Common use of OPERATIONAL CHANGES Clause in Contracts

OPERATIONAL CHANGES. The parties recognize and agree that it is in the mutual best interests of the parties to this Agreement and the bargaining unit employees covered thereunder that the Employer be able to effectively compete in the highly competitive Southern California Area Marketplace in that both its continued successful operations and employment of bargaining unit employees is directly dependent upon its being able to do so. The parties also recognize the Employer's need to continually seek new or improved methods of operations, systems and equipment that will enable it to achieve the necessary efficiencies and increased productivity that will enable it to continue to effectively compete in the Marketplace and agree that nothing contained herein shall prohibit the Employer from instituting any such new methods, systems or equipment. The parties agree that in cases in which the Employer intends to institute any operational change, new method of operation, system or equipment that will have a material impact on the employment of its then employed bargaining unit employees covered by this Agreement, the Employer shall give the affected Union or Unions at least sixty (60) days advance written notice, by certified or registered mail, of its intention to implement the involved operational change, new method, system or equipment, whichever the case may be, with such notice to set forth the nature of the intended change(s) and/or new method(s) of operations. The Union upon its receipt of the advance written notice provided for in the preceding Paragraph may request, in writing, negotiations with respect to the following subjects and such negotiations shall be promptly held by the parties: rates of pay for any new job(s) which may be created; efforts to avoid displacement of bargaining unit employees whose job may be modified as a direct result of the Employer's institution of such operational change(s), new method(s), system(s) or equipment. The Employer agrees that it will retrain those employees displaced as a direct result of technological change of the nature contemplated herein. In the event that the parties do not reach agreement within the sixty (60) days period provided herein, all unresolved issues as set forth above shall be submitted to final and binding arbitration. It is not the intent of the parties that such negotiations or arbitration will in any way jeopardize the efficiencies and increased productivity to be gained by the installation of such operational change(s), new method(s), system(s) or equipment. The arbitrator shall be selected in accordance with the provisions of Article 12 of this Agreement. The parties further agree that the arbitrator's decision shall be final and binding, and that there will be no strikes, work stoppages, lockout, or economic action of any sort or form employed by either party in connection with or arising out of any dispute concerning or related in any way to the operation of this Article. It is agreed and expected that the parties will exert every effort to accomplish the foregoing within the sixty (60) day allotted time period, but failing to do so shall not prohibit or in any way impede the Employer from installing or effectuating any such operational change(s), new method(s), system(s) or equipment upon the expiration of such time period, unless such period is extended by mutual written agreement of the parties. The decision of the arbitrator or the parties shall be effective on or retroactive to the date such operational change(s), new method(s), system(s) or equipment is installed. The cost of the impartial arbitrator shall be borne equally by the parties. In the event of any conflict between any of the provisions of this Article and the provisions of Article 12 of this Agreement, the provision(s) of this Article shall be deemed to be controlling.

OPERATIONAL CHANGES. The parties recognize and agree that it is in the mutual best interests of the parties to this Agreement and the bargaining unit employees covered thereunder that the Employer be able to effectively compete in the highly competitive Southern California Area Marketplace in that both its continued successful operations and employment of bargaining unit employees is directly dependent upon its being able to do so. The parties also recognize the Employer's ’s need to continually seek new or improved methods of operations, systems and equipment that will enable it to achieve the necessary efficiencies and increased productivity that will enable it to continue to effectively compete in the Marketplace and agree that nothing contained herein shall prohibit the Employer from instituting any such new methods, systems or equipment. The parties agree that in cases in which the Employer intends to institute any operational change, new method of operation, system or equipment that will have a material impact on the employment of its then employed bargaining unit employees covered by this Agreement, the Employer shall give the affected Union or Unions at least sixty (60) days advance written notice, by certified or registered mail, of its intention to implement the involved operational change, new method, system or equipment, whichever the case may be, with such notice to set forth the nature of the intended change(s) and/or new method(s) of operations. The Union upon its receipt of the advance written notice provided for in the preceding Paragraph may request, in writing, negotiations with respect to the following subjects and such negotiations shall be promptly held by the parties: rates of pay for any new job(s) which may be created; efforts to avoid displacement of bargaining unit employees whose job may be modified as a direct result of the Employer's ’s institution of such operational change(s), new method(s), system(s) or equipment. The Employer agrees that it will retrain those employees displaced as a direct result of technological change of the nature contemplated herein. In the event that the parties do not reach agreement within the sixty (60) days period provided herein, all unresolved issues as set forth above shall be submitted to final and binding arbitration. It is not the intent of the parties that such negotiations or arbitration will in any way jeopardize the efficiencies and increased productivity to be gained by the installation of such operational change(s), new method(s), system(s) or equipment. The arbitrator shall be selected in accordance with the provisions of Article 12 of this Agreement. The parties further agree that the arbitrator's ’s decision shall be final and binding, and that there will be no strikes, work stoppages, lockout, or economic action of any sort or form employed by either party in connection with or arising out of any dispute concerning or related in any way to the operation of this Article. It is agreed and expected that the parties will exert every effort to accomplish the foregoing within the sixty (60) day allotted time period, but failing to do so shall not prohibit or in any way impede the Employer from installing or effectuating any such operational change(s), new method(s), system(s) or equipment upon the expiration of such time period, unless such period is extended by mutual written agreement of the parties. The decision of the arbitrator or the parties shall be effective on or retroactive to the date such operational change(s), new method(s), system(s) or equipment is installed. The cost of the impartial arbitrator shall be borne equally by the parties. In the event of any conflict between any of the provisions of this Article and the provisions of Article 12 of this Agreement, the provision(s) of this Article shall be deemed to be controlling.

