Common use of TERRITORY - UNION RECOGNITION Clause in Contracts

TERRITORY - UNION RECOGNITION. (a) This Agreement is to govern all work covered herein done by Utility in the following Service Areas: Hillsboro Service Area, Granite City Service Area, Belleville Service Area, Mt. Xxxxxx Service Area and Sparta Service Area. (b) For seniority purposes only the term "Service Area" shall be defined as the geographical area currently covered by the headquarters as listed below: Belleville Service Area - Belleville, Columbia, Trenton Granite City Service Area - Collinsville, Edwardsville, Granite City, Maryville, Wood River Hillsboro Service Area - Hillsboro, Gillespie, Litchfield Mt. Xxxxxx Service Area - Centralia, Eldorado, Mt. Vernon, Nashville, Salem Sparta Service Area - Sparta, DuQuoin, Xxxxxxx Service Area includes Area Headquarters, District Headquarters and outlying LHO towns. (Refer to the Jurisdictional Document dated November 14, 2007 and amended on 8-22-12 for exceptions to this section). Section 1.02 This Agreement shall not apply to supervisory, sales, clerical and office employees. Section 1.03 This Agreement will not prevent Utility from employing specialists from manufacturing concerns to do work of special nature on apparatus. Section 1.04 All employees covered by the terms of this Agreement shall be required to become and remain members of the Union as a condition of employment from and after the thirty-first day following the date of their employment, or the effective date of this Agreement, whichever is later. Section 1.05 Utility further agrees that when additional employees are required it will notify the Brotherhood so that it shall have an opportunity to supply candidates for such employment. Utility may employ any person qualified in its judgment whether a candidate furnished by the Brotherhood or any other person of its own selection. Section 1.06 The Utility and the Brotherhood will continue to support their policies prohibiting discrimination or harassment against any employee in terms, tenure or conditions of employment or union membership because of race, color, sex, religion, creed, national origin, marital status, type of military discharge, physical or mental handicap, or age. Wherever in the agreement the term "his" appears in reference to an employee or the use of the word "man" in any title such as Lineman, it shall be deemed to include both male and female. Section 1.07 It is the intent of the parties hereto that an entity which becomes a legal successor to the Company shall have the duty to bargain with the IBEW locals representing the Company's employees in the units covered herein to the extent consistent with requirements of the National Labor Relations Act. The Company will use best efforts to cause any entity that succeeds by sale, purchase, merger or any other such transaction to any area, divisions or business unit of the Company to agree to assume the Company's obligations under this Agreement.

TERRITORY - UNION RECOGNITION. (a) This Agreement is to govern all work covered herein done by Utility in the following Service Areas: Hillsboro Service Area, Granite City Service Area, Belleville Service Area, Mt. Xxxxxx Service Area and Sparta Service Area. (b) For seniority purposes only the term "Service Area" shall be defined as the geographical area currently covered by the headquarters as listed below: Belleville Service Area - Belleville, Columbia, Trenton Granite City Service Area - Collinsville, Edwardsville, Granite City, Maryville, Wood River Hillsboro Service Area - Hillsboro, GillespieXxxxxxxxx, Litchfield Xxxxxxxxxx Mt. Xxxxxx Service Area - Centralia, Eldorado, Mt. VernonXxxxxx, Nashville, Salem Sparta Service Area - Sparta, DuQuoin, Xxxxxxx Service Area includes Area Headquarters, District Headquarters and outlying LHO towns. (Refer to the Jurisdictional Document dated November 14, 2007 and amended on 8-22-12 for exceptions to this section). Section 1.02 This Agreement shall not apply to supervisory, sales, clerical and office employees. Section 1.03 This Agreement will not prevent Utility from employing specialists from manufacturing concerns to do work of special nature on apparatus. Section 1.04 All employees covered by the terms of this Agreement shall be required to become and remain members of the Union as a condition of employment from and after the thirty-first day following the date of their employment, or the effective date of this Agreement, whichever is later. Section 1.05 Utility further agrees that when additional employees are required it will notify the Brotherhood so that it shall have an opportunity to supply candidates for such employment. Utility may employ any person qualified in its judgment whether a candidate furnished by the Brotherhood or any other person of its own selection. Section 1.06 The Utility and the Brotherhood will continue to support their policies prohibiting discrimination or harassment against any employee in terms, tenure or conditions of employment or union membership because of race, color, sex, religion, creed, national origin, marital status, type of military discharge, physical or mental handicap, or age. Wherever in the agreement the term "his" appears in reference to an employee or the use of the word "man" in any title such as Lineman, it shall be deemed to include both male and female. Section 1.07 It is the intent of the parties hereto that an entity which becomes a legal successor to the Company shall have the duty to bargain with the IBEW locals representing the Company's employees in the units covered herein to the extent consistent with requirements of the National Labor Relations Act. The Company will use best efforts to cause any entity that succeeds by sale, purchase, merger or any other such transaction to any area, divisions or business unit of the Company to agree to assume the Company's obligations under this Agreement.