Common use of Cost of Living Clause in Contracts

Cost of Living. Cost-Of-Living adjustments shall be deter- minted, as provided below, on the basis of the U.S. Consumer’s Price Index for Urban Wage Earners for all cities, as published by the Department of Labor (1967=100). No retroactive adjustments shall be made due to revisions in Index figures for any pay period for which the allowance has been paid. The Cost-Of-Living adjustment payable at any time shall be in addition to the wage rate payable under the terms of the Contract and no reduction shall, at any time, be made below said rate. The Cost-Of-Living shall not be a fixed part of the rates in the Agreement. In addition to the general wage rates set forth under Section 6, the following Cost-Of- Living formulas shall apply: The Employers guarantee a minimum and maximum of fifteen cents (15c) per hour annual Cost-Of-Living increase during the second (2nd) and third (3rd) year of the Agreement. Using the August, 1977, All Items — U.S. Consumer Price Index (1967=100) as a base, adjust hourly rates of pay, effective April 30, 1978, by one cent (lc) for each full .4 points that the February, 1978, Index exceeds the Index of August, 1977. Adjust hourly rates of pay, effective November 5,1978, by one cent (lc) for each full .4 points that the August, 1978, Index exceeds the Index of February, 1978. The first (1st) fifteen cents (15c) per hour guarantee shall apply at this time. Adjust hourly rates of pay, effective April 29, 1979, by one cent (lc) for each full .4 points that the February, 1979, Index exceeds the Index of August, 1978. Adjust hourly rates of pay, effective November 4, 1979, by one cent (lc) for each full .4 points that the August, 1979, Index exceeds the Index of February, 1979. The second (2nd) fifteen cents (15c) per hour guarantee shall apply at this time. All wrapper employees in classifications below that of Thereafter, shall receive a Cost-Of-Living adjustment on the dates provided in the following percentage of the Thereafter Cost-Of-Living increase rounded to the nearest one-quarter (V«) xxxxx: Fourth (4th) third (3rd) months wrapper, 87%; Third (3rd) Third (3rd) months wrapper, 82%; Second (2nd) third (3rd) months wrapper, 76%; First (1st) third (3rd) months wrapper, 66%. Wrapper employees as covered by this Agreement shall not be permitted to cut or grind fresh meat, and in the operation of the market, the ratio of wrapper employees to meat cutter employees shall not exceed one (1) to one (1). Any wrapper employee discharged for any cause (except dishonesty) if replaced, shall only be replaced by a wrapper employee in the same or higher wage bracket, if experienced help is available when needed. Wrappers desirous of promotion to Apprentice Meat Cutters status shall make their desires known to the Company, in writing, and such employees shall be given first consideration for such vacancies. Selection to fill the vacancies shall be made on the basis of Company seniority within the geographical jurisdiction of the Local Union, ability and qualifications being relatively equal. A wrapper commencing the Apprenticeship Program shall have a ninety (90) day trial period. Said trial period shall not jeopardize the employee’s former classification or seniority. There shall be no reduction in pay to any wrapper as a result of entering the Apprenticeship Program; i.e., the Wrapper rate of pay shall apply until such time as the Apprentice rate exceeds the wrapper rate, at which time the Apprentice rate shall apply.

