2.01 - Union Members Employed
Only members in good standing of Local Union 300 shall be employed in all departments of the Company save those employees coming within the exceptions set forth in Article 1.01, hereof.

2.02 - Permit Card Holders
Should the Union at anytime be unable to furnish competent help when requested by the Company, the Company shall be permitted to hire other men temporarily on permit cards as long as such employment does not cause any layoff to the regular Union members.

Once a permit card is issued to an employee, such permit card shall remain valid unless the union provides (10) day's written notice of cancellation or the employee's employment is terminated by the company.

2.03 - Bargaining Unit Work
Supervisors and other persons outside the Bargaining Unit shall not perform work at the Company's Westbank production facility which is included in the Bargaining Unit, except for the purpose of instruction, product experimentation, quality control, or in emergency situations.

2.04 - Company Rules
Except insofar as there is any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the rules of the Company, the employees shall observe the said rules and comply with the lawful instructions and orders of those set in authority over them.

2.05 - Union Activity
No employee shall be discriminated against or discharged for his activity as a Union member, or for serving on a committee or doing any other work in the interest of the Union.

Employees required to leave their job assignment to attend to Union business shall be required to immediately inform their immediate supervisor of the approximate time that will be required away from the job assignment. Should the immediate supervisor not be available, then the employee will notify the next nearest supervisor. The Company will arrange a replacement worker when a Union representative is called from his job.

2.06 - Union Dues

a) The Company shall deduct from every pay of each employee, covered by this Agreement, a sum in the amount of the dues and duly authorized assessments of the Union.

The Company will indicate on the employee's annual T-4 slip the amount of Union dues paid during the year.

A written list of the employees' names and the relative amounts so deducted shall be submitted by the Company to the Union financial secretary not later than the 12th of the month following the month in which the dues and assessments were deducted.

The Union will notify the Company of the amount of the established dues to be deducted and will further notify the Company thirty (30) days in advance of any change with respect to the amount of dues or assessments to be deducted.

b) Notwithstanding 2,06 (a), there shall be no financial responsibility on the part of the Company for fees, dues or assessments of an employee unless there are sufficient unpaid wages of that employee in the Company's hands.

2.07 - Contracting Out
The employer shall not enter into any new contracting out arrangements for work which could normally be considered as coming within the bargaining unit while employees who have completed their probationary period are on temporary layoff and are able to perform the work in question. It is understood and agreed that work performed under contract or licence to the Westbank Facility or products of the Company produced or bottled at other plants is not within the jurisdiction of the Mission Hill production facility certification and will be subject to the Letter of Understanding, Shift Utilization and Offsite Bottling.

2.08
On the request of either party, the parties shall meet at least once every two (2) months until this Agreement is terminated, in accordance with Section 53 of the Labour Relations Code, for the purpose of discussing issues relating to the workplace that affect the parties or any employee bound by this Agreement. The purpose of this committee is to promote the cooperative resolution of workplace issues, to respond to and adapt to changes in the economy, to foster development of work-related skills, and to promote workplace productivity.

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