LEARNING COUNCILS

Section 1. National Learning Council Within 180 days of the signing of this Agreement, the Parties shall establish a learning council at the national level composed of equal numbers of representatives of the Union and the Employer. The purpose of this council shall be to improve training requirements analysis, foster efficient use of training resources, and increase employee involvement in the training process. The council will make recommendations to the Employer at the national level in these areas. This council shall develop the charter and the scope and guidelines to be followed by national and regional learning councils.

Section 2. Regional Learning Council Learning councils at the regional level shall be established within 90 days of the completion of the regional charter and scope and guidelines in Section 1. These councils shall be composed of equal numbers of representatives of the Union and the Employer. These councils will make recommendations to the Employer at the regional level.

Section 3. The employer shall advise the council, at the corresponding level, of the status of their recommendations and the reason(s) for not adopting any recommendation.

Section 4. Union representatives on learning councils shall be in a duty status, if otherwise in a duty status.

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