Common use of UNION SECURITY AND RECOGNITION Clause in Contracts

UNION SECURITY AND RECOGNITION. SECTION 1 The Union is recognized as the sole collective bargaining agent for all employees, exclusive of supervisory employees with authority to hire, transfer, suspend, lay-off, recall, promote, discharge or discipline personnel, or effectively to recommend such action, if the exercise of such authority is not of merely routine nature but requires the use of independent judgment. A person having such authority is not a member of the bargaining unit. SECTION 2 The company shall inform all newly hired employees in the bargaining unit that their job is represented by UFCW Local 1518. SECTION 3 The Union shall be informed, in writing, of all newly hired employees giving their names and classifications within fifteen (15) days after they are employed. SECTION 4 All employees covered under this Agreement shall, as a condition of employment, thirty (30) days from the effective date of the Agreement become and remain members of the Union in good standing. All employees hired subsequent to the effective date of this Agreement, shall as a condition of employment thirty (30) days from the date of employment become and remain members of the Union in good standing. SECTION 5 Upon written authorization from the employee, the Company agrees to deduct Union initiation fees, dues and assessments from the wages of each employee and to transmit the monies so collected to the Union, once monthly, together with a list of employees from whom such deductions have been made. The parties recognize the company’s desire to maintain its reputation as a 100% unionized environment. The union recognizes that PR Managers and PR Directors as having management functions which would normally exclude them from Union Membership. In order to protect the reputation the Union agrees to accept permit fees equivalent to Union dues from the PR Managers and PR Directors. These managers shall have no rights under the Union Constitution or By-Laws. The managers shall have no rights under the Collective Agreement. SECTION 6 The authorization of check-off dues shall be irrevocable for the term of this Agreement, and shall automatically renew for successive yearly or applicable contract periods thereafter.

UNION SECURITY AND RECOGNITION. SECTION Section 1 The Union is recognized as the sole collective bargaining agent for all employeesAssociates (Agents and PR Reps), exclusive of supervisory employees Associates (Agents/Representatives) with authority to hire, transfer, suspend, lay-off, recall, promote, discharge or discipline personnelassociates, or effectively to recommend such action, action if the exercise of such authority is not of merely a routine nature but requires the use of independent judgment. A person having such authority . Section 2 The terms "work" and "associates" include all persons whom the Union is not a member of recognized as the bargaining unitrepresentative. SECTION 2 The company Section 3 This Agreement is binding upon the Provincial General Agents representing American Income Life Insurance Company in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba insofar as it complies with Provincial law. Section 4 All new associates shall inform all newly hired employees in the bargaining unit be informed that their job is represented by the Union, introduced to the UFCW 1518 ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and furnished with a dues check-off. Upon contract activation, Agents/PR Reps will be provided with a copy of the Collective Agreement, a welcome letter from UFCW Local 15181518 at each agency office. SECTION 3 Section 5 The Union shall be informedfurnished with names, in writingclassifications, phone numbers, email addresses, and home addresses of all newly hired employees giving their names and classifications new associates within fifteen thirty (1530) days after they are employeddays, when available to the Company. SECTION 4 Section 6 All employees associates covered under this Agreement shall, shall as a condition of employment, contract thirty (30) days from the effective date of the Agreement hire become and remain members of the Union in good standing. All employees hired subsequent to the effective date of this Agreement, shall as a condition of employment thirty (30) days from the date of employment become and remain members of the Union in good standing. SECTION 5 Upon written authorization from the employee, the The Association/Company agrees to deduct provide a bulletin board, in a prominent place, for the posting of official Union initiation notices. Section 7 Initiation fees, dues and assessments assessments, in accordance with the Union's Constitution, shall be deducted from the wages pay of each employee all associates in the bargaining unit and to transmit the monies so collected transmitted to the Union, once monthly, together with a list of employees associates from whom such deductions have been made. The parties recognize the company’s desire to maintain its reputation as a 100% unionized environment. The union recognizes that PR Managers and PR Directors as having management functions which would normally exclude them from Union Membership. In order to protect the reputation the Union agrees to accept permit fees equivalent to Union dues from the PR Managers and PR Directors. These managers shall have no rights under the Union Constitution or By-Laws. The managers shall have no rights under the Collective Agreement. SECTION 6 Section 8 The authorization of check-off of dues shall be irrevocable for the term of this Agreement, and shall automatically renew renew, for successive yearly or applicable contract periods thereafter. Section 9 The Association agrees to abide by Union principles in the purchase and use of goods such as printing and publications, with a sensitivity to "made in Canada." Section 10 All correspondence transmitted from Association offices shall carry the United Food and Commercial Workers Union label. The Association will post the Union office card furnished by the Union in prominent places. Section 11 No Discrimination, No Harassment The Union and Association/Company recognize the right of those covered by this Collective Agreement to work in an environment free from sexual harassment. The Association/Company shall take such actions as are necessary regarding an Agent/PR Rep engaging in sexual harassment. Sexual harassment means sexually oriented verbal or physical behaviour which an individual would reasonably find to be unwanted or unwelcome, giving consideration to all surrounding circumstances and which may detrimentally affect the work environment. Such behaviour could include, but is not limited to:  Touching, patting or other physical contact  Leering, staring or the making of sexual gestures  Demands for sexual favours  Verbal abuse or threats  Unwanted sexual invitations  Physical assault of a sexual nature  Distribution or display of sexual or offensive pictures or material  Unwanted questions or comments of a sexual nature  Practical jokes of a sexual nature To constitute sexual harassment, behaviour may be persistent or may be a single serious incident. Sexual harassment will often, but need not be accompanied by an expressed or implied threat of reprisal or promise of reward. Sexual harassment refers to behaviour initiated by both males and females and directed toward members of either sex.

UNION SECURITY AND RECOGNITION. SECTION 1 5.01 The Company acknowledges that the employees in the unit described above have selected the Union as the sole and exclusive bargaining agent and recognizes the Union as such for all employees in the said unit. 5.02 The Company agrees that all employees now members of the Union and all employees who become members of the Union shall remain members in good standing of the Union while employed by the Company during the life of this Agreement, as a condition of employment. 5.03 Since the Union is recognized as the sole collective bargaining agent for all employees, exclusive of supervisory as defined in Article 1, and in order to promote harmony among all such employees, it is hereby provided that all employees with authority to hire, transfer, suspend, lay-off, recall, promote, discharge or discipline personnel, or effectively to recommend such action, if the exercise of such authority is not of merely routine nature but requires the use of independent judgment. A person having such authority is not a member shall become members of the bargaining unitUnion. The Company shall be kept informed in writing of the amount of the monthly union dues and the Union entrance fee as set by the Union Constitution, By-laws or by decision of a regularly constituted local Union meeting. SECTION 2 The company shall inform all newly hired 5.04 New employees will not be subject to compulsory checkoff until they have been in the bargaining unit that their job is represented by UFCW Local 1518. SECTION 3 The Union shall be informed, in writing, employment of all newly hired employees giving their names and classifications within fifteen (15) days after they are employed. SECTION 4 All employees covered under this Agreement shall, as a condition of employment, the Company for thirty (30) days from the effective date of the Agreement actual work, unless they become and remain members of the Union in good standingbefore that time. All employees hired subsequent to the effective date of this Agreement, shall as a condition of employment After thirty (30) days from worked, payment of Union dues is a condition of employment. 5.05 Subject to the date other provisions of employment become this Article, all employees to whom this Article applies shall give the Company written authorization for the deduction and remain members remittance of the Union dues aforesaid, in good standinga form satisfactory to the Company. SECTION 5 5.06 Upon written receipt of an authorization from in writing by an employee affected, forwarded through the employeeSecretary of the Union, the Company agrees to deduct Union initiation fees, dues and assessments from the wages pay of each such employee the Union entrance fee and to transmit the monies so collected Union membership dues once each calendar month and such deductions shall be remitted promptly to the Financial Secretary of the Local Union. 5.07 The Union hereby agrees to indemnify and save the Company harmless against any and all claims, once monthlydemands, together suits or other form of liability arising out of or by reason of action taken or not taken by the Company in reliance upon checkoff authorization supplied by the Union or for the purpose of complying with a list any of employees from whom such deductions have been madethe foregoing checkoff provisions. 5.08 There shall be no contracting out of work presently performed by members of the bargaining unit without the mutual agreement of the Company and the Union. The parties recognize Union agrees not to arbitrarily withhold such agreement in any case where the company’s desire Company proves beyond a reasonable doubt that it is economically justifiable to maintain contract out. In particular, but not so as to restrict the generality of the foregoing, the Company shall have the right to contract out work of a nature which it has in the past contracted out, and work in the future which, in its reputation opinion, is of such a type as a 100% unionized environmentto be incompatible in nature or uneconomical with work presently being performed by members of the bargaining unit. The union recognizes that PR Managers and PR Directors as having management functions which would normally exclude them from Union Membership. In order Company agrees to protect the reputation provide the Union agrees with reasonable notice of its intention to accept permit fees equivalent to Union dues from the PR Managers and PR Directors. These managers shall have no rights under the Union Constitution or By-Laws. The managers shall have no rights under the Collective Agreementcontract out work. SECTION 6 The authorization of check-off dues shall be irrevocable for the term of this Agreement, and shall automatically renew for successive yearly or applicable contract periods thereafter.

