RECOGNITION AND UNION SECURITY 2.1 The Employer recognizes the Union as the exclusive collective bargaining agent for employees as certified by the Nebraska Commission of Industrial Relations (CIR) as set forth in Appendix A. The Employer will not during the life of this Agreement bargain with any group of employees or with any other employee organization with respect to terms and conditions of employment covered by this Agreement, which are considered to be mandatory subjects of collective bargaining.
2.2 The Employer and the Union agree that for purposes of administration, this Contract shall pertain to bargaining unit employees who occupy the position class titles set forth specifically in Appendix A, except for temporary employees and employees occupying positions identified as supervisory or confidential either as agreed upon by the Employer and the Union or as identified at any time by the Commission of Industrial Relations or court of proper jurisdiction.
2.3 In accordance with section 48-837 of the Nebraska State Statutes, employees shall have the right to join and participate in, or to refrain from joining and participating in the Union. There shall be no interference, restraint, or coercion by the Employer or the Union against any employee because of membership or non-membership in the Union, or for exercising their rights under this Contract.
2.4 The Employer shall notify the Union of newly created classes and classification title changes on a quarterly basis. If the parties are unable to reach agreement as to the inclusion or exclusion of new classifications from the bargaining unit, they shall submit such classifications to the CIR for unit clarification. Newly created titles shall be assigned to the appropriate bargaining unit by the State Personnel Division. The parties shall meet to negotiate placement of these titles if the Union does not agree with the State Personnel Division's placement. All new classification titles and specifications shall be supplied to the Union as soon as finalized, but no later than ten days prior to the meeting.
RECOGNITION OF UNION Clause 2.01 The Employer hereby recognizes the Union as the sole and exclusive collective bargaining agency for all employees of Greater Sudbury Hydro Plus Incorporated in respect of hours of work, wages and working conditions save and except non-union supervisors, persons above the rank of non-union supervisor, and staff employed in a confidential capacity in matters relating to Labour Relations. That the Employer agrees to recognize the duly appointed officials of the employees as the Official Committee(s) of the Union pertaining to the question of wages, hours of work and working conditions. The Union shall have the right to have the assistance of representatives of the Canadian Union of Public Employees when dealing with the Employer, or their duly appointed designates. Persons whose jobs are not in the Bargaining Unit shall not work on any jobs which are included in the Bargaining Unit to the extent that this would eliminate positions. There shall be no Union activity of any kind on the Employer's time other than that provided for in this Agreement or that specifically authorized by the Employer. No person shall be required as a condition of employment to become or remain a member of any Union or other organization. The Employer shall, for direct collective bargaining prior to Conciliation, pay the normal wages and benefits for maximum of three (3) employees who are members of the Union Negotiating Committee for a total of one hundred and twenty (120) hours and thereafter pay fifty percent (50%) of normal wages and full benefits.
RECOGNITION OF THE UNION 1. The BCPSEA recognizes the BCTF as the sole and exclusive bargaining agent for the negotiation and administration of all terms and conditions of employment of all employees within the bargaining unit for which the BCTF is established as the bargaining agent pursuant to PELRA and subject to the provisions of this Collective Agreement.
Consideration of Criminal History in Hiring and Employment Decisions 10.14.1 Contractor agrees to comply fully with and be bound by all of the provisions of Chapter 12T, “City Contractor/Subcontractor Consideration of Criminal History in Hiring and Employment Decisions,” of the San Francisco Administrative Code (“Chapter 12T”), including the remedies provided, and implementing regulations, as may be amended from time to time. The provisions of Chapter 12T are incorporated by reference and made a part of this Agreement as though fully set forth herein. The text of the Chapter 12T is available on the web at ▇▇▇▇://▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇/olse/fco. Contractor is required to comply with all of the applicable provisions of 12T, irrespective of the listing of obligations in this Section. Capitalized terms used in this Section and not defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in Chapter 12T.
10.14.2 The requirements of Chapter 12T shall only apply to a Contractor’s or Subcontractor’s operations to the extent those operations are in furtherance of the performance of this Agreement, shall apply only to applicants and employees who would be or are performing work in furtherance of this Agreement, and shall apply when the physical location of the employment or prospective employment of an individual is wholly or substantially within the City of San Francisco. Chapter 12T shall not apply when the application in a particular context would conflict with federal or state law or with a requirement of a government agency implementing federal or state law.
