Section 1
The Agency recognizes that it is in its interest to have Union support for surveys of bargaining unit employees. The Agency shall not conduct surveys without providing the Union an opportunity to review and comment on the questions and related issues. The Union will be provided an advance copy of any survey prior to distribution.
Section 2
Surveys shall be conducted on the employee's duty time.
Section 3
The Union shall be provided with the geographical/organizational distribution of surveys that are distributed on a random sample basis.
Section 4
The Union shall be afforded an opportunity to review and comment in advance on any publication based on or derived from survey results.
Section 5
If feasible, the Union shall be provided a copy of survey results at the same time they are distributed to the corresponding level of the Agency.
Section 6
Participation in surveys shall be voluntary. To assure the anonymity of survey comments, employees shall have reasonable access to a typewriter/computer, if available.
Section 7
The Union representative shall participate in all debriefing and action planning sessions involving employees including, but not limited to, the Survey Feedback Action (SFA).