Cost of Living. Cost-Of-Living adjustments All seniority employees who have completed their appropriate wage progression schedule shall be deter- mintedcovered by the provisions of a cost-of-living allowance, as set forth in this Agreement. Employees, who have not completed their appropriate wage progression on the effective date of a COLA increase, shall receive the adjustment on a prospective basis on the date they complete their wage progression schedules. The amount of the cost-of-living allowance shall be determined as provided below, below on the basis of the U.S. Consumer’s “Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners for all citiesand Clerical Workers, as CPI-W (Revised Series using 1982-1984 Expenditure Patterns), All Items (1982-84= 100), published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor (1967=100)Labor” and referred to herein as the “Index”. No retroactive adjustments Effective August 1, 2019, and every August 1 thereafter during the life of the Agreement, a cost-of-living allowance shall be made due to revisions calculated on the basis of the difference between the Index for May 2019 (published June 2019) and every May thereafter, and the base Index for May 2018 (published June 2018) and every May thereafter, as follows: For every 0.2 point increase in the Index, over and above the base (prior year’s) Index figures for any pay period for which the allowance has been paid. The Cost-Of-Living adjustment payable at any time plus 3.0% there shall be a 1 cent increase in addition to the hourly wage rate rates payable on August 1, 2019, and every August 1 thereafter. These increases shall only be payable if they equal five ($.05) cents in a year. All cost-of-living allowances paid under the terms of the Contract this Agreement shall become and no reduction shall, at any time, be made below said rate. The Cost-Of-Living shall not be remain a fixed part of the rates base wage rate for all job classifications. A decline in the AgreementIndex shall not result in the reduction of classification base wage rates. Mileage paid employees shall receive cost-of-living allowances on the basis of .25 xxxxx per mile for each 1-cent increase in hourly wages, subject to the threshold set forth above. In addition to the general wage rates set forth under Section 6event the appropriate Index figure is not issued before the effective date of the cost-of-living adjustment, the following Costcost- of-Of- Living formulas living adjustment that is required shall apply: The Employers guarantee a minimum and maximum of fifteen cents (15c) per hour annual Cost-Of-Living increase during be made at the second (2nd) and third (3rd) year beginning of the Agreement. Using the August, 1977, All Items — U.S. Consumer Price Index (1967=100) as a base, adjust hourly rates of pay, effective April 30, 1978, by one cent (lc) for each full .4 points that the February, 1978, Index exceeds the Index of August, 1977. Adjust hourly rates of pay, effective November 5,1978, by one cent (lc) for each full .4 points that the August, 1978, Index exceeds the Index of February, 1978. The first (1st) fifteen cents (15c) per hour guarantee shall apply at this timepay period after the receipt of the Index. Adjust hourly rates of pay, effective April 29, 1979, by one cent (lc) for each full .4 points In the event that the February, 1979, Index exceeds the Index of August, 1978. Adjust hourly rates of pay, effective November 4, 1979, by one cent (lc) for each full .4 points that the August, 1979, Index exceeds the Index of February, 1979. The second (2nd) fifteen cents (15c) per hour guarantee shall apply at this time. All wrapper employees in classifications below that of Thereafter, shall receive a Cost-Of-Living adjustment on the dates provided in the following percentage of the Thereafter Cost-Of-Living increase rounded to the nearest one-quarter (V«) xxxxx: Fourth (4th) third (3rd) months wrapper, 87%; Third (3rd) Third (3rd) months wrapper, 82%; Second (2nd) third (3rd) months wrapper, 76%; First (1st) third (3rd) months wrapper, 66%. Wrapper employees as covered by this Agreement shall not be permitted to cut revised or grind fresh meat, discontinued and in the operation event the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, does not issue information which would enable the Employer and the Union to know what the Index would have been had it not been revised or discontinued, then the Employer and the Union shall meet, negotiate, and agree upon an appropriate substitute for the Index. Upon the failure of the marketparties to agree within sixty (60) days, thereafter, the ratio issue of wrapper employees to meat cutter employees shall not exceed one (1) to one (1). Any wrapper employee discharged for any cause (except dishonesty) if replaced, shall only be replaced by a wrapper employee in the same or higher wage bracket, if experienced help is available when needed. Wrappers desirous of promotion to Apprentice Meat Cutters status shall make their desires known to the Company, in writing, and such employees an appropriate substitute shall be given first consideration submitted to an arbitrator for such vacanciesdetermination. Selection to fill the vacancies The arbitrator’s decision shall be made on the basis of Company seniority within the geographical jurisdiction of the Local Union, ability final and qualifications being relatively equal. A wrapper commencing the Apprenticeship Program shall have a ninety (90) day trial period. Said trial period shall not jeopardize the employee’s former classification or seniority. There shall be no reduction in pay to any wrapper as a result of entering the Apprenticeship Program; i.e., the Wrapper rate of pay shall apply until such time as the Apprentice rate exceeds the wrapper rate, at which time the Apprentice rate shall applybinding.