UNION SECURITY AND RECOGNITION. SECTION 1 1. The Union is recognized as the sole collective bargaining agent for all employeesoffice personnel, exclusive of supervisory employees with authority to hire, transfer, suspend, lay-off, recall, promote, discharge or discipline personnel, or effectively to recommend such action, if the exercise of such authority is not of merely routine nature but requires the use of independent judgment. A person having such authority is not a member of the bargaining unit. SECTION 2 The company 2. All new employees shall inform all newly hired be informed that their jobs are represented by the Union, introduced to their Unifor Local 247 Representative and furnished with a dues check-off. Upon hiring, employees will be provided with a copy of the Collective Agreement, a welcome letter from Unifor Local 247 and Unifor’s Harassment in the bargaining unit that their job is represented by UFCW Local 1518Workplace statement. SECTION 3 The Union 3. Unifor Local 247 shall be informedfurnished with names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses (when available), dues paid, benefit status, start date and classifications of all new members within thirty (30) calendar days, in writing, of all newly hired employees giving their names and classifications within fifteen (15) days after they are employeda hard copy as well as an Excel Spreadsheet. SECTION 4 4. All employees covered under this Agreement shall, as a condition of employment, thirty (30) days from the effective date of the Agreement become and remain members of the Union in good standing. All employees hired subsequent to the effective date of this Agreement, shall as a condition of employment thirty (30) days from the date of employment become and remain members of the Union in good standing. SECTION 5 5. Upon written authorization from the employee, the Company Association agrees to deduct Union initiation fees, dues and assessments from the wages of each employee and to transmit the monies so collected to the Union, once monthly, together with a list of employees and agencies from whom such deductions have been made. The parties recognize the company’s desire to maintain its reputation as a 100% unionized environment. The union recognizes that PR Managers and PR Directors as having management functions which would normally exclude them from Union Membership. In order to protect the reputation the Union agrees to accept permit fees equivalent to Union dues from the PR Managers and PR Directors. These managers shall have no rights under the Union Constitution or By-Laws. The managers shall have no rights under the Collective Agreement. SECTION 6 6. The authorization of check-off dues shall be irrevocable for the term of this Agreement, and shall automatically renew for successive yearly or applicable contract periods thereafter. SECTION 7. All correspondence transmitted from Association/Company offices shall carry the Union Label. The Association/Company agrees to provide a bulletin board, in a prominent place, for the posting of official Union notices. All postings and removal of such postings must be done with prior written approval of an Executive Officer of the Local. SECTION 8. An employee included in the bargaining unit shall not be transferred to a position excluded from the bargaining unit unless the employee concerned agrees to such transfer. Employees excluded from the bargaining unit shall not perform the regular work of employees covered by this Agreement except for the purposes of instruction, or when bargaining unit employees are not available.

UNION SECURITY AND RECOGNITION. SECTION 1 1. The Union is recognized as the sole collective bargaining agent for all Marketing Specialist employees, exclusive of supervisory employees with authority to hire, transfer, suspend, lay-off, recall, promote, discharge or discipline personnel, or effectively to recommend such action, if the exercise of such authority is not of merely routine nature but requires the use of independent judgment. A person having such authority is not a member of the bargaining unit. SECTION 2 2. The company Company will be responsible to provide the following information to all new employees: All new employees shall inform all newly hired be informed that their jobs are represented by the Union, introduced to their Unifor Local 247 Representative and furnished with a dues check-off. Upon hiring, employees will be provided with electronic copies of the Collective Agreement, a welcome letter from Unifor Local 247 and Unifor’s Harassment in the bargaining unit that Workplace statement. Orientation Program – The Company will allow a designated representative of the Union up to one (1) hour during the probationary period of a new employee for the purpose of conducting the Unifor New Members’ Orientation Program. Employees participating in the Orientation Program meetings during their job is represented normally scheduled working hours will not suffer loss of pay at their regular rate. Orientation Program meetings will be scheduled by UFCW Local 1518the Union Representative in consultation with Management. SECTION 3 The Union 3. Unifor Local 247 shall be informedfurnished with names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses (when available), dues paid, benefit status, start date and classifications of all new members within thirty (30) calendar days, in writing, of all newly hired employees giving their names and classifications within fifteen (15) days after they are employeda hard copy as well as an Excel Spreadsheet. SECTION 4 4. All employees covered under this Agreement shall, as a condition of employment, thirty (30) calendar days from the effective date of the Agreement become and remain members of the Union in good standing. All employees hired subsequent to the effective date of this Agreement, shall as a condition of employment thirty (30) calendar days from the date of employment become and remain members of the Union in good standing. SECTION 5 5. Upon written authorization from the employee, the Company agrees to deduct Union initiation fees, dues and assessments from the wages of each employee in the bargaining unit, and to transmit the monies so collected to the Union, once monthly, together with a list of employees from whom such deductions have been made. The parties recognize the company’s desire to maintain its reputation as a 100% unionized environment. The union recognizes that PR Managers and PR Directors as having management functions which would normally exclude them from Union Membership. In order to protect the reputation the Union agrees to accept permit fees equivalent to Union dues from the PR Managers and PR Directors. These managers shall have no rights under the Union Constitution or By-Laws. The managers shall have no rights under the Collective Agreement. SECTION 6 6. The authorization of check-off dues shall be irrevocable for the term of this Agreement, and shall automatically renew for successive yearly or applicable contract periods thereafter. SECTION 7. All correspondence transmitted from Company offices shall carry the Union Label. The Company agrees to provide an electronic bulletin board for the posting of official Union notices. All postings and removal of such postings must be done with prior written approval of an Executive Officer of the Local. SECTION 8. An employee included in the bargaining unit shall not be transferred to a position excluded from the bargaining unit unless the employee concerned agrees to such transfer. Employees excluded from the bargaining unit shall not perform the regular work of employees covered by this agreement except for the purposes of instruction, or when bargaining unit employees are not available.

