A housekeeping employee is questioning the employees' agent regarding the role of administering the ratified contract. The agent should explain to the employee that this role belongs to which person?
1. Union president
2. Hospital administrator
3. Designated union representative
4. Bargaining agent
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Rationale 1: The union president is most active during the collective bargaining phase or when negotiating the contract and does not administer the contract.
Rationale 2: The hospital administrator is responsible for adhering to the negotiated contract but does not administer it.
Rationale 3: A designated hospital staff nurse may serve as the union representative. It is the duty of this nurse to provide fair and equal representation to all members of the unit.
Rationale 4: The bargaining agent is most active during the collective bargaining phase or when negotiating the contract but does not administer the contract.
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