DEFINITION BARGAINING UNIT Clause Samples

DEFINITION BARGAINING UNIT. 1.01 The term "employee" or "employees" as and wherever used in this Agreement shall include all production, maintenance, stores, including laboratory employees and janitor, but shall definitely exclude the following: (a) All Executive, Engineering, Technical and Supervisory staff; and (b) Personnel working for and paid by Contractors engaged by the Company to carry out construction work. 1.02 It is understood that the Company shall not permit any employee excluded from the Bargaining Unit to do the work customarily performed by a member of this Union, except as outlined in the following Clauses. Any employee excluded from the Bargaining Unit will not take the place nor do the jobs of members of the Bargaining Unit. It is understood that they may instruct, inspect, or in case of emergency, take the action necessary to avoid injury, loss of life, or loss of property, material or machinery, except in these cases, they may not handle or transport materials or operate mobile equipment for operational purposes nor service Company's vehicles, within the Company's operation. 1.03 The Company agrees that no production work required by the Company operation will be contracted out, except where fully adequate production equipment breaks down to the extent that essential material movement necessary to the immediate continuing operation of the plant production process cannot be provided, then the Company may contract the necessary equipment for the “immediate emergency”, and provided further that the Company equipment as set forth above shall be immediately made operative and placed back in operation. 1.04 The Company agrees that no maintenance work required by the Company operation will be contracted out except in an “emergency” or during a major maintenance shutdown, or occasional work requiring equipment or abilities not available at the plant, and only then providing that this contracting out will not result in a lay-off of members in the Bargaining Unit.