§ 3558 — Recognition and continuation of existing bargaining agents and units

§ 3558. Recognition and continuation of existing bargaining agents and\nunits. 1. The employees of the corporation shall, for all purposes of\narticle fourteen of the civil service law, be deemed to be employees of\nthe state of New York and shall be employed within the current state of\nNew York bargaining unit designations of either the professional,\nscientific and technical unit, the administration services unit,\noperational services unit, institutional services unit or security\nservices unit. The governor's office of employee relations shall, for\nall purposes of article fourteen of the civil service law, act as agent\nfor the corporation, and shall, with respect to the corporation, have\nall the powers and duties provided under sections six hundred fifty\nthrough six hundred fifty-four of the executive law. Those persons who\nbecome employees of the corporation pursuant to subdivision one of this\nsection or who enter into the service of the corporation following the\neffective date of the transfer shall retain their current bargaining\nunit designations in either the professional, scientific and technical\nservices unit, the administrative services unit, the institutional\nservices unit, the operational services unit, the security services unit\nor the security supervisors unit of state employees. The corporation and\nthe state shall recognize the existing certified or recognized employee\norganizations for state employees as the exclusive collective bargaining\nrepresentatives for such employees.\n Titles within collective bargaining units in existence prior to the\ntransfer of operations to the corporation shall remain in those units\nand will not be altered by the public employment relations board without\nthe consent of the corporation, the state and the recognized or\ncertified representatives of the negotiating units involved. New titles\ncreated after the date of the transfer of operations to the corporation\nwill be placed in the appropriate unit of state employees consistent\nwith the provisions of article fourteen of the civil service law.\n 2. The corporation shall be bound by all collective bargaining\nagreements between the state of New York and such collective bargaining\nrepresentatives, in effect as of the date of transfer of operations to\nthe corporation and any successor agreements between such parties.\n 3. Nothing contained in this provision shall be construed to affect:\n (a) the rights of employees pursuant to a collective bargaining\nagreement;\n (b) the bargaining relationship between the executive branch of the\nstate of New York and an employee organization;\n (c) existing law with respect to an application to the public\nemployment relations board seeking the designation of persons as\nmanagerial or confidential.\n