OPERATIONAL CHANGES. The parties recognize and agree that it is in the mutual best interests of the parties to this Agreement and the bargaining unit employees covered thereunder that the Employer be able to effectively compete in the highly competitive Southern California Area Marketplace in that both its continued successful operations and employment of bargaining unit employees is directly dependent upon its being able to do so. The parties also recognize the Employer's ’s need to continually seek new or improved methods of operations, systems and equipment that will enable it to achieve the necessary efficiencies and increased productivity that will enable it to continue to effectively compete in the Marketplace and agree that nothing contained herein shall prohibit the Employer from instituting any such new methods, systems or equipment. The parties agree that in cases in which the Employer intends to institute any operational change, new method of operation, system or equipment that will have a material impact on the employment of its then employed bargaining unit employees covered by this Agreement, the Employer shall give the affected Union or Unions at least sixty (60) days days’ advance written notice, by certified or registered mail, of its intention to implement the involved operational change, new method, system or equipment, whichever the case may be, with such notice to set forth the nature of the intended change(s) and/or new method(s) of operations. The Union upon its receipt of the advance written notice provided for in the preceding Paragraph may request, in writing, negotiations with respect to the following subjects and such negotiations shall be promptly held by the parties: rates of pay for any new job(s) which may be created; efforts to avoid displacement of bargaining unit employees whose job may be modified as a direct result of the Employer's ’s institution of such operational change(s), new method(s), system(s) or equipment. The Employer agrees that it will retrain those employees displaced as a direct result of technological change of the nature contemplated herein. In the event that the parties do not reach agreement within the sixty (60) days days’ period provided herein, all unresolved issues as set forth above shall be submitted to final and binding arbitration. It is not the intent of the parties that such negotiations or arbitration will in any way jeopardize the efficiencies and increased productivity to be gained by the installation of such operational change(s), new method(s), system(s) or equipment. The arbitrator shall be selected in accordance with the provisions of Article 12 of this Agreement. The parties further agree that the arbitrator's ’s decision shall be final and binding, and that there will be no strikes, work stoppages, lockout, or economic action of any sort or form employed by either party in connection with or arising out of any dispute concerning or related in any way to the operation of this Article. It is agreed and expected that the parties will exert every effort to accomplish the foregoing within the sixty (60) day allotted time period, but failing to do so shall not prohibit or in any way impede the Employer from installing or effectuating any such operational change(s), new method(s), system(s) or equipment upon the expiration of such time period, unless such period is extended by mutual written agreement of the parties. The decision of the arbitrator or the parties shall be effective on or retroactive to the date such operational change(s), new method(s), system(s) or equipment is installed. The cost of the impartial arbitrator shall be borne equally by the parties. In the event of any conflict between any of the provisions of this Article and the provisions of Article 12 of this Agreement, the provision(s) of this Article shall be deemed to be controlling.

