Limitations on Contracting Out to Preserve Bargaining Unit Work. 1. It is the mutual intent of the Parties to preserve all bargaining unit work performed by Local 127-represented employees and, where feasible and economical to do so, to add to that work in accordance with the expertise and capacity of Local 127-represented employees to perform it. It is the City’s goal to reduce the contracting out of services and to bring that work back in-house.