Steven Bellone
Frank Nardelli
Suffolk County Executive
Commissioner
SUFFOLK COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, LICENSING & CONSUMER AFFAIRS
UNION ORGANIZING CERTIFICATION/DECLARATION – SUBJECT TO AUDIT
If the following definition of “County Contractor”
(Union Organizing Law Chapter
803) applies to the contractor’s/beneficiary’s
business or transaction with Suffolk County, the contractor/beneficiary must complete Sections I, III, and IV below. If the
following definitions do not apply, the contractor/beneficiary must complete Sections II, III and IV below. Completed forms must
be submitted to the awarding agency.
County Contractor: “Any employer that receives more than $50,000 in County funds for supplying goods or services pursuant to a written
contract with the County of Suffolk or any of its agencies; pursuant to a Suffolk County grant; pursuant to a Suffolk County program;
pursuant to a Suffolk County reimbursement for services provided in any calendar year; or pursuant to a subcontract with any of the above.”
Section I
The Union Organizing Law applies to this contract. I/we hereby agree to comply with all the provisions of Suffolk County
Local Law No. 26-2003, the Suffolk County Union Organizing Law (the law) and, as to the goods and/or services that are
the subject of the contract with the County of Suffolk shall not use County funds to assist, promote, or deter union
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organizing
(Chapter
803-3), nor seek reimbursement from the County for costs incurred to assist, promote, or deter union
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organizing.
I/we further agree to take all action necessary to ensure that County funds are not used to assist, promote, or deter union
organizing.
I/we further agree that I/we will not use County property to hold meetings to assist, promote, or deter union organizing.
I/we further agree that if any expenditures or costs incurred to assist, promote, or deter union organizing are made,
I/we shall maintain records sufficient to show that no County funds were used for those expenditures and, as applicable, that
no reimbursement from County funds has been sought for such costs. I/we agree that such records shall be made available
to the pertinent County agency or authority, the County Comptroller, or the County Department of Law upon request.
I/we further affirm to the following as to the goods and/or services that are the subject of the contract with the County of
Suffolk:
I/we will not express to employees any false or misleading information that is intended to influence the
determination of employee preferences regarding union representation;
I/we will not coerce or intimidate employees, explicitly or implicitly, in selecting or not selecting a bargaining
representative;
I/we will not require an employee, individually or in a group, to attend a meeting or an event that is intended to
influence his or her decision in selecting or not selecting a bargaining representative;
I/we understand my/our obligation to limit disruptions caused by pre-recognition labor disputes through the
adoption of non-confrontational procedures for the resolution of pre-recognition labor disputes with employees
engaged in the production of goods or the rendering of services for the County; and
I/we have or will adopt any or all of the above-referenced procedures, or their functional equivalent, to ensure the
efficient, timely, and quality provision of goods and services to the County. I/we shall include a list of said
procedures in such certification.
Section II
The Union Organizing Law does not apply to this contract for the following reason(s):
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