OPERATIONAL CHANGES. A. The parties recognize and agree that it is in the mutual best interests of the parties to this Agreement and the bargaining unit employees covered thereunder that the Employer be able to effectively compete in the highly competitive Southern California Area Marketplace in that both its continued successful operations and employment of bargaining unit employees is directly dependent upon its being able to do so. The parties also recognize the Employer's need to continually seek new or improved methods of operations, systems and equipment that will enable it to achieve the necessary efficiencies and increased productivity that will enable it to continue to effectively compete in the Marketplace and agree that nothing contained herein shall prohibit the Employer from instituting any such new methods, systems or equipment. The parties agree that in cases in which the Employer intends to institute any operational change, new method of operation, system or equipment that will have a material impact on the employment of its then employed bargaining unit employees covered by this Agreement, the Employer shall give the affected Union or Unions at least sixty (60) days advance written notice, by certified or registered mail, of its intention to implement the involved operational change, new method, system or equipment, whichever the case may be, with such notice to set forth the nature of the intended change(s) and/or new method(s) of operations. The Union upon its receipt of the advance written notice provided for in the preceding Paragraph may request, in writing, negotiations with respect to the following subjects and such negotiations shall be promptly held by the parties: rates of pay for any new job(s) which may be created; efforts to avoid displacement of bargaining unit employees whose job may be modified as a direct result of the Employer's institution of such operational change(s), new method(s), system(s) or equipment. The Employer agrees that it will retrain those employees displaced as a direct result of technological change of the nature contemplated herein. In the event that the parties do not reach agreement within the sixty (60) days period provided herein, all unresolved issues as set forth above shall be submitted to final and binding arbitration. It is not the intent of the parties that such negotiations or arbitration will in any way jeopardize the efficiencies and increased productivity to be gained by the installation of such operational change(s), new method(s), system(s) or equipment. The arbitrator shall be selected in accordance with the provisions of Article 12 of this Agreement. The parties further agree that the arbitrator's decision shall be final and binding, and that there will be no strikes, work stoppages, lockout, or economic action of any sort or form employed by either party in connection with or arising out of any dispute concerning or related in any way to the operation of this Article. It is agreed and expected that the parties will exert every effort to accomplish the foregoing within the sixty (60) day allotted time period, but failing to do so shall not prohibit or in any way impede the Employer from installing or effectuating any such operational change(s), new method(s), system(s) or equipment upon the expiration of such time period, unless such period is extended by mutual written agreement of the parties. The decision of the arbitrator or the parties shall be effective on or retroactive to the date such operational change(s), new method(s), system(s) or equipment is installed. The cost of the impartial arbitrator shall be borne equally by the parties. In the event of any conflict between any of the provisions of this Article and the provisions of Article 12 of this Agreement, the provision(s) of this Article shall be deemed to be controlling. B. The employers and unions agree to a Joint Committee on Workforce Development. The employers and unions will utilize the Joint Committee, as described below: 1. The Joint Committee will work towards the establishment of a training program to meet the needs of future staffing. 2. The Joint Committee will have an equal number of union and employer representatives. 3. The Joint Committee will meet quarterly. 4. The Joint Committee will seek funding streams. 5. All members of the Joint Committee will cooperate in order to meet requirements of grants, when reasonable and it makes business sense to do so. Nothing herein is intended to diminish work preservation rights the unions have under existing contractual provisions or law.

OPERATIONAL CHANGES. A. The parties recognize and agree that it is in the mutual best interests of the parties to this Agreement and the bargaining unit employees covered thereunder that the Employer be able to effectively compete in the highly competitive Southern California Area Marketplace in that both its continued successful operations and employment of bargaining unit employees is directly dependent upon its being able to do so. The parties also recognize the Employer's ’s need to continually seek new or improved methods of operations, systems and equipment that will enable it to achieve the necessary efficiencies and increased productivity that will enable it to continue to effectively compete in the Marketplace and agree that nothing contained herein shall prohibit the Employer from instituting any such new methods, systems or equipment. The parties agree that in cases in which the Employer intends to institute any operational change, new method of operation, system or equipment that will have a material impact on the employment of its then employed bargaining unit employees covered by this Agreement, the Employer shall give the affected Union or Unions at least sixty (60) days days’ advance written notice, by certified or registered mail, of its intention to implement the involved operational change, new method, system or equipment, whichever the case may be, with such notice to set forth the nature of the intended change(s) and/or new method(s) of operations. The Union upon its receipt of the advance written notice provided for in the preceding Paragraph may request, in writing, negotiations with respect to the following subjects and such negotiations shall be promptly held by the parties: rates of pay for any new job(s) which may be created; efforts to avoid displacement of bargaining unit employees whose job may be modified as a direct result of the Employer's ’s institution of such operational change(s), new