UNION SECURITY AND RECOGNITION. SECTION 1 ‌ 5.01 The Company acknowledges that the employees in the unit described above have selected the Union as the sole and exclusive bargaining agent and recognizes the Union as such for all employees in the said unit. 5.02 The Company agrees that all employees now members of the Union and all employees who become members of the Union shall remain members in good standing of the Union while employed by the Company during the life of this Agreement, as a condition of employment. 5.03 Since the Union is recognized as the sole collective bargaining agent for all employees, exclusive of supervisory as defined in Article 1, and in order to promote harmony among all such employees, it is hereby provided that all employees with authority to hire, transfer, suspend, lay-off, recall, promote, discharge or discipline personnel, or effectively to recommend such action, if the exercise of such authority is not of merely routine nature but requires the use of independent judgment. A person having such authority is not a member shall become members of the bargaining unitUnion. The Company shall be kept informed in writing of the amount of the monthly union dues and the Union entrance fee as set by the Union Constitution, By-laws or by decision of a regularly constituted local Union meeting. SECTION 2 The company shall inform all newly hired 5.04 New employees will not be subject to compulsory checkoff until they have been in the bargaining unit that their job is represented by UFCW Local 1518. SECTION 3 The Union shall be informed, in writing, employment of all newly hired employees giving their names and classifications within fifteen (15) days after they are employed. SECTION 4 All employees covered under this Agreement shall, as a condition of employment, the Company for thirty (30) days from the effective date of the Agreement actual work, unless they become and remain members of the Union in good standingbefore that time. All employees hired subsequent to the effective date of this Agreement, shall as a condition of employment After thirty (30) days from worked, payment of Union dues is a condition of employment. 5.05 Subject to the date other provisions of employment become this Article, all employees to whom this Article applies shall give the Company written authorization for the deduction and remain members remittance of the Union dues aforesaid, in good standinga form satisfactory to the Company. SECTION 5 5.06 Upon written receipt of an authorization from in writing by an employee affected, forwarded through the employeeSecretary of the Union, the Company agrees to deduct Union initiation fees, dues and assessments from the wages pay of each such employee the Union entrance fee and to transmit the monies so collected Union membership dues once each calendar month and such deductions shall be remitted promptly to the Financial Secretary of the Local Union. 5.07 The Union hereby agrees to indemnify and save the Company harmless against any and all claims, once monthlydemands, together suits or other form of liability arising out of or by reason of action taken or not taken by the Company in reliance upon checkoff authorization supplied by the Union or for the purpose of complying with a list any of employees from whom such deductions have been madethe foregoing checkoff provisions. 5.08 There shall be no contracting out of work presently performed by members of the bargaining unit without the mutual agreement of the Company and the Union. The parties recognize Union agrees not to arbitrarily withhold such agreement in any case where the company’s desire Company proves beyond a reasonable doubt that it is economically justifiable to maintain contract out. In particular, but not so as to restrict the generality of the foregoing, the Company shall have the right to contract out work of a nature which it has in the past contracted out, and work in the future which, in its reputation opinion, is of such a type as a 100% unionized environmentto be incompatible in nature or uneconomical with work presently being performed by members of the bargaining unit. The union recognizes that PR Managers and PR Directors as having management functions which would normally exclude them from Union Membership. In order Company agrees to protect the reputation provide the Union agrees with reasonable notice of its intention to accept permit fees equivalent to Union dues from the PR Managers and PR Directors. These managers shall have no rights under the Union Constitution or By-Laws. The managers shall have no rights under the Collective Agreementcontract out work. SECTION 6 The authorization of check-off dues shall be irrevocable for the term of this Agreement, and shall automatically renew for successive yearly or applicable contract periods thereafter.

UNION SECURITY AND RECOGNITION. SECTION 1 1. The Union is recognized as the sole collective collection bargaining agent for all employeesAgents and PR, exclusive of supervisory employees with authority to hirecontract, transfer, suspend, lay-off, recall, promote, discharge or discipline personnelAgent and/or PR Rep, or effectively to recommend such action, if the exercise of such authority is not of merely routine nature but requires the use of independent judgment. A person having a General Agent, Master General Agent, or Provincial General Agent contract with the Company has such authority and is not a member of the bargaining unit. For the purpose of the agreement, the Association/Company agrees that all agents and public relations representatives not specifically excluded by the foregoing are part of this agreement. SECTION 2 2. The company shall inform terms “work” and “Agent and/or PR Rep” include all newly hired employees in persons whom the Union has recognized as the bargaining unit representative. 3. This agreement is binding upon all agencies of the Company within the jurisdiction of the Union insofar as it complies with local provincial law. 4. All new Agents and/or PR Reps shall be informed that their job is jobs are represented by UFCW Local 1518the Union, introduced to the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and furnished with a dues check-off. SECTION 3 5. The Union union shall be informed, in writing, of all newly hired employees giving their furnished with names and classifications of all new Agents and/or PR Reps within fifteen (15) days after they are employed30 days. SECTION 4 6. All employees Agents and/or PR Reps covered under this Agreement shall, as a condition of employment, thirty (30) contract 30 days from the effective date of the Agreement contract, become and remain members of the Union in good standingStanding. 7. All employees hired subsequent to the effective date of this Agreement, Dues shall as a condition of employment thirty (30) days be deducted from the date pay of employment become all Agents and/or PR Reps in the bargaining unit and remain members of the Union in good standing. SECTION 5 Upon written authorization from the employee, the Company agrees to deduct Union initiation fees, dues and assessments from the wages of each employee and to transmit the monies so collected transmitted to the Union, once monthly, together with a list of employees Agents and/or PR Reps from whom such deductions have been made. The parties recognize the company’s desire to maintain its reputation as a 100% unionized environment. The union recognizes that PR Managers and PR Directors as having management functions which would normally exclude them from Union Membership. In order to protect the reputation the Union agrees to accept permit fees equivalent to Union dues from the PR Managers and PR Directors. These managers shall have no rights under the Union Constitution or By-Laws. The managers shall have no rights under the Collective Agreement. SECTION 6 8. The authorization of check-off of dues shall be irrevocable for the term of this Agreement, and shall automatically renew renew, for successive yearly or applicable contract periods thereafter. 9. The Association/Company agrees to abide by Union principles in the purchase and use of goods such as printing and publications, with a sensitivity to Made in Canada. 10. All correspondence transmitted from Association/Company offices shall carry the Union Label. The Association/Company will post Union correspondence in prominent places.

