a high-quality work environment designed to improve the quality of services delivered to the public.

Agency partnership should ordinarily be made up of equal numbers of high-level officials of labor and management who will meet regularly to consider such issues as they choose to discuss. Decisions by the partnership are by consensus only.

Section 2 - Labor-Management Contract Review Committee:
Appropriate high-level management and union representatives shall meet at least monthly, at either party’s request, to discuss problems covering the implementation of this Agreement. The findings and recommendations of the Contract Review Committee will be referred to the Director for action. The Director or his/her designee shall respond in writing to any written finding and recommendation of the committee within a reasonable period.