method(s), system(s) or equipment. The Employer agrees that it will retrain those employees displaced as a direct result of technological change of the nature contemplated herein. In the event that the parties do not reach agreement within the sixty (60) days days’ period provided herein, all unresolved issues as set forth above shall be submitted to final and binding arbitration. It is not the intent of the parties that such negotiations or arbitration will in any way jeopardize the efficiencies and increased productivity to be gained by the installation of such operational change(s), new method(s), system(s) or equipment. The arbitrator shall be selected in accordance with the provisions of Article 12 of this Agreement. The parties further agree that the arbitrator's ’s decision shall be final and binding, and that there will be no strikes, work stoppages, lockout, or economic action of any sort or form employed by either party in connection with or arising out of any dispute concerning or related in any way to the operation of this Article. It is agreed and expected that the parties will exert every effort to accomplish the foregoing within the sixty (60) day allotted time period, but failing to do so shall not prohibit or in any way impede the Employer from installing or effectuating any such operational change(s), new method(s), system(s) or equipment upon the expiration of such time period, unless such period is extended by mutual written agreement of the parties. The decision of the arbitrator or the parties shall be effective on or retroactive to the date such operational change(s), new method(s), system(s) or equipment is installed. The cost of the impartial arbitrator shall be borne equally by the parties. In the event of any conflict between any of the provisions of this Article and the provisions of Article 12 of this Agreement, the provision(s) of this Article shall be deemed to be controlling. B. The employers and unions agree to a Joint Committee on Workforce Development. The employers and unions will utilize the Joint Committee, as described below: 1. The Joint Committee will work towards the establishment of a training program to meet the needs of future staffing. 2. The Joint Committee will have an equal number of union and employer representatives. 3. The Joint Committee will meet quarterly. 4. The Joint Committee will seek funding streams. 5. All members of the Joint Committee will cooperate in order to meet requirements of grants, when reasonable and it makes business sense to do so. Nothing herein is intended to diminish work preservation rights the unions have under existing contractual provisions or law.

OPERATIONAL CHANGES. The parties recognize and agree that it is in the mutual best interests of the parties to this Agreement and the bargaining unit employees covered thereunder there under that the Employer be able to effectively compete in the highly competitive Southern California Area Marketplace in that both its continued successful operations and employment of bargaining unit employees is directly dependent upon its being able to do so. The parties also recognize the Employer's need to continually seek new or improved methods of operations, systems and equipment that will enable it to achieve the necessary efficiencies and increased productivity that will enable it to continue to effectively compete in the Marketplace and agree that nothing contained herein shall prohibit the Employer from instituting any such new methods, systems or equipment. The parties agree that in cases in which the Employer intends to institute any operational change, new method of operation, system or equipment that will have a material impact on the employment of its then employed bargaining unit employees covered by this Agreement, the Employer shall give the affected Union or Unions at least sixty (60) days days' advance written notice, by certified or registered mail, of its intention to implement the involved operational change, new method, system or equipment, whichever the case may be, with such notice to set forth the nature of the intended change(s) and/or new method(s) of operations. The Union upon its receipt of the advance written notice provided for in the preceding Paragraph may request, in writing, negotiations with respect to the following subjects and such negotiations shall be promptly held by the parties: rates of pay for any new job(s) which may be created; efforts to avoid displacement of bargaining unit employees whose job may be modified as a direct result of the Employer's institution of such operational change(s), new method(s), system(s) or equipment. The Employer agrees that it will retrain those employees displaced as a direct result of technological change of the nature contemplated herein. In the event that the parties do not reach agreement within the sixty (60) days days' period provided herein, all unresolved issues as set forth above shall be submitted to final and binding arbitration. It is not the intent of the parties that such negotiations or arbitration will in any way jeopardize the efficiencies and increased productivity to be gained by the installation of such operational change(s), new method(s), system(s) or equipment. The arbitrator shall be selected in accordance with the provisions of Article 12 of this Agreement. The parties further agree that the arbitrator's decision shall be final and binding, and that there will be no strikes, work stoppages, lockout, or economic action of any sort or form employed by either party in connection with or arising out of any dispute concerning or related in any way to the operation of this Article. It is agreed and expected that the parties will exert every effort to accomplish the foregoing within the sixty (60) day allotted time period, but failing to do so shall not prohibit or in any way impede the Employer from installing or effectuating any such operational change(s), new method(s), system(s) or equipment upon the expiration of such time period, unless such period is extended by mutual written agreement of the parties. The decision of the arbitrator or the parties shall be effective on or retroactive to the date such operational change(s), new method(s), system(s) or equipment is installed. The cost of the impartial arbitrator shall be borne equally by the parties. In the event of any conflict between any of the provisions of this Article and the provisions of Article 12 of this Agreement, the provision(s) of this Article shall be deemed to be controlling.