UNION SECURITY AND RECOGNITION. SECTION 1 The Union is recognized as the sole collective bargaining agent for all employees, exclusive of supervisory employees with authority 2.01 This Agreement applies to hire, transfer, suspend, lay-off, recall, promote, discharge or discipline personnel, or effectively to recommend such action, if the exercise of such authority is not of merely routine nature but requires the use of independent judgment. A person having such authority is not a member of the bargaining unit. SECTION 2 The company shall inform all newly hired employees in the bargaining unit that their job for which the Union is represented by UFCW Local 1518certified under the Labour Code. SECTION 3 The Union shall be informed, in writing, 2.02 Any person performing work with the tools of all newly hired employees giving their names and classifications within fifteen (15) days after they are employed. SECTION 4 All employees a trade or classification covered under by this Agreement shall, if working more than fifty (50) percent of a pay period with said tools, be considered part of the bargaining unit. No employee in the bargaining unit will be displaced as a condition result of employmentthis paragraph. 2.03 The Company recognizes the Union as the exclusive bargaining agent for the employees covered by this Agreement. 2.04 All employees within the bargaining unit as defined by the Certificate of bargaining authority, thirty (30) days from the effective date of the Agreement become and remain who are members of the Union in good standing. All employees hired subsequent to Union, or who may, during the effective date term of this Agreement, become members of the Union, shall as a condition of employment thirty (30) retain membership in good standing for the duration of this Agreement. In the event that any employee affected by the foregoing fails to pay his/her monthly dues, initiation and/or reinstatement fee, the Company shall discharge such employee within five days of receipt of written notice from the date of employment become and remain Union that he/she has not complied with this paragraph and/or that he/she is in arrears in accordance with the Union constitution. 2.05 The Company shall be free to hire new employees who are not members of the Union with the provision that all new employees upon being hired shall be required to sign an application for membership in good standingthe Union and a checkoff authorization before commencing work. The application for membership and the checkoff authorization for deduction of monthly Union dues and initiation or reinstatement fee shall be completed by the employee and immediately be returned to the Company's personnel department which will, without any undue delay, forward the application for membership and checkoff authorization to the Union Office. The authorization and application for membership forms will be supplied by the Union. Union dues shall be deducted from the wages of any employee who works the major portion of any calendar month. Statutory Holidays and vacations are considered days worked for the purpose of this Section. SECTION 5 2.06 Upon written receipt of a signed authorization from the employee, the Company agrees to deduct and pay over to the Secretary Treasurer of the Union any initiation feesfee, reinstatement fee, the monthly dues and assessments of the Union and/or any other amounts that may be specified by the Union from time to time. The Company agrees to make such deductions from the wages of employee's first pay cheque each employee month and to transmit the monies so collected to the Union, once monthly, forward these deductions (together with a list of the employees and the amount deducted from each employee) to the Union office in such a way that they are received in the Union office by the end of the month for which the deductions were made. In the event of an omission of employees from whom the checkoff list of Union dues deductions, the Company shall state the reason for such omission. 2.07 The Union recognizes and agrees that the Company's obligation to deduct Union dues and/or Union initiation or reinstatement fees under this article is expressly limited to making such deductions have been madeas are permitted by law and by the valid written assignment of each employee. 2.08 The Union shall indemnify the Company and hold it harmless against any and all suits, claims, demands, and liabilities that may arise by reason of any action taken by the Company for the purposes of complying with any section of this article. 2.09 When hiring new employees, the Company will give consideration to calling the Union office. The parties recognize Company may, at its sole discretion, hire or refuse to hire a person referred to it by the company’s desire to maintain its reputation as a 100% unionized environment. The union recognizes that PR Managers and PR Directors as having management functions which would normally exclude them from Union Membership. In order to protect the reputation the Union agrees to accept permit fees equivalent to Union dues from the PR Managers and PR Directors. These managers shall have no rights under the Union Constitution or By-Laws. The managers shall have no rights under the Collective AgreementUnion. SECTION 6 The authorization of check-off dues shall be irrevocable for the term of this Agreement, and shall automatically renew for successive yearly or applicable contract periods thereafter.

UNION SECURITY AND RECOGNITION. SECTION 1 The Union is recognized as the sole collective bargaining agent for all employees, exclusive of supervisory employees with authority 2.01 This Agreement shall apply solely to hire, transfer, suspend, lay-off, recall, promote, discharge or discipline personnel, or effectively to recommend such action, if the exercise of such authority is not of merely routine nature but requires the use of independent judgment. A person having such authority is not a member of the bargaining unit. SECTION 2 The company shall inform all newly hired employees in the bargaining unit that for which the Union is certified under the Industrial Relations Act of British Columbia and shall be binding on the Company and the Union and their job is represented by UFCW Local 1518respective successors and assigns. SECTION 3 The Union 2.02 All employees, presently members of the bargaining unit, shall be informed, in writing, of all newly hired employees giving their names and classifications within fifteen (15) days after they are employed. SECTION 4 All employees covered under this Agreement shall, as a condition of employment, thirty (30) days from the effective date of the Agreement become and remain members of the Union in good standing. All Union. 2.03 The Company further agrees that all new employees hired subsequent to the effective date of this Agreementcertification shall, shall as a condition of employment within thirty (30) calendar days from the date of employment after entering employment, become and remain members of the Union in good standing. SECTION 5 Upon written authorization from the employee, the Company agrees to deduct Union initiation fees, dues and assessments from the wages of each employee and to transmit the monies so collected to the Union, once monthly, together with a list of employees from whom such deductions have been made. The parties recognize the company’s desire to maintain its reputation as a 100% unionized environment. The union recognizes that PR Managers and PR Directors as having management functions which would normally exclude them from Union Membership. In order to protect the reputation the Union agrees to accept permit fees equivalent to Union dues from the PR Managers and PR Directors. These managers shall have no rights under the Union Constitution or By-Laws. The managers shall have no rights under the Collective Agreement. SECTION 6 The authorization of check-off dues shall be irrevocable for membership therein throughout the term of this Agreement, as a condition of continued employment. 2.04 Any employee who is a member in good standing, or is reinstated as a member of the Union shall as a condition of continued employment maintain such membership in good standing throughout the term of this Agreement. 2.05 Any employee who fails to maintain their membership in the Union as prescribed herein by reason of refusal to pay dues and assessments shall automatically renew be subject to discharge after seven (7) days received written notice to the Company of the said employee's refusal to maintain their membership. 2.06 No employee shall be subject to any penalties against their application for successive yearly membership or applicable contract periods thereafterreinstatement, except as may be provided for in the United Steelworkers Constitution, and in accordance with the By-laws of the Local Union 2009. Any employee who applies to join the Union pursuant to the provision herein and whose application is rejected by the Union, shall not be subject to discharge from employment. 2.07 The Company shall require all new employees at the time of hiring to execute the following assignment of wages in duplicate, the forms to be supplied by the Union, said forms to be forwarded to the Union not later than fifteen (15) calendar days following the date of hiring. Starting Date , 20 Name of employer I hereby authorize the company to deduct from my pay each month the amount of union dues and (if owing by me) an initiation fee, as provided in the Constitution of the United Steelworkers. Such deductions shall be transmitted to the International Treasurer of the United Steelworkers, directly or through the local union financial secretary on or before the 15th of each month. Name of employee Address Postal Code Phone (please print) Social Insurance Number If applicable, in what USW operation were you last employed? Local Union No. I hereby request and accept membership in the United Steelworkers, and of my own free will hereby authorize the United Steelworkers, its agents or representatives, to act for me as a collective bargaining agency in all matters pertaining to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, or other conditions of employment, and to enter into contracts with my employer covering such matters, including contracts which may require the continuance of my membership in the United Steelworkers as a condition of my continued employment.

