Common use of Association Recognition and Security Clause in Contracts

Association Recognition and Security. Section 1. The Union recognizes the Association as the exclusive bargaining representative of all designating members of the Association. The Association will provide the Union with a listing of those members that will be bound by this Agreement, prior to the commencement of negotiations. The Union will provide the Association with a list of signatory Employers upon request. A copy of each signatory Employer’s endorsement page will be forwarded to the Association at the time of signing. The Union will notify the Association upon receipt of any correspondence from an Employer stating that it no longer wishes to be signatory to this Agreement. Section 2. The Association represents that it is duly authorized by its designating members hiring Employees to enter into this collective bargaining Agreement, that in so doing it is authorized to bind such designating members to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and represents further that it will request, as a condition of membership in said Association, that such designating members shall continue to be bound by such terms or, shall upon admission to the said Association, after the date of execution of this Agreement, agree to be bound from that date forward by all the terms and conditions of the Agreement. Section 3. The Association shall be one bargaining unit for all Employers bound by this Agreement. Section 4. No modification, variation, or waiver of any terms or provision herein shall be valid unless agreed upon in writing by both the Association and the Union.