2009 Rhode Island Code
Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations
CHAPTER 28-45 - Apprenticeship Programs in Trade and Industry
§ 28-45-17 - Union participation.

SECTION 28-45-17

   § 28-45-17  Union participation. – Under a program proposed for registration by an employer or employers' association, and where the standards, collective bargaining agreement, or other instrument provides for participation by a union in any manner in the operation of the substantive matters of the apprenticeship program, and that participation is exercised, written acknowledgement of union agreement or "no objection" to the registration is required. Where no participation is evidenced and practiced, the employer or employers' association shall simultaneously furnish to the union, if any, which is the collective bargaining agent of the employees to be trained, a copy of its application for registration and of the apprenticeship program. The apprenticeship council shall provide a reasonable time period of not less than thirty (30) days nor more than sixty (60) days for receipt of union comments, if any, before final action on the application for registration and/or approval.

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