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PURPOSE
WHEREAS
, the general purpose of this Agreement is to establish
mutually satisfactory arrangements between the Employers and
their Employees and to provide a mechanism for the prompt and
equitable disposition of grievances, and to establish and main-
tain satisfactory working conditions, hours of work, wages and
fringe benefits for all the Employees who are subject to the pro-
visions of this Agreement.
THEREFORE
, it is expressly agreed and declared by and between
the parties, both individually and collectively as follows:
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ARTICLE 1
RECOGNITION, CONTRACTING AND
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
(a) The Employer recognizes the Union as the exclusive bar-
gaining agent for Bricklayers, Stonemasons and Plasterers,
their respective Apprentices, Improvers and Working
forepersons in its employ in those Board Areas in the
Province of Ontario in which the Union holds ICI bargaining
rights.
(b) The Union recognizes the Employer as the exclusive bar-
gaining agent for all employers listed on Appendix A in
those Board Areas in the Province of Ontario in which the
Union holds ICI bargaining rights for its employees;
(c) For the purpose of clarity in 1(a) and 1(b), the Employer does
not include any contractor in any individual Board Area(s) in
which the BACU holds the ICI bargaining rights for such
con-tractor.
(d) An Employer desirous of contracting or sub-contracting any
work encompassing the skills of members of the Union shall
only contract or sub-contract same to a contractor or sub-
contractor who is bound to an ICI collective agreement with
the BACU or the OPC/MIECO ICI collective agreement and
who makes Industry and Training Fund contributions to both
MIECO and OBBC, as applicable, for all hours earned by
OPC Brick Province Collective Agreement
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