UNION SECURITY AND RECOGNITION. SECTION 1 1. The Union is recognized as the sole collective bargaining agent for all employeesAgents and PR Reps, exclusive of supervisory employees Agents or PR Reps with authority to hirecontract, transfer, suspend, lay-off, recall, promote, discharge or discipline personnelAgent and/or PR Rep, or effectively to recommend such action, if the exercise of such authority is not of merely routine nature but requires the use of independent judgment. A person having a Public Relations Manager, Supervising Agent, General Agent, Master General Agent, Regional General Agent or Provincial General Agent contract with the Company has such authority and is not a member of the bargaining unit. For the purpose of the Agreement, the Association/Company agrees that all Agents and PR Reps not specifically excluded by the foregoing are part of this agreement. SECTION 2 2. The company shall inform terms “work” and “Agent and/or PR Rep” include all newly hired employees in persons whom the Union has recognized as the bargaining unit that their job is represented by UFCW Local 1518representative. SECTION 3 The 3. This Agreement is binding upon all Agencies of the Company/ Association within the jurisdiction of the Union shall be informed, in writing, of all newly hired employees giving their names and classifications within fifteen (15) days after they are employedinsofar as it complies with local provincial law. SECTION 4 4. All employees new Agents and/or PR Reps shall be informed that their jobs are represented by the Union, introduced to their Unifor Local 247 Representative and furnished with a dues check-off. Upon contract activation, a package will be mailed or emailed out to new Agents/PR Reps which will include a copy of the Collective Agreement, a welcome letter from Unifor Local 247 and Joint Harassment in the Workplace Statement by home office. SECTION 5. Unifor Local 247 shall be furnished with names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses (when available), dues paid, benefit status, start date and classifications of all new members within thirty (30) calendar days, in a hard copy as well as an Excel Spreadsheet. SECTION 6. All Agents and/or PR Reps covered under this Agreement shall, as a condition of employment, thirty (30) contract 30 days from the effective date of the Agreement contract, become and remain members of the Union in good standing. All employees hired subsequent to the effective date of this Agreement, shall as a condition of employment thirty (30) days from the date of employment become and remain members of the Union in good standingGood Standing. SECTION 5 Upon written authorization 7. Dues shall be deducted from the employee, pay of all Agents and/or PR Reps in the Company agrees to deduct Union initiation fees, dues bargaining unit and assessments from the wages of each employee and to transmit the monies so collected transmitted to the Union, once monthly, together with a list of employees Agents and/or PR Reps from whom such deductions have been made. The parties recognize Any fees not collected during an Agent/PR Rep’s first month, if their contract date is before the company’s desire to maintain its reputation as a 100% unionized environment. The union recognizes that PR Managers and PR Directors as having management functions which would normally exclude them from Union Membership. In order to protect 15th of the reputation month, shall be submitted the Union agrees to accept permit fees equivalent to Union dues from the PR Managers and PR Directors. These managers shall have no rights under the Union Constitution or By-Laws. The managers shall have no rights under the Collective Agreementfollowing month. SECTION 6 8. The authorization of check-off of dues shall be irrevocable for the term of this Agreement, and shall automatically renew renew, for successive yearly or applicable contract periods thereafter.

UNION SECURITY AND RECOGNITION. SECTION 1 1. The Union is recognized as the sole collective bargaining agent for all employeesAgents and PR Reps, exclusive of supervisory employees Agents or PR Reps with authority to hirecontract, transfer, suspend, lay-off, recall, promote, discharge or discipline personnelAgent and/or PR Rep, or effectively to recommend such action, if the exercise of such authority is not of merely routine nature but requires the use of independent judgment. A person having a Public Relations Manager, Supervising Agent, General Agent, Master General Agent, Regional General Agent or Provincial General Agent contract with the Company has such authority and is not a member of the bargaining unit. SECTION 2 2. The company shall inform terms “work” and “Agent and/or PR Rep” include all newly hired employees in persons whom the Union has recognized as the bargaining unit that their job is represented by UFCW Local 1518representative. SECTION 3 The 3. This agreement is binding upon all agencies of the Company/ Association within the jurisdiction of the Union shall be informed, in writing, of all newly hired employees giving their names and classifications within fifteen (15) days after they are employedinsofar as it complies with local provincial law. SECTION 4 4. All employees new Agents and/or PR Reps shall be informed that their jobs are represented by the Union, introduced to their CEP Local 247 representative and furnished with a dues check-off. SECTION 5. The union shall be furnished with names, addresses, phone numbers, dues paid, benefit status start date and classifications of all new Agents and/or PR Reps within 30 days, in a hard copy as well as an Excel Spreadsheet. SECTION 6. All Agents and/or PR Reps covered under this Agreement shall, as a condition of employment, thirty (30) contract 30 days from the effective date of the Agreement contract, become and remain members of the Union in good standing. All employees hired subsequent to the effective date of this Agreement, shall as a condition of employment thirty (30) days from the date of employment become and remain members of the Union in good standingGood Standing. SECTION 5 Upon written authorization 7. Dues shall be deducted from the employee, pay of all Agents and/or PR Reps in the Company agrees to deduct Union initiation fees, dues bargaining unit and assessments from the wages of each employee and to transmit the monies so collected transmitted to the Union, once monthly, together with a list of employees Agents and/or PR Reps from whom such deductions have been made. The parties recognize Any fees not collected during an Agent/PR Rep’s first month, if their contract date is before the company’s desire to maintain its reputation as a 100% unionized environment. The union recognizes that PR Managers and PR Directors as having management functions which would normally exclude them from Union Membership. In order to protect 15th of the reputation month, shall be submitted the Union agrees to accept permit fees equivalent to Union dues from the PR Managers and PR Directors. These managers shall have no rights under the Union Constitution or By-Laws. The managers shall have no rights under the Collective Agreementfollowing month. SECTION 6 8. The authorization of check-off of dues shall be irrevocable for the term of this Agreement, and shall automatically renew renew, for successive yearly or applicable contract periods thereafter.

UNION SECURITY AND RECOGNITION. SECTION 1 14:01 The Employer recognizes and will not interfere with the rights of the employees to become members of the Union. There shall be no discrimination, interference, restraint, or coercion by the Employer or any of its agents, against employees, because of membership in the Union. The Union is recognized agrees that, in exercising its rights, it shall act reasonably, fairly, without discrimination and in a manner consistent with the agreement as the sole collective bargaining agent for all employees, exclusive of supervisory employees with authority to hire, transfer, suspend, lay-off, recall, promote, discharge or discipline personnel, or effectively to recommend such action, if the exercise of such authority is not of merely routine nature but requires the use of independent judgment. A person having such authority is not a member of the bargaining unitwhole. SECTION 2 The company 14:02 All new employees shall inform all newly hired employees in the bargaining unit that their job is represented by UFCW Local 1518. SECTION 3 The Union shall be informed, in writing, of all newly hired employees giving their names and classifications make application for membership within fifteen (15) calendar days after they are employed. SECTION 4 All employees covered under this Agreement shall, as a condition of employment, and shall become members of the union within thirty (30) calendar days from the effective date of the Agreement become and remain members employment. The Employer shall upon hiring, advise employees of the Union in good standing. All employees hired subsequent to the effective date provisions of this Agreementarticle and provide a union membership application. 14:03 The parties mutually agree that all employees presently employed and all employees hereinafter employed, shall as a condition of employment or within thirty (30) calendar days from the date of employment employment, become and remain members of the Union in good standingstanding with the Union. SECTION 5 Upon written authorization from the employee, the Company 14:04 The Employer agrees to deduct Union initiation feesfrom each pay cheque due to each employee in each calendar month, dues the amount authorized as union dues, and assessments from to remit same prior to the wages tenth (10th) day of each employee and to transmit the monies so collected month to the Financial Officer of the Union, once monthly, together with a list . 14:05 The Union shall notify the Employer in writing of employees the names of Officers and Shop Stewards for each operation and of any changes that may occur therein from whom such deductions have been madetime to time. The parties Company shall not be required to recognize a Shop ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ until his/her name has been certified to the companyCompany in writing by the Union. 14:06 The Union acknowledges that elected Officers and Shop Stewards have their regular duties to perform on behalf of the Employer and that such persons shall not leave their 14:07 It is mutually agreed that authorized Union Staff Representatives will be given access to the Employer’s desire work locations to maintain its reputation as meet with Officers or Shop Stewards about a 100% unionized environment. grievance or other official Union business relating to this Agreement provided that the meeting does not 14:08 The union recognizes that PR Managers and PR Directors as having management functions which would normally exclude them from Union Membership. In order will be provided annually with one (1) V.I.P. parking pass for use of the Staff Representative assigned to protect the reputation the administer this Agreement. 14:09 The Union agrees to accept permit fees equivalent attempt to conduct its’ internal business at times which provide minimum disruption to the operations of the Employer. However the Union may request leave for up to three (3) employees to attend to Union dues from business on a wage recovery basis, subject to operational requirements and provided written notice is provided to the PR Managers and PR DirectorsEmployer at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the start of the employees shift(s). These managers shall have no rights under For Union 14:10 The Employer agrees to provide leave with pay for up to three (3) members of the Union Constitution or By-Laws. The managers shall have no rights under Union’s negotiating committee for purposes of attending scheduled bargaining sessions with the Collective AgreementEmployer. SECTION 6 The authorization of check-off dues shall be irrevocable for the term of this Agreement, and shall automatically renew for successive yearly or applicable contract periods thereafter.

