Mutual Understandings. This Agreement is entered into in furtherance of Executive Order No. 13502 (February 6, 2009). It is mutually understood and agreed that the terms and conditions of this Agreement are intended to promote the public interest in obtaining timely and economical completion of the Project by encouraging productive and efficient construction operations; by establishing a spirit of harmony and cooperation among the Parties; and by providing for peaceful and prompt settlement of any and all labor grievances or jurisdictional disputes of any kind without strikes, lockouts, slowdowns, delays or other disruptions to the prosecution of the Project Work. In furtherance of this goal, the Parties agree that this Agreement will be made available to all proposers or bidders for the Project Work and will fully apply to any successful proposer or bidder performing the Project Work. Further, the Contractors shall be selected without regard to whether they perform work at other sites on either a union or a non-union basis, and without regard to whether employees of such Contractors are or are not members of any Union. This Agreement shall not apply to any Contractor for work that is performed on work other than the Project. The Unions hereby pledge to work cooperatively on the Project with all Contractors awarded Project Work.
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