OPERATIONAL CHANGES. The parties recognize and agree that it is in the mutual best interests of the parties to this Agreement and the bargaining unit employees covered thereunder that the Employer be able to effectively compete in the highly competitive Southern California Area Marketplace in that both its continued successful operations and employment of bargaining unit employees is directly dependent upon its being able to do so. The parties also recognize the Employer's need to continually seek new or improved methods of operations, systems and equipment that will enable it to achieve the necessary efficiencies and increased productivity that will enable it to continue to effectively compete in the Marketplace and agree that nothing contained herein shall prohibit the Employer from instituting any such new methods, systems or equipment. The parties agree that in cases in which the Employer intends to institute any operational change, new method of operation, system or equipment that will have a material impact on the employment of its then employed bargaining unit employees covered by this Agreement, the Employer shall give the affected Union or Unions at least sixty (60) days days' advance written notice, by certified or registered mail, of its intention to implement the involved operational change, new method, system or equipment, whichever the case may be, with such notice to set forth the nature of the intended change(s) and/or new method(s) of operations. The Union upon its receipt of the advance written notice provided for in the preceding Paragraph may request, in writing, negotiations with respect to the following subjects and such negotiations shall be promptly held by the parties: rates of pay for any new job(s) which may be created; efforts to avoid displacement of bargaining unit employees whose job may be modified as a direct result of the Employer's institution of such operational change(s), new method(s), system(s) or equipment. The Employer agrees that it will retrain those employees displaced as a direct result of technological change of the nature contemplated herein. In the event that the parties do not reach agreement within the sixty (60) days days' period provided herein, all unresolved issues as set forth above shall be submitted to final and binding arbitration. It is not the intent of the parties that such negotiations or arbitration will in any way jeopardize the efficiencies and increased productivity to be gained by the installation of such operational change(s), new method(s), system(s) or equipment. The arbitrator shall be selected in accordance with the provisions of Article 12 of this Agreement. The parties further agree that the arbitrator's decision shall be final and binding, and that there will be no strikes, work stoppages, lockout, or economic action of any sort or form employed by either party in connection with or arising out of any dispute concerning or related in any way to the operation of this Article. It is agreed and expected that the parties will exert every effort to accomplish the foregoing within the sixty (60) day allotted time period, but failing to do so shall not prohibit or in any way impede the Employer from installing or effectuating any such operational change(s), new method(s), system(s) or equipment upon the expiration of such time period, unless such period is extended by mutual written agreement of the parties. The decision of the arbitrator or the parties shall be effective on or retroactive to the date such operational change(s), new method(s), system(s) or equipment is installed. The cost of the impartial arbitrator shall be borne equally by the parties. In the event of any conflict between any of the provisions of this Article and the provisions of Article 12 of this Agreement, the provision(s) of this Article shall be deemed to be controlling.

OPERATIONAL CHANGES. A. The parties recognize and agree that it is in the mutual best interests of the parties to this Agreement and the bargaining unit employees covered thereunder that the Employer be able to effectively compete in the highly competitive Southern California Area Marketplace in that both its continued successful operations and employment of bargaining unit employees is directly dependent upon its being able to do so. The parties also recognize the Employer's need to continually seek new or improved methods of operations, systems and equipment that will enable it to achieve the necessary efficiencies and increased productivity that will enable it to continue to effectively compete in the Marketplace and agree that nothing contained herein shall prohibit the Employer from instituting any such new methods, systems or equipment. The parties agree that in cases in which the Employer intends to institute any operational change, new method of operation, system or equipment that will have a material impact on the employment of its then employed bargaining unit employees covered by this Agreement, the Employer shall give the affected Union or Unions at least sixty (60) days days' advance written notice, by certified or registered mail, of its intention to implement the involved operational change, new method, system or equipment, whichever the case may be, with such notice to set forth the nature of the intended change(s) and/or new method(s) of operations. The Union upon its receipt of the advance written notice provided for in the preceding Paragraph may request, in writing, negotiations with respect to the following subjects and such negotiations shall be promptly held by the parties: rates of pay for any new job(s) which may be created; efforts to avoid displacement of bargaining unit employees whose job may be modified as a direct result of the Employer's institution of such operational change(s), new method(s), system(s) or equipment. The Employer agrees that it will retrain those employees displaced as a direct result of technological change of the nature contemplated herein. In the event that the parties do not reach agreement within the sixty (60) days period provided herein, all unresolved issues as set forth above shall be submitted to final and binding arbitration. It is not the intent of the parties that such negotiations or arbitration will in any way jeopardize the efficiencies and increased productivity to be gained by the installation of such operational change(s), new method(s), system(s) or equipment. The arbitrator shall be selected in accordance with the provisions of Article 12 of this Agreement. The parties further agree that the arbitrator's decision shall be final and binding, and that there will be no strikes, work stoppages, lockout, or economic action of any sort or form employed by either party in connection with or arising out of any dispute concerning or related in any way to the operation of this Article. It is agreed and expected that the parties will exert every effort to accomplish the foregoing within the sixty (60) day allotted time period, but failing to do so shall not prohibit or in any way impede the Employer from installing or effectuating any such operational change(s), new method(s), system(s) or equipment upon the expiration of such time period, unless such period is extended by mutual written agreement of the parties. The decision of the arbitrator or the parties shall be effective on or retroactive to the date such operational change(s), new method(s), system(s) or equipment is installed. The cost of the impartial arbitrator shall be borne equally by the parties. In the event of any conflict between any of the provisions of this Article and the provisions of Article 12 of this Agreement, the provision(s) of this Article shall be deemed to be controlling. B. The employers and unions agree to a Joint Committee on Workforce Development. The employers and unions will utilize the Joint Committee, as described below: 1. The Joint Committee will work towards the establishment of a training program to meet the needs of future staffing. 2. The Joint Committee will have an equal number of union and employer representatives. 3. The Joint Committee will meet quarterly. 4. The Joint Committee will seek funding streams. 5. All members of the Joint Committee will cooperate in order to meet requirements of grants, when reasonable and it makes business sense to do so. Nothing herein is intended to diminish work preservation rights the unions have under existing contractual provisions or law.

