Technology lifecycle participation

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These clauses recognize that workplace technologies require continuous oversight. Lifecycle participation provisions institutionalize worker and union involvement across iterative changes, upgrades, and strategic planning for future systems.

Examples: 

• “In order to continuously upgrade technology resources and any evolution of those respective technologies, including devices carried and used by Employees to record data and to communicate, and to insure the [Employer’s] commitment to internal mobility for Employees, the [Employer] agrees to give advance notice to the Union when a major technology change is being considered. In collaboration with the [Employer], the Union may suggest alternative technology resources, may request to sit on the Design or Implementation Committee, and may request workers on Labor Management Implementation Teams.” (IBT-OLMS51)
• This agreement establishes a collaborative process for the development, testing, deployment, and evaluation of both current and future iterations of the Spacing Efficiency Tool (SET). A union-appointed representative will participate in the SET workgroup to provide operational insight. This joint workgroup—comprising union and employer representatives—will make decisions collaboratively and oversee all aspects of SET initiatives. In addition, union representatives at the local level will be granted access to the workplace technology program at a level equal to their employer counterparts and will be invited to all briefings and meetings related to the program’s use at their facility. (NATCA-OPM100)
• “The Parties agree that it is mutually beneficial for the Union to be involved in the various phases of new technologies, including computer software, digital communications devices, and computer systems to be utilized by the members of the bargaining unit. This includes the lifecycle of project development from requirements definition through deployment, and the deployment of all new technologies and changes to existing technologies and their applications, when these require changes in conditions of employment.” (NATCA-OPM98)

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