UNION RECOGNITION AND SECURITY 3.1 The Employer recognizes the Union as the sole bargaining authority for all employees covered by this Agreement and coming within the jurisdiction of the Union. The Union recognizes that the Association is the sole bargaining authority for all subcontractors of the Employer covered by this Agreement and coming within the jurisdiction of the Union.
3.2 The Employer shall be the judge as to the competency of any employee, and shall have the right to discharge men for just cause. The Employer, if requested by the Union, shall provide a termination slip which shall state the reason for discharge or lay-off occurring prior to job completion and whether the employee is eligible for rehire.
3.3 All employees covered by this Agreement, as a condition of continued employment, shall, commencing on the eighth (8th) day following the beginning of such employment, or the effective date of this Agreement, whichever is later, acquire and maintain membership in the Union during the term of their employment.
3.4 Subject to the provisions of Art. 3.2 and Art. 5.8 hereof, the appointment of Journeymen to the capacities of Pipe, Welding, or Tie-in Foremen who shall be members of the Union, is the responsibility of the Employer. Such appointment shall not be interfered with by the Union.
3.5 The Employer recognizes the right of the Union to enforce its Constitution in that the Employer undertakes to provide all welding equipment and shall not employ any employee who provides any vehicle or equipment. No rental equipment shall be utilized to circumvent the intent of this provision.
3.6 The Employer shall require of his employees, as a condition of employment, that an automatic deduction be made from the employee's pay of a sum equal to the regular monthly Union dues.
3.7 As a condition of hiring and continuing employment each employee shall sign the proper authorization form which authorizes the Employer to deduct working dues, initiation fees, and assessments from the employee's pay. The Union will notify the Association in writing as to the amount of fees, dues and assessments to be deducted from the wages of employees from time to time.
3.8 All dues, fees and assessments so deducted shall be remitted to the Local Union not later than the twentieth (20th) of the month following, together with a list showing the amount deducted for each employee.
3.9 The Local Union's Business Manager shall, at the start of a job (i.e. rigging up for pipe operations) select one of its Journeymen members who shall be placed on the Employer's payroll and recognized as the Job ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇; such appointment to be confirmed by letter to the Employer. If the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ selected by the Business Manager is objected to by the Employer for valid reason, the Business Manager shall select another Journeyman as ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ to whom the Employer has no reasonable objection.
3.10 The Job ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall perform his duties the same as any other Journeyman and shall not be discharged for Union activities. The Job ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall be allowed a reasonable amount of time during the working hours to perform the work of the Union but shall not abuse the privilege. On Mainline Pipeline jobs the Job ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall be the last Journeyman in his classification remaining on the job provided he is competent to perform the work to be completed. Where a main pipe gang and a poor boy pipe gang are used, an Assistant ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ may be selected, where warranted, as agreed upon between the Employer and the Union at the Pre-job Conference or by subsequent arrangement. The Assistant ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall report all matters of concern to the Job ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ who will deal with any problem or grievance with the representative of the Employer. Where, on a loop line construction job, crews are working out of separate warehouses or marshalling points, the Union shall have the right to appoint an Assistant ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ for and during the continuation of operations out of each separate warehouse or marshalling point. There shall be no non-working Job ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ or Assistant Stewards. The Job ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall be notified of any disciplinary warning given to any employee.
3.11 The Business representative of the Local Union shall have access to any job at any time, providing notice is given to the available Employer's representative on the jobsite.
3.12 In the event of an illegal work stoppage by employees covered by the terms and conditions of this Agreement, those employees not performing work during the work stoppage shall not receive any compensation whatsoever for days not worked.
3.13 It is recognized that traditionally all work combined with, associated with or comprising an integral part of pipeline construction as defined in Article 1 hereof, comes solely within the trade jurisdiction of four International Unions, commonly referred to as the "pipeline craft unions" and their Local Unions which are affiliated with Building and Construction Trades Councils, AFL-CIO. The recognition of this historical precedent is hereby re-affirmed.
3.14 The Employer agrees that, notwithstanding the provisions in any of the other three pipeline crafts’ agreements, appendices or understandings, the assignment of any work shall be made in accordance with local area practice and Provincial Labour Board decisions.