OPERATIONAL CHANGES. A. The parties recognize and agree that it is in the mutual best interests of the parties to this Agreement and the bargaining unit employees covered thereunder that the Employer be able to effectively compete in the highly competitive Southern California Area Marketplace in that both its continued successful operations and employment of bargaining unit employees is directly dependent upon its being able to do so. The parties also recognize the Employer's need to continually seek new or improved methods of operations, systems and equipment that will enable it to achieve the necessary efficiencies and increased productivity that will enable it to continue to effectively compete in the Marketplace and agree that nothing contained herein shall prohibit the Employer from instituting any such new methods, systems or equipment. The parties agree that in cases in which the Employer intends to institute any operational change, new method of operation, system or equipment that will have a material impact on the employment of its then employed bargaining unit employees covered by this Agreement, the Employer shall give the affected Union or Unions at least sixty (60) days days' advance written notice, by certified or registered mail, of its intention to implement the involved operational change, new method, system or equipment, whichever the case may be, with such notice to set forth the nature of the intended change(s) and/or new method(s) of operations. The Union upon its receipt of the advance written notice provided for in the preceding Paragraph may request, in writing, negotiations with respect to the following subjects and such negotiations shall be promptly held by the parties: rates of pay for any new job(s) which may be created; efforts to avoid displacement of bargaining unit employees whose job may be modified as a direct result of the Employer's institution of such operational change(s), new method(s), system(s) or equipment. The Employer agrees that it will retrain those employees displaced as a direct result of technological change of the nature contemplated herein. In the event that the parties do not reach agreement within the sixty (60) days period provided herein, all unresolved issues as set forth above shall be submitted to final and binding arbitration. It is not the intent of the parties that such negotiations or arbitration will in any way jeopardize the efficiencies and increased productivity to be gained by the installation of such operational change(s), new method(s), system(s) or equipment. The arbitrator shall be selected in accordance with the provisions of Article 12 of this Agreement. The parties further agree that the arbitrator's decision shall be final and binding, and that there will be no strikes, work stoppages, lockout, or economic action of any sort or form employed by either party in connection with or arising out of any dispute concerning or related in any way to the operation of this Article. It is agreed and expected that the parties will exert every effort to accomplish the foregoing within the sixty (60) day allotted time period, but failing to do so shall not prohibit or in any way impede the Employer from installing or effectuating any such operational change(s), new method(s), system(s) or equipment upon the expiration of such time period, unless such period is extended by mutual written agreement of the parties. The decision of the arbitrator or the parties shall be effective on or retroactive to the date such operational change(s), new method(s), system(s) or equipment is installed. The cost of the impartial arbitrator shall be borne equally by the parties. In the event of any conflict between any of the provisions of this Article and the provisions of Article 12 of this Agreement, the provision(s) of this Article shall be deemed to be controlling. B. The employers and unions agree to a Joint Committee on Workforce Development. The employers and unions will utilize the Joint Committee, as described below:

OPERATIONAL CHANGES. The parties recognize and agree that it is in the mutual best interests of the parties to this Agreement and the bargaining unit employees covered thereunder that the Employer be able to effectively compete in the highly competitive Southern California Area Marketplace in that both its continued successful operations and employment of bargaining unit employees is directly dependent upon its being able to do so. The parties also recognize the Employer's need to continually seek new or improved methods of operations, systems and equipment that will enable it to achieve the necessary efficiencies and increased productivity that will enable it to continue to effectively compete in the Marketplace and agree that nothing contained herein shall prohibit the Employer from instituting any such new methods, systems or equipment. The parties agree that in cases in which the Employer intends to institute any operational change, new method of operation, system or equipment that will have a material impact on the employment of its then employed bargaining unit employees covered by this Agreement, the Employer shall give the affected Union or Unions at least sixty (60) days days' advance written notice, by certified or registered mail, of its intention to implement the involved operational change, new method, system or equipment, whichever the case may be, with such notice to set forth the nature of the intended change(s) and/or new method(s) of operations. The Union upon its receipt of the advance written notice provided for in the preceding Paragraph may request, in writing, negotiations with respect to the following subjects and such negotiations shall be promptly held by the parties: rates of pay for any new job(s) which may be created; efforts to avoid displacement of bargaining unit employees whose job may be modified as a direct result of the Employer's institution of such operational change(s), new method(s), system(s) or equipment. The Employer agrees that it will retrain those employees displaced as a direct result of technological change of the nature contemplated herein. In the event that the parties do not reach agreement within the sixty (60) days period provided herein, all