UNION REPRESENTATION AND COMMITTEES (a) It is agreed that the Union may elect or otherwise select a Negotiating Committee consisting of two (2) employees one of which may be the Chief Xxxxxxx. (b) All members of the Committee shall be regular employees of the Employer who have completed their probationary period. (c) The Employer will pay wages lost by two (2) members of the Bargaining Committee for time spent in negotiations of this Agreement during hours which they would normally have been scheduled to work. This shall also apply to negotiations for the renewal of this Agreement including Conciliation but excluding Arbitration. 7.02 The Employer will recognize a Union Administrative Committee which shall consist of a Chief Xxxxxxx and three (3) stewards (one from each of the nursing, housekeeping and dietary) all selected from the members of the bargaining unit, not more than two (2) of which Committee members shall meet with Management at any one time. The Employer shall not be required to recognize such stewards until advised in writing of the names of the members of this Committee including changes from time to time. All members of the Committee shall be employees of the Employer who have completed their probationary period. 7.03 The Union acknowledges that the members of the Union Administrative Committee must continue to perform their regular duties, and that so far as possible all activities of the committee will be carried on outside the regular working hours of the members thereof, unless otherwise mutually arranged. The Employer shall pay representatives and Committee members their respective wages for all time lost from regularly scheduled hours investigating and/or processing grievances, up to but not including the arbitration stage, negotiation of the Collective Agreement and renewals thereof, up to and including conciliation, and while attending meetings with the Employer. Employees on the evening and night shift shall receive paid time off for the actual day of the negotiating meeting. 7.04 With prior agreement of the Administrator or designate, the Union Representative who has been assigned in writing by SEIU Local 1 Canada to the bargaining unit may have access to their members for servicing duties. Such agreement shall not be unreasonably withheld. Notwithstanding the above, it is understood and agreed that the activities of the Union Representative shall not disrupt the normal operations of the Home. The Employer may designate an area of the building where such access will take place.