Cost of Living. Cost-Of-Living adjustments Section 22.01 Effective January 30, 1977( the fol­ lowing formula shall be deter- mintedapplied to provide for wage increases based upon a rise in cost-of-living, as provided belowif any, on during the basis year immediately preceding: (A) The All-Cities CPI (Consumer Price Index) last published for December, 1976, shall be com­ pared with the All-Cities CPI, for December 1975, and a percentage of the U.S. Consumer’s Price change in said Index for Urban Wage Earners for all cities, as published by the Department of Labor shall be obtained thereform; (1967=100). No retroactive adjustments shall be made due to revisions . (B) The increase in Index figures for any pay period for which the allowance has been paid. The Cost-Of-Living adjustment payable at any time shall be in addition to the wage rate payable under the terms of wages contemplated by the Contract and no reduction shall, at any time, to be made below said rate. The Cost-Of-Living shall not be a fixed part of the rates in the Agreement. In addition to the general wage rates set forth under Section 6, the following Cost-Of- Living formulas shall apply: The Employers guarantee a minimum and maximum of fifteen cents (15c) per hour annual Cost-Of-Living increase during the second (2nd) and third (3rd) year of the Agreement. Using the Augusteffective January 30, 1977, All Items — U.S. Consumer Price Index will be converted to a percentage for each classification and shall be substracted from the percentage ob­ tained in Paragraph (1967=100A) above. (C) The remaining percentage, if any, shall be multipled by the applicable rate in effect during the year immediately preceding for each wage classifi­ cation and that amount, if any, shall be added to the regular hourly wage scale, as a base, adjust hourly rates of pay, effective April 30an additional wage increase to the increase contemplated by this Con­ tract. Section 22.02: Effective January 29, 1978, the fol­ lowing formula shall be applied to provide for wage increases based upon a rise in cost-of-livinq, if any, durinq the year immediately preceding: (A) The All-Cities CPI (Consumer Price Index) last published for December 1977, shall be com­ pared with the All-Cities CPI, for December 1976, and a percentage of change in said Index shall be obtained therefrom; (1967=100). (B) The increase in wages contemplated by one cent (lc) for each full .4 points that the FebruaryContract to be effective January 29, 1978, Index exceeds the Index of August, 1977. Adjust hourly rates of pay, effective November 5,1978, by one cent (lc) will be converted to a percentage for each full .4 points classification and shall be substracted from the percentage ob­ tained in Paragraph (A) above. (C) The remaining percentage, if any, shall be multiplied by the applicable rate in effect during the year immediately preceding for each wage classifi­ cation and that amount, if any, shall be added to the Augustregular hourly wage scale, as an additional wage increase to the increase contemplated by this Contract. Section 23.01 Effective January 1, 1978, Index exceeds the Index of February, 1978. The after their first (1st) fifteen cents year of employment, em­ ployees who are regularly employed twenty-four (15c) per hour guarantee shall apply at this time. Adjust hourly rates of pay, effective April 29, 1979, by one cent (lc) for each full .4 points that the February, 1979, Index exceeds the Index of August, 1978. Adjust hourly rates of pay, effective November 4, 1979, by one cent (lc) for each full .4 points that the August, 1979, Index exceeds the Index of February, 1979. The second (2nd) fifteen cents (15c) per hour guarantee shall apply at this time. All wrapper employees in classifications below that of Thereafter, shall receive a Cost-Of-Living adjustment on the dates provided in the following percentage of the Thereafter Cost-Of-Living increase rounded to the nearest one-quarter (V«) xxxxx: Fourth (4th) third (3rd) months wrapper, 87%; Third (3rd) Third (3rd) months wrapper, 82%; Second (2nd) third (3rd) months wrapper, 76%; First (1st) third (3rd) months wrapper, 66%. Wrapper employees as covered by this Agreement shall not be permitted to cut or grind fresh meat, and in the operation of the market, the ratio of wrapper employees to meat cutter employees shall not exceed one (1) to one (124). Any wrapper employee discharged for any cause (except dishonesty) if replaced, shall only be replaced by a wrapper employee in the same or higher wage bracket, if experienced help is available when needed. Wrappers desirous of promotion to Apprentice Meat Cutters status shall make their desires known to the Company, in writing, and such employees shall be given first consideration for such vacancies. Selection to fill the vacancies shall be made on the basis of Company seniority within the geographical jurisdiction of the Local Union, ability and qualifications being relatively equal. A wrapper commencing the Apprenticeship Program shall have a ninety (90) day trial period. Said trial period shall not jeopardize the employee’s former classification or seniority. There shall be no reduction in pay to any wrapper as a result of entering the Apprenticeship Program; i.e., the Wrapper rate of pay shall apply until such time as the Apprentice rate exceeds the wrapper rate, at which time the Apprentice rate shall apply.

