Common use of Union Meeting Clause in Contracts

Union Meeting. 14.1 Any conference or dealings with the Company are to be conducted by a Union committee to consist of not more than four (4) employees of the Company, one of whom will act as Chairman, together with a duly accredited Representative of the United Food and Commercial Workers Canada Union, Local No. 401, who shall be a fully paid employee of the Union. An authorized Representative or Executive Officer of the Union shall be permitted, after notifying the Manager, to talk with an employee regarding Union matters during regular working hours. The interview shall be carried on in a place provided for and designated by the Company and shall normally take place on the employee's coffee or lunch break. Time taken for such an interview in excess of five (5) minutes shall not be on Company time. Upon any question being submitted to the Company by the Union Committee regarding the interpretation of the terms of this Agreement, any interpretation agreed upon shall be signed jointly by a person duly authorized by the Company and the President or paid Official of the Union. The committee of the Union shall at all times present the Company's side of all questions to its members as well as its own, and the Union further agrees that discussion amongst the employees of the Union matters will not be undertaken during the Company's working hours.