UNION SECURITY AND RECOGNITION. SECTION 1 The Union is recognized as the sole collective bargaining agent for all employees, exclusive of supervisory employees with authority to hire, transfer, suspend, lay-off, recall, promote, discharge or discipline personnel, or effectively to recommend such action, if the exercise of such authority is not of merely routine nature but requires the use of independent judgment. A person having such authority is not a member of the bargaining unit. . SECTION 2 The company shall inform all newly hired employees in the bargaining unit that their job is represented by UFCW COPE Local 1518. SECTION 3 The Union shall be informed, in writing, of all newly hired employees giving their names and classifications within fifteen (15) days after they are employed. . SECTION 4 All employees covered under this Agreement shall, as a condition of employment, thirty (30) days from the effective date of the Agreement become and remain members of the Union in good standing. All employees hired subsequent to the effective date of this Agreement, shall as a condition of employment thirty (30) days from the date of employment become and remain members of the Union in good standing. . SECTION 5 Upon written authorization from the employee, the Company agrees to deduct Union initiation fees, dues and assessments from the wages of each employee and to transmit the monies so collected to the Union, once monthly, together with a list of employees from whom such deductions have been made. The parties recognize the company’s 's desire to maintain its reputation as a 100% unionized environment. The union recognizes that PR Managers and PR Directors as having management functions which would normally exclude them from Union Membership. In order to protect the reputation the Union agrees to accept permit fees equivalent to Union dues from the PR Managers and PR Directors. These managers shall have no rights under the Union Constitution or By-Laws. The managers shall have no rights under the Collective Agreement. . SECTION 6 The authorization of check-off dues shall be irrevocable for the term of this Agreement, and shall automatically renew for successive yearly or applicable contract periods thereafter.

UNION SECURITY AND RECOGNITION. SECTION 1 The Union is recognized as the sole collective bargaining agent for all employees, exclusive of supervisory employees with authority Section 1: This Agreement shall apply solely to hire, transfer, suspend, lay-off, recall, promote, discharge or discipline personnel, or effectively to recommend such action, if the exercise of such authority is not of merely routine nature but requires the use of independent judgment. A person having such authority is not a member of the bargaining unit. SECTION 2 The company shall inform all newly hired employees in the bargaining unit that for which the Union is certified under the Industrial Relations Act of British Columbia and shall be binding on the Company and the Union and their job is represented by UFCW Local 1518respective successors and assigns. SECTION 3 The Union Section 2: All employees, presently members of the bargaining unit, shall be informed, in writing, of all newly hired employees giving their names and classifications within fifteen (15) days after they are employed. SECTION 4 All employees covered under this Agreement shall, as a condition of employment, thirty (30) days from the effective date of the Agreement become and remain members of the Union in good standing. All Union. Section 3: The Company further agrees that all new employees hired subsequent to the effective date of this Agreementcertification shall, shall as a condition of employment within thirty (30) calendar days from the date of employment after entering employment, become and remain members of the Union in good standing. SECTION 5 Upon written authorization from the employee, the Company agrees to deduct Union initiation fees, dues and assessments from the wages of each employee and to transmit the monies so collected to the Union, once monthly, together with a list of employees from whom such deductions have been made. The parties recognize the company’s desire to maintain its reputation as a 100% unionized environment. The union recognizes that PR Managers and PR Directors as having management functions which would normally exclude them from Union Membership. In order to protect the reputation the Union agrees to accept permit fees equivalent to Union dues from the PR Managers and PR Directors. These managers shall have no rights under the Union Constitution or By-Laws. The managers shall have no rights under the Collective Agreement. SECTION 6 The authorization of check-off dues shall be irrevocable for membership therein throughout the term of this Agreement, as a condition of continued employment. Section 4: Any employee who is a member in good standing, or is reinstated as a member of the Union shall as a condition of continued employment maintain such membership in good standing throughout the term of this Agreement. Section 5: Any employee who fails to maintain his membership in the Union as prescribed herein by reason of refusal to pay dues and assessments shall automatically renew be subject to discharge after seven (7) days received written notice to the Company of the said employee's refusal to maintain his membership. Section 6: No employee shall be subject to any penalties against his application for successive yearly membership or applicable contract periods thereafterreinstatement, except as may be provided for in the United Steelworkers Constitution, and in accordance with the By-laws of the Local Union 2009. Any employee who applies to join the Union pursuant to the provision herein and whose application is rejected by the Union, shall not be subject to discharge from employment. Section 7: The Company shall require all new employees at the time of hiring to execute the following assignment of wages in duplicate, the forms to be supplied by the Union, said forms to be forwarded to the Union not later than fifteen (15) calendar days following the date of hiring. Starting Date , 20 Name of employer I hereby authorize the company to deduct from my pay each month the amount of union dues and (if owing by me) an initiation fee, as provided in the Constitution of the United Steelworkers. Such deductions shall be transmitted to the International Treasurer of the United Steelworkers, directly or through the local union financial secretary on or before the 15th of each month. Name of employee Address Postal Code Phone (please print) Social Insurance Number If applicable, in what USW operation were you last employed? Local Union No. I hereby request and accept membership in the United Steelworkers, and of my own free will hereby authorize the United Steelworkers, its agents or representatives, to act for me as a collective bargaining agency in all matters pertaining to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, or other conditions of employment, and to enter into contracts with my employer covering such matters, including contracts which may require the continuance of my membership in the United Steelworkers as a condition of my continued employment.