Cost of Living. Cost-Of-Living adjustments All seniority employees who have completed their appropriate wage progression schedule shall be deter- mintedcovered by the provisions of a cost-of-living allowance, as set forth in this Agreement. Employees, who have not completed their appropriate wage progression on the effective date of a COLA increase, shall receive the adjustment on a prospective basis on the date they complete their wage progression schedules. The amount of the cost-of-living allowance shall be determined as provided below, below on the basis of the U.S. Consumer’s “Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners for all citiesand Clerical Workers, as CPI-W (Revised Series using 1982-1984 Expenditure Patterns), All Items (1982-84= 100), published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor (1967=100)Labor” and referred to herein as the “Index”. No retroactive adjustments Effective August 1, 2019 2024, and every August 1 thereafter during the life of the Agreement, a cost-of-living allowance shall be made due to revisions calculated on the basis of the difference between the Index for May 2024 19 (published June 2024 19) and every May thereafter, and the base Index for May 2023 18 (published June 2023 18) and every May thereafter, as follows: For every 0.2 point increase in the Index, over and above the base (prior year’s) Index figures for any pay period for which the allowance has been paid. The Cost-Of-Living adjustment payable at any time plus 3.0% there shall be a 1 cent increase in addition to the hourly wage rate rates payable on August 1, 2024 19, and every August 1 thereafter. These increases shall only be payable if they equal five ($.05) cents in a year. All cost-of-living allowances paid under the terms of the Contract this Agreement shall become and no reduction shall, at any time, be made below said rate. The Cost-Of-Living shall not be remain a fixed part of the rates base wage rate for all job classifications. A decline in the AgreementIndex shall not result in the reduction of classification base wage rates. Mileage paid employees shall receive cost-of-living allowances on the basis of .25 xxxxx per mile for each 1-cent increase in hourly wages, subject to the threshold set forth above. In addition to the general wage rates set forth under Section 6event the appropriate Index figure is not issued before the effective date of the cost-of-living adjustment, the following Costcost-Of- Living formulas of-living adjustment that is required shall apply: The Employers guarantee a minimum and maximum of fifteen cents (15c) per hour annual Cost-Of-Living increase during be made at the second (2nd) and third (3rd) year beginning of the Agreement. Using the August, 1977, All Items — U.S. Consumer Price Index (1967=100) as a base, adjust hourly rates of pay, effective April 30, 1978, by one cent (lc) for each full .4 points that the February, 1978, Index exceeds the Index of August, 1977. Adjust hourly rates of pay, effective November 5,1978, by one cent (lc) for each full .4 points that the August, 1978, Index exceeds the Index of February, 1978. The first (1st) fifteen cents (15c) per hour guarantee shall apply at this timepay period after the receipt of the Index. Adjust hourly rates of pay, effective April 29, 1979, by one cent (lc) for each full .4 points In the event that the February, 1979, Index exceeds the Index of August, 1978. Adjust hourly rates of pay, effective November 4, 1979, by one cent (lc) for each full .4 points that the August, 1979, Index exceeds the Index of February, 1979. The second (2nd) fifteen cents (15c) per hour guarantee shall apply at this time. All wrapper employees in classifications below that of Thereafter, shall receive a Cost-Of-Living adjustment on the dates provided in the following percentage of the Thereafter Cost-Of-Living increase rounded to the nearest one-quarter (V«) xxxxx: Fourth (4th) third (3rd) months wrapper, 87%; Third (3rd) Third (3rd) months wrapper, 82%; Second (2nd) third (3rd) months wrapper, 76%; First (1st) third (3rd) months wrapper, 66%. Wrapper employees as covered by this Agreement shall not be permitted to cut revised or grind fresh meat, discontinued and in the operation event the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, does not issue information which would enable the Employer and the Union to know what the Index would have been had it not been revised or discontinued, then the Employer and the Union shall meet, negotiate, and agree upon an appropriate substitute for the Index. Upon the failure of the marketparties to agree within sixty (60) days, thereafter, the ratio issue of wrapper employees to meat cutter employees shall not exceed one (1) to one (1). Any wrapper employee discharged for any cause (except dishonesty) if replaced, shall only be replaced by a wrapper employee in the same or higher wage bracket, if experienced help is available when needed. Wrappers desirous of promotion to Apprentice Meat Cutters status shall make their desires known to the Company, in writing, and such employees an appropriate substitute shall be given first consideration submitted to an arbitrator for such vacanciesdetermination. Selection to fill the vacancies The arbitrator’s decision shall be made on the basis of Company seniority within the geographical jurisdiction of the Local Union, ability final and qualifications being relatively equal. A wrapper commencing the Apprenticeship Program shall have a ninety (90) day trial period. Said trial period shall not jeopardize the employee’s former classification or seniority. There shall be no reduction in pay to any wrapper as a result of entering the Apprenticeship Program; i.e., the Wrapper rate of pay shall apply until such time as the Apprentice rate exceeds the wrapper rate, at which time the Apprentice rate shall applybinding.

Cost of Living. Cost-Of-Living adjustments All seniority Employees who have completed their appropriate wage progression schedule shall be deter- mintedcovered by the provisions of a cost-of-living allowance, as set forth in this Agreement. Employees who have not completed their appropriate wage progression on the effective date of a COLA increase, shall receive the adjustment on a prospective basis on the date they complete their wage progression schedules. The amount of the cost-of-living allowance shall be determined as provided below, below on the basis of the U.S. Consumer’s “Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners for all citiesand Clerical Workers, as CPI-W (Revised Series using 1982-1984 Expenditure Patterns). All Items (1982-84=100), published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor (1967=100)Labor” and referred to herein as the “Index”. No retroactive adjustments shall be made due to revisions in Index figures for any pay period for which Effective August 1, 2024, and every August 1 thereafter during the allowance has been paid. The Cost-Of-Living adjustment payable at any time shall be in addition to the wage rate payable under the terms life of the Contract Agreement, a cost-of-living allowance will be calculated on the basis of the difference between the Index for May 2024 (published June 2024) and no reduction shallevery May thereafter, at any timeand the base Index for May 2023 (published June 2023) and every May thereafter, as follows: For every two tenths (0.2) point increase in the Index, over and above the base (prior year’s) Index plus 3.0% there will be made below said ratea 1 cent ($0.01) increase in the hourly wage rates payable on August 1, 2024, and every August 1 thereafter. The CostThese increases shall only be payable if they equal five cents ($0.05) in a year. All cost-Ofof-Living shall not be living allowances paid under this Agreement will become and remain a fixed part of the rates base wage