CONSIDERATION AND COOPERATION Sample Clauses

CONSIDERATION AND COOPERATION. Both parties enter into this Agreement in consideration of the mutual performance thereof in good faith. The intention of this Agreement is to establish harmonious relations between the Company and the Union and its membership and to promote the general welfare of the Company and the employees. The parties to this Agreement agree to cooperate in every reasonable way in carrying out the provisions hereof and to exchange such information with respect hereto as is mutually deemed essential for the furtherance of harmonious relations. The Union recognizes that it is the responsibility of the Company to maintain plant efficiency and agrees that Management shall have the freedom of action necessary to discharge its responsibility for the successful operation of the Company. This responsibility includes, among other things, the right to determine the number and location of its plants; the right to select those with whom it will do business; the right to determine the products to be manufactured and the production schedules; the right to determine the methods and means by which its operations are to be carried on; the right to direct the workforce; and the right to conduct its operations in a safe and effective manner, all subject only to the express limitations set forth in this Agreement. A. There will be no discrimination by the Company or its supervisory personnel against any employee because of membership or activities in the Union, nor will the Company tolerate such discrimination by any other employee. B. The International agrees that neither it, nor its Local, nor their respective officers and members, nor persons employed directly or indirectly by it or its Local, will discriminate against any employee. The Union further agrees that there will be no solicitation of members, dues, or funds during the working hours of employees involved. C. The Union and the Company reaffirm their intention that the provisions of this Agreement will continue to be applied without discrimination because of race, creed, color, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or because of citizenship status, except citizenship status which is otherwise required in order to comply with law, regulation or federal executive order, or required by Federal, State or Local government contract, or which the Attorney General of the United States determines to be essential for an employer to do business with an agency or department of the Federal, State, or Local government. The ...