unresolved issues as set forth above shall be submitted to final and binding arbitration. It is not the intent of the parties that such negotiations or arbitration will in any way jeopardize the efficiencies and increased productivity to be gained by the installation of such operational change(s), new method(s), system(s) or equipment. The arbitrator shall be selected in accordance with the provisions of Article 12 of this Agreement. The parties further agree that the arbitrator's decision shall be final and binding, and that there will be no strikes, work stoppages, lockout, or economic action of any sort or form employed by either party in connection with or arising out of any dispute concerning or related in any way to the operation of this Article. It is agreed and expected that the parties will exert every effort to accomplish the foregoing within the sixty (60) day allotted time period, but failing to do so shall not prohibit or in any way impede the Employer from installing or effectuating any such operational change(s), new method(s), system(s) or equipment upon the expiration of such time period, unless such period is extended by mutual written agreement of the parties. The decision of the arbitrator or the parties shall be effective on or retroactive to the date such operational change(s), new method(s), system(s) or equipment is installed. The cost of the impartial arbitrator shall be borne equally by the parties. In the event of any conflict between any of the provisions of this Article and the provisions of Article 12 of this Agreement, the provision(s) of this Article shall be deemed to be controlling.

OPERATIONAL CHANGES. A. The parties recognize and agree that it is in the mutual best interests of the parties to this Agreement and the bargaining unit employees covered thereunder that the Employer be able to effectively compete in the highly competitive Southern California Area Marketplace in that both its continued successful operations and employment of bargaining unit employees is directly dependent upon its being able to do so. The parties also recognize the Employer's ’s need to continually seek new or improved methods of operations, systems and equipment that will enable it to achieve the necessary efficiencies and increased productivity that will enable it to continue to effectively compete in the Marketplace and agree that nothing contained herein shall prohibit the Employer from instituting any such new methods, systems or equipment. The parties agree that in cases in which the Employer intends to institute any operational change, new method of operation, system or equipment that will have a material impact on the employment of its then employed bargaining unit employees covered by this Agreement, the Employer shall give the affected Union or Unions at least sixty (60) days days’ advance written notice, by certified or registered mail, of its intention to implement the involved operational change, new method, system or equipment, whichever the case may be, with such notice to set forth the nature of the intended change(s) and/or new method(s) of operations. The Union upon its receipt of the advance written notice provided for in the preceding Paragraph may request, in writing, negotiations with respect to the following subjects and such negotiations shall be promptly held by the parties: rates of pay for any new job(s) which may be created; efforts to avoid displacement of bargaining unit employees whose job may be modified as a direct result of the Employer's ’s institution of such operational change(s), new method(s), system(s) or equipment. The Employer agrees that it will retrain those employees displaced as a direct result of technological change of the nature contemplated herein. In the event that the parties do not reach agreement within the sixty (60) days days’ period provided herein, all unresolved issues as set forth above shall be submitted to final and binding arbitration. It is not the intent of the parties that such negotiations or arbitration will in any way jeopardize the efficiencies and increased productivity to be gained by the installation of such operational change(s), new method(s), system(s) or equipment. The arbitrator shall be selected in accordance with the provisions of Article 12 of this Agreement. The parties further agree that the arbitrator's ’s decision shall be final and binding, and that there will be no strikes, work stoppages, lockout, or economic action of any sort or form employed by either party in connection with or arising out of any dispute concerning or related in any way to the operation of this Article. It is agreed and expected that the parties will exert every effort to accomplish the foregoing within the sixty (60) day allotted time period, but failing to do so shall not prohibit or in any way impede the Employer from installing or effectuating any such operational change(s), new method(s), system(s) or equipment upon the expiration of such time period, unless such period is extended by mutual written agreement of the parties. The decision of the arbitrator or the parties shall be effective on or retroactive to the date such operational change(s), new method(s), system(s) or equipment is installed. The cost of the impartial arbitrator shall be borne equally by the parties. In the event of any conflict between any of the provisions of this Article and the provisions of Article 12 of this Agreement, the provision(s) of this Article shall be deemed to be controlling. B. The employers and unions agree to a Joint Committee on Workforce Development. The employers and unions will utilize the Joint Committee, as described below: 1. The Joint Committee will work towards the establishment of a training program to meet the needs of future staffing. 2. The Joint Committee will have an equal number of union and employer representatives. 3. The Joint Committee will meet quarterly. 4. The Joint Committee will seek funding streams. 5. All members of the Joint Committee will cooperate in order to meet requirements of grants, when reasonable and it makes business sense to do so. Nothing herein in intended to diminish work preservation rights the unions have under existing contractual provisions or law.