rate for all job classification. A decline in the AgreementIndex shall not result in the reduction of classification base wage rates. Mileage paid Employees will receive cost-of-living allowances on the basis of .25 xxxxx per mile for each 1 cent ($0.01) increase in hourly wages, subject to the threshold set forth above. In addition to the general wage rates set forth under Section 6event the appropriate Index figure is not issued before the effective date of the cost-of-living adjustment, the following Costcost-Of- Living formulas shall apply: The Employers guarantee a minimum and maximum of fifteen cents (15c) per hour annual Costof-Of-Living increase during living adjustment that is required will be made at the second (2nd) and third (3rd) year beginning of the Agreement. Using the August, 1977, All Items — U.S. Consumer Price Index (1967=100) as a base, adjust hourly rates of pay, effective April 30, 1978, by one cent (lc) for each full .4 points that the February, 1978, Index exceeds the Index of August, 1977. Adjust hourly rates of pay, effective November 5,1978, by one cent (lc) for each full .4 points that the August, 1978, Index exceeds the Index of February, 1978. The first (1st) fifteen cents (15c) per hour guarantee shall apply at this timepay period after the receipt of the Index. Adjust hourly rates of pay, effective April 29, 1979, by one cent (lc) for each full .4 points In the event that the February, 1979, Index exceeds the Index of August, 1978. Adjust hourly rates of pay, effective November 4, 1979, by one cent (lc) for each full .4 points that the August, 1979, Index exceeds the Index of February, 1979. The second (2nd) fifteen cents (15c) per hour guarantee shall apply at this time. All wrapper employees in classifications below that of Thereafter, shall receive a Cost-Of-Living adjustment on the dates provided in the following percentage of the Thereafter Cost-Of-Living increase rounded to the nearest one-quarter (V«) xxxxx: Fourth (4th) third (3rd) months wrapper, 87%; Third (3rd) Third (3rd) months wrapper, 82%; Second (2nd) third (3rd) months wrapper, 76%; First (1st) third (3rd) months wrapper, 66%. Wrapper employees as covered by this Agreement shall not be permitted to cut revised or grind fresh meat, discontinued and in the operation event the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, does not issue information which would enable the Employer and the Union to know what Index would have been had it not been revised or discontinued, then the Employer and the Union will meet, negotiate, and agree upon an appropriate substitute for the Index. Upon the failure of the marketparties to agree within sixty (60) days, thereafter, the ratio issue of wrapper employees to meat cutter employees shall not exceed one (1) to one (1). Any wrapper employee discharged for any cause (except dishonesty) if replaced, shall only be replaced by a wrapper employee in the same or higher wage bracket, if experienced help is available when needed. Wrappers desirous of promotion to Apprentice Meat Cutters status shall make their desires known to the Company, in writing, and such employees an appropriate substitute shall be given first consideration submitted to an arbitrator for such vacanciesdetermination. Selection to fill the vacancies The arbitrator’s decision shall be made on the basis of Company seniority within the geographical jurisdiction of the Local Union, ability final and qualifications being relatively equal. A wrapper commencing the Apprenticeship Program shall have a ninety (90) day trial period. Said trial period shall not jeopardize the employee’s former classification or seniority. There shall be no reduction in pay to any wrapper as a result of entering the Apprenticeship Program; i.e., the Wrapper rate of pay shall apply until such time as the Apprentice rate exceeds the wrapper rate, at which time the Apprentice rate shall applybinding.

