2009 Rhode Island Code
Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations
CHAPTER 28-9.3 - Certified School Teachers' Arbitration
§ 28-9.3-4 - Obligation to bargain.
SECTION 28-9.3-4
§ 28-9.3-4 Obligation to bargain. – It shall be the obligation of the school committee to meet and confer in good faith with the representative or representatives of the negotiating or bargaining agent within ten (10) days after receipt of written notice from the agent of the request for a meeting for negotiating or collective bargaining purposes. This obligation includes the duty to cause any agreement resulting from negotiations or bargaining to be reduced to a written contract; provided, that no contract shall exceed the term of three (3) years. An unfair labor practice charge may be complained of by either the bargaining agent or the school committee to the state labor relations board which shall deal with the complaint in the manner provided in chapter 7 of this title.
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