UNION SECURITY AND RECOGNITION. SECTION Section 1 The Union is recognized as the sole collective bargaining agent for all employeesAssociates (Agents and PR Reps), exclusive of supervisory employees Associates (Agents/Representatives) with authority to hirecontract, transfer, suspend, lay-off, recall, promote, discharge or discipline personnelassociates, or effectively to recommend such action, action if the exercise of such authority is not of merely a routine nature but requires the use of independent judgment. A person having such authority . Section 2 The terms "work" and "associates" include all persons whom the Union is not a member of recognized as the bargaining unitrepresentative. SECTION 2 The company Section 3 This Agreement is binding upon the Provincial General Agents representing American Income Life Insurance Company in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba insofar as it complies with Provincial law. Section 4 All new associates shall inform all newly hired employees in the bargaining unit be informed that their job is represented by the Union, introduced to the UFCW 1518 ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and furnished with a dues check-off. Upon contract activation, Agents/PR Reps will be provided with a copy of the Collective Agreement, a welcome letter from UFCW Local 15181518 at each agency office. SECTION 3 Section 5 The Union shall be informedfurnished with names, in writingclassifications, phone numbers, email addresses, and home addresses of all newly hired employees giving their names and classifications new associates within fifteen thirty (1530) days after they are employeddays, when available to the Company. SECTION 4 Section 6 All employees associates covered under this Agreement shall, shall as a condition of employment, contract thirty (30) days from the effective date of the Agreement contract become and remain members of the Union in good standing. All employees hired subsequent to the effective date of this Agreement, shall as a condition of employment thirty (30) days from the date of employment become and remain members of the Union in good standing. SECTION 5 Upon written authorization from the employee, the The Association/Company agrees to deduct provide a bulletin board, in a prominent place, for the posting of official Union initiation notices. Section 7 Initiation fees, dues and assessments assessments, in accordance with the Union's Constitution, shall be deducted from the wages pay of each employee all associates in the bargaining unit and to transmit the monies so collected transmitted to the Union, once monthly, together with a list of employees associates from whom such deductions have been made. The parties recognize the company’s desire to maintain its reputation as a 100% unionized environment. The union recognizes that PR Managers and PR Directors as having management functions which would normally exclude them from Union Membership. In order to protect the reputation the Union agrees to accept permit fees equivalent to Union dues from the PR Managers and PR Directors. These managers shall have no rights under the Union Constitution or By-Laws. The managers shall have no rights under the Collective Agreement. SECTION 6 Section 8 The authorization of check-off of dues shall be irrevocable for the term of this Agreement, and shall automatically renew renew, for successive yearly or applicable contract periods thereafter. Section 9 The Association agrees to abide by Union principles in the purchase and use of goods such as printing and publications, with a sensitivity to "made in Canada." Section 10 All correspondence transmitted from Association offices shall carry the United Food and Commercial Workers Union label. The Association will post the Union office card furnished by the Union in prominent places. Section 11 No Discrimination, No Harassment The Union and Association/Company recognize the right of those covered by this Collective Agreement to work in an environment free from sexual harassment. The Association/Company shall take such actions as are necessary regarding an Agent/PR Rep engaging in sexual harassment. Sexual harassment means sexually oriented verbal or physical behaviour which an individual would reasonably find to be unwanted or unwelcome, giving consideration to all surrounding circumstances and which may detrimentally affect the work environment. Such behaviour could include, but is not limited to: • Touching, patting or other physical contact • Leering, staring or the making of sexual gestures • Demands for sexual favours • Verbal abuse or threats • Unwanted sexual invitations • Physical assault of a sexual nature • Distribution or display of sexual or offensive pictures or material • Unwanted questions or comments of a sexual nature • Practical jokes of a sexual nature To constitute sexual harassment, behaviour may be persistent or may be a single serious incident. Sexual harassment will often, but need not be accompanied by an expressed or implied threat of reprisal or promise of reward. Sexual harassment refers to behaviour initiated by both males and females and directed toward members of either sex.

UNION SECURITY AND RECOGNITION. SECTION 1 5.01 The Employer acknowledges that the employees in the unit described above have selected the Union as the sole and exclusive bargaining agent and recognizes the Union as such for all employees in the said unit. 5.02 The Employer agrees that all employees now members of the Union and all employees who become members of the Union shall remain members in good standing of the Union while employed by the Employer during the life of this Agreement, as a condition of employment. 5.03 Since the Union is recognized as the sole collective bargaining agent for all employees, exclusive of supervisory as defined in Article 1, and in order to promote harmony among all such employees, it is hereby provided that all employees with authority to hire, transfer, suspend, lay-off, recall, promote, discharge or discipline personnel, or effectively to recommend such action, if the exercise of such authority is not of merely routine nature but requires the use of independent judgment. A person having such authority is not a member shall become members of the bargaining unitUnion. The Employer shall be kept informed in writing of the amount of the monthly union dues and the Union entrance fee as set by the Union Constitution, By-laws or by decision of a regularly constituted local Union meeting. SECTION 2 The company shall inform all newly hired 5.04 New employees will not be subject to compulsory checkoff until they have been in the bargaining unit that their job is represented by UFCW Local 1518. SECTION 3 The Union shall be informed, in writing, employment of all newly hired employees giving their names and classifications within fifteen (15) days after they are employed. SECTION 4 All employees covered under this Agreement shall, as a condition of employment, the Employer for thirty (30) days from the effective date of the Agreement actual work, unless they become and remain members of the Union in good standingbefore that time. All employees hired subsequent to the effective date of this Agreement, shall as a condition of employment After thirty (30) days worked, payment of Union dues is a condition of employment. 5.05 Subject to the other provisions of this Article, all employees to whom this Article applies shall give the Employer written authorization for the deduction and remittance of the Union dues aforesaid, in a form satisfactory to the Employer. 5.06 Upon receipt of an authorization in writing by an employee affected, forwarded through the Secretary of the Union, the Employer agrees to deduct from the date pay of employment become each such employee the Union entrance fee and remain Union membership dues once each calendar month and such deductions shall be remitted promptly to the Financial Secretary of the Local Union. 5.07 The Union hereby agrees to indemnify and save the Employer harmless against any and all claims, demands, suits or other form of liability arising out of or by reason of action taken or not taken by the Employer in reliance upon checkoff authorization supplied by the Union or for the purpose of complying with any of the foregoing checkoff provisions. 5.08 There shall be no contracting out of work presently performed by members of the bargaining unit without the mutual agreement of the Employer and the Union. The Union agrees not to arbitrarily withhold such agreement in good standing. SECTION 5 Upon written authorization from any case where the employeeEmployer proves beyond a reasonable doubt that it is economically justifiable to contract out. In particular, but not so as to restrict the generality of the foregoing, the Company Employer shall have the right to contract out work of a nature which it has in the past contracted out, and work in the future which, in its opinion, is of such a type as to be incompatible in nature or uneconomical with work presently being performed by members of the bargaining unit. The Employer agrees to deduct Union initiation fees, dues and assessments from the wages of each employee and to transmit the monies so collected to the Union, once monthly, together with a list of employees from whom such deductions have been made. The parties recognize the company’s desire to maintain its reputation as a 100% unionized environment. The union recognizes that PR Managers and PR Directors as having management functions which would normally exclude them from Union Membership. In order to protect the reputation provide the Union agrees with reasonable notice of its intention to accept permit fees equivalent to Union dues from the PR Managers and PR Directors. These managers shall have no rights under the Union Constitution or By-Laws. The managers shall have no rights under the Collective Agreementcontract out work. SECTION 6 The authorization of check-off dues shall be irrevocable for the term of this Agreement, and shall automatically renew for successive yearly or applicable contract periods thereafter.