Cost of Living. Cost-Of-Living adjustments All seniority employees who have completed their appropriate wage progression schedule shall be deter- mintedcovered by the provisions of a cost- of-living allowance, as set forth in this Agreement. Employees who have not completed their appropriate wage progression on the effective date of a COLA increase, shall receive the adjustment on a prospective basis on the date they complete their wage progression schedules. The amount of the cost-of-living allowance shall be determined as provided below, below on the basis of the U.S. Consumer’s "Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners for all citiesand Clerical Workers, as CPI-W (Revised Series using 1982-1984 Expenditure Patterns), All Items (1982-84= 100), published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor (1967=100)Labor" and referred to herein as the "Index". No retroactive adjustments shall be made due to revisions in Index figures for any pay period for which Effective August 1, 2003 2009, and every August 1 thereafter during the allowance has been paid. The Cost-Of-Living adjustment payable at any time shall be in addition to the wage rate payable under the terms life of the Contract Agreement, a cost-of-living allowance will be calculated on the basis of the difference between the Index for May 2003 2009 (published June 2003 2009) and no reduction shallevery May thereafter, at any timeand the base Index for May 2002 2008 (published June 2002 2008) and every May thereafter, as follows: For every 0.2 point increase in the Index, over and above the base (prior year’s) Index plus 3.0% there will be made below said ratea 1 cent increase in the hourly wage rates payable on August 1, 2003 2009, and every August 1 thereafter. The CostThese increases shall only be payable if they equal five ($.05) cents in a year. All cost-Ofof-Living shall not be living allowances paid under this Agreement will become and remain a fixed part of the rates base wage rate for all job classifications. A decline in the AgreementIndex shall not result in the reduction of classification base wage rates. Mileage paid employees will receive cost-of-living allowances on the basis of .25 xxxxx per mile for each 1 cent increase in hourly wages, subject to the threshold set forth above. In addition to the general wage rates set forth under Section 6event the appropriate Index figure is not issued before the effective date of the cost-of-living adjustment, the following Costcost-Of- Living formulas shall apply: The Employers guarantee a minimum and maximum of fifteen cents (15c) per hour annual Costof-Of-Living increase during living adjustment that is required will be made at the second (2nd) and third (3rd) year beginning of the Agreement. Using the August, 1977, All Items — U.S. Consumer Price Index (1967=100) as a base, adjust hourly rates of pay, effective April 30, 1978, by one cent (lc) for each full .4 points that the February, 1978, Index exceeds the Index of August, 1977. Adjust hourly rates of pay, effective November 5,1978, by one cent (lc) for each full .4 points that the August, 1978, Index exceeds the Index of February, 1978. The first (1st) fifteen cents (15c) per hour guarantee shall apply at this timepay period after the receipt of the Index. Adjust hourly rates of pay, effective April 29, 1979, by one cent (lc) for each full .4 points In the event that the February, 1979, Index exceeds the Index of August, 1978. Adjust hourly rates of pay, effective November 4, 1979, by one cent (lc) for each full .4 points that the August, 1979, Index exceeds the Index of February, 1979. The second (2nd) fifteen cents (15c) per hour guarantee shall apply at this time. All wrapper employees in classifications below that of Thereafter, shall receive a Cost-Of-Living adjustment on the dates provided in the following percentage of the Thereafter Cost-Of-Living increase rounded to the nearest one-quarter (V«) xxxxx: Fourth (4th) third (3rd) months wrapper, 87%; Third (3rd) Third (3rd) months wrapper, 82%; Second (2nd) third (3rd) months wrapper, 76%; First (1st) third (3rd) months wrapper, 66%. Wrapper employees as covered by this Agreement shall not be permitted to cut revised or grind fresh meat, discontinued and in the operation event the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, does not issue information which would enable the Employer and the Union to know what the Index would have been had it not been revised or discontinued, then the Employer and the Union will meet, negotiate, and agree upon an appropriate substitute for the Index. Upon the failure of the marketparties to agree within sixty (60) days, thereafter, the ratio issue of wrapper employees to meat cutter employees shall not exceed one (1) to one (1). Any wrapper employee discharged for any cause (except dishonesty) if replaced, shall only be replaced by a wrapper employee in the same or higher wage bracket, if experienced help is available when needed. Wrappers desirous of promotion to Apprentice Meat Cutters status shall make their desires known to the Company, in writing, and such employees an appropriate substitute shall be given first consideration submitted to an arbitrator for such vacanciesdetermination. Selection to fill the vacancies The arbitrator’s decision shall be made on the basis of Company seniority within the geographical jurisdiction of the Local Union, ability final and qualifications being relatively equal. A wrapper commencing the Apprenticeship Program shall have a ninety (90) day trial period. Said trial period shall not jeopardize the employee’s former classification or seniority. There shall be no reduction in pay to any wrapper as a result of entering the Apprenticeship Program; i.e., the Wrapper rate of pay shall apply until such time as the Apprentice rate exceeds the wrapper rate, at which time the Apprentice rate shall applybinding.