OPERATIONAL CHANGES. The parties recognize and agree that it is in the mutual best interests of the parties to this Agreement and the bargaining unit employees covered thereunder that the Employer be able to effectively compete in the highly competitive Southern California Area Marketplace in that both its continued successful operations and employment of bargaining unit employees is directly dependent upon its being able to do so. The parties also recognize the Employer's need to continually seek new or improved methods of operations, systems and equipment that will enable it to achieve the necessary efficiencies and increased productivity that will enable it to continue to effectively compete in the Marketplace and agree that nothing contained herein shall prohibit the Employer from instituting any such new methods, systems or equipment. The parties agree that in cases in which the Employer intends to institute any operational change, new method of operation, system or equipment that will have a material impact on the employment of its then employed bargaining unit employees covered by this Agreement, the Employer shall give the affected Union or Unions at least sixty (60) days days' advance written notice, by certified or registered mail, of its intention to implement the involved operational change, new method, system or equipment, whichever the case may be, with such notice to set forth the nature of the intended change(s) and/or new method(s) of operations. The Union upon its receipt of the advance written notice provided for in the preceding Paragraph may request, in writing, negotiations with respect to the following subjects and such negotiations shall be promptly held by the parties: rates of pay for any new job(s) which may be created; efforts to avoid displacement of bargaining unit employees whose job may be modified remainder thereof, at the applicable rate provided herein. Temporary absence shall not include any vacation of any duration or disability leave of a known duration exceeding two (2) weeks. 3. Any portion of an hour that is worked in a higher category shall require payment for the full hour -- on the hour. (For example, a General Merchandise Clerk assigned to work as a direct result Food Clerk at 10:15 A.M. shall be paid the applicable food rate starting at 10:00 A.M.) 4. Food Clerks will not be intentionally or knowingly underscheduled to facilitate the use of the Employer's institution of such operational change(s)this Article. 5. This provision shall not be used in a store when Food Clerks are reduced in classification, new method(s), system(s) reduced from full-time status or equipment. The Employer agrees that it will retrain those employees displaced as a direct result of technological change of the nature contemplated herein. In the event that the parties do not reach agreement laid off within the sixty (60) days period provided herein, all unresolved issues said store except as set forth above shall be submitted to final and binding arbitration. It is not the intent of the parties that such negotiations or arbitration will in any way jeopardize the efficiencies and increased productivity to be gained by the installation of such operational change(s), new method(s), system(s) or equipment. The arbitrator shall be selected in accordance with the provisions of Article 12 of this Agreement. The parties further agree that the arbitrator's decision shall be final and binding, and that there will be no strikes, work stoppages, lockout, or economic action of any sort or form employed by either party in connection with or arising out of any dispute concerning or related in any way to the operation of this Article. It is agreed and expected that the parties will exert every effort to accomplish the foregoing within the sixty (60) day allotted time period, but failing to do so shall not prohibit or in any way impede the Employer from installing or effectuating any such operational change(s), new method(s), system(s) or equipment upon the expiration of such time period, unless such period is extended by mutual written agreement of the parties. The decision of the arbitrator or the parties shall be effective on or retroactive to the date such operational change(s), new method(s), system(s) or equipment is installed. The cost of the impartial arbitrator shall be borne equally by the parties. In the event of any conflict between any of the provisions of this Article and the provisions of Article 12 of this Agreement, the provision(s) of this Article shall be deemed to be controllingParagraph 2 above.