UNION SECURITY AND RECOGNITION. SECTION 1 2.01 The Company recognizes the Union is recognized as the sole collective bargaining agent for all employees of the Company at the City of Kitchener, in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, more specifically; it shall include only those employees of the following departments: Service (including clean-up), Parts, Collision and Paint, plus the Janitor and save and except ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Assistant Manager, persons above the rank of Assistant Manager, Office and Sales Staff, persons employed for not more than twenty-four (24) hours per week and students employed during school vacation. 2.02 The word “employees” or “employee” wherever used in the agreement shall mean only the employees in the Bargaining Unit as defined above. 2.03 In the event that the Employer should establish any new job classification or should significantly vary skills required for the performance of any existing job classifications, exclusive the Employer and the Union shall agree on an appropriate rate for such new or varied classification commensurate with the rate structure established by this Agreement. In the event of supervisory employees failure to agree on a rate, the Employer shall set a rate and the employee assigned to such classification shall perform the work required at such rate and the Union may require that the rate be finally determined by means of the Grievance Procedure commencing at Step No. 2. 2.04 Authorized Union Representatives not employed by the Employer may confer with authority to hire, transfer, suspend, lay-off, recall, promote, discharge or discipline personnel, or effectively to recommend such actionUnion Officers on premises, if permission is first obtained from the exercise Manager. The Employer will not unreasonably withhold permission. 2.05 Wherever the Agreement refers to the singular it shall be deemed to include the plural unless the context requires otherwise. 2.06 The parties to this agreement shall hold regular Union/Management meetings for the purpose of such authority communicating concerns, issues relating to the parties, any outstanding grievances or any other items either party may wish to present. Such meetings will be at a mutually agreed time and location and will not result in loss of pay to any Employee. However, in accordance with past practice, these meetings may be held over the lunch hour, which is unpaid, with the Employer providing lunch. 2.07 NO DISCRIMINATION – ANTI-HARASSMENT POLICY Kitchener Ford Ltd., in conjunction with Unifor and its Local 1106, is committed to providing a harassment free workplace. All parties agree that providing fair and equitable treatment for all employees is best achieved in an environment where all individuals interact with mutual respect for each other's rights. WORKPLACE ANTI-HARASSMENT POLICY AND PROCEDURE DEFINED Every employee has the right to work in an environment free of harassment. The right includes the responsibility to eliminate harassment in our workplace, either as a participant or as an observer. The policy and procedure outline the commitment of Kitchener Ford Ltd., and Unifor and its Local 1106 to ensure a harassment free workplace as required under applicable Human Rights Legislation and will act as a guide to employees in adhering to legal and social guidelines regarding the recognition and prevention of harassment. This policy exists to underline the seriousness of workplace harassment and to establish that there is no acceptable level of harassment at Kitchener Ford Ltd. Employees who feel that they are being harassed are encouraged to seek protection under this policy. WORKPLACE HARASSMENT DEFINED Harassment is defined as a "course of vexatious comment or conduct that is known or ought reasonably be known to be unwelcome" that denies individual dignity and respect on the basis of: gender, disability, race, colour, sexual orientation or other grounds prohibited by applicable human rights laws. At Kitchener Ford Ltd. all employees are expected to treat others with courtesy and consideration and to discourage harassment. The workplace is defined as all Employer facilities and premises, and includes Employer and customer owned vehicles. Workplace harassment includes, but is not limited to, the following examples: Unwelcome remarks, jokes, innuendoes or taunting about another's body, attire, gender, disability, racial or ethnic background, sexual orientation, etc., which cause awkwardness or embarrassment. Displaying visuals of merely routine a sexual, racial or otherwise offensive nature but requires such as pornographic pictures, posters, cartoons, graffiti or simulation of body parts. Leering (suggestive staring) or other gestures. Unnecessary physical contact such as touching, patting or pinching. Unwanted sexual solicitation, physical contact or advances, particularly made with implied reprisals, if rejected. Refusing to work or share facilities with another employee because of the use other's gender, disability, sexual orientation, racial, religious or ethnic background. Backlash or retaliation for the lodging of independent judgmenta complaint or participation in an investigation. A person having such authority is not OBLIGATION OF EMPLOYEES Employees are obligated to bring any complaint of harassment to the attention of a member of the bargaining unit. SECTION 2 Management team or the Union Committee as soon as possible. If the Employer/Union is not made aware of issues of harassment, they may be unable to address such issues. WHAT HARASSMENT IS NOT Properly discharged supervisory responsibilities including disciplinary action, or conduct that does not interfere with a climate of understanding and respect for the dignity and worth of Kitchener Ford Ltd. employees are not considered harassment. Neither is this policy meant to inhibit free speech or interfere with the normal social relations that are a part of day-to-day interaction at Kitchener Ford Ltd. FILING A COMPLAINT If an employee believes that they have been harassed on the basis of any of the grounds stated above, that employee should: Tell the alleged harasser(s) to stop, if possible; Document the event(s), complete with the time, date, location, names of witnesses and details of each event, if possible. If the harassed employee does not feel able to approach the alleged harasser(s) directly, or if, after being told to stop, the alleged harasser continues, the harassed employee should: Lodge a complaint either directly or through a person on their behalf with any member of the Management team or Union committee member. INVESTIGATION In minor cases, the Employer and Union agree that the Union and the Employer may try to resolve a harassment complaint informally using an internal procedure without a full investigation when so requested by the complainant. The company shall Union Committee and the Management Team will handle all cases of harassment. The outcome of this attempted resolution will be communicated to both the Union and Ownership. If the complainant disagrees with the attempted resolution, or if the complaint involves more than minor issues there will be a joint investigation of the complaint according to established methods. Once informed of a complaint requiring joint investigation, the representative of the Management team will immediately inform all newly hired employees the Union Committee and together they will conduct a thorough joint investigation. Where the complainant is a woman and the complaint involves sexual harassment or gender discrimination, the joint investigation team will include at least one (1) woman. The joint investigation will include an interview of the complainant and will include interviewing the alleged harasser, witnesses, and other persons named in the bargaining unit that their job complaint. It is represented by UFCW Local 1518. SECTION 3 The the intention of the Union shall be informedand the Employer that, in writingmost cases, of all newly hired employees giving their names to conduct the investigation within five (5) business days and classifications to conclude the process within fifteen (15) business days after they are employed. SECTION 4 All employees covered under this Agreement shall, as a condition of employment, thirty (30) days from the effective date of the Agreement become and remain members lodging of the Union in good standingcomplaint. All employees hired subsequent An extension to the effective date of this Agreementtime limits may be granted by mutual agreement between the Employer, shall as a condition of employment thirty (30) days from the date of employment become Union, and remain members the complainant. The interview timing and location will recognize the need to maintain confidentiality. The identity of the Union in good standing. SECTION 5 Upon written authorization from the employeecomplainant, the Company agrees alleged harasser(s), and the nature of the complaint will be kept confidential and only persons with a need to deduct Union initiation feesknow will be informed of the complaint. Records of the investigation, dues including interviews, evidence and assessments from recommendations will be securely maintained in the wages offices of each employee the Employer and to transmit the monies so collected copies of such will be provided to the Union. RESOLUTION Upon completion of their joint investigation, once monthlythe investigators will present their report to Ownership and the Committee Chairperson. The Employer agrees that ten (10) days after receiving the joint investigation report, together with the harassment complaint will be resolved. Violation of this policy may lead to discipline up to and including termination. The purpose of this Policy and Procedure is to allow the Unifor and Kitchener Ford Ltd., the opportunity to address and resolve internal problems related to the objective of achieving a list of employees from whom such deductions have been madeharassment free workplace. This Policy and Procedure in no way precludes the complainant's right to seek action under applicable Human Rights legislation. The parties recognize also agree to communicate this information about the companyProcedure to the workforce through bulletin board notices and Employer publications. 2.08 The Union’s desire to maintain its reputation as a 100% unionized environmentNational Representative or their designate and/or Local representative or their designate may be present at meetings between the Employer and the Union Committee when the Union Committee so requests. The union recognizes that PR Managers and PR Directors as having management functions which would normally exclude them from Union Membership. In order to protect the reputation the Union agrees to accept permit fees equivalent to Union dues from the PR Managers and PR Directors. These managers shall have no rights under the Union Constitution or By-Laws. The managers shall have no rights under the Collective Agreement. SECTION 6 The authorization of check-off dues Employer shall be irrevocable for the term so advised in advance of this Agreement, and shall automatically renew for successive yearly or applicable contract periods thereaftermeeting.