Common use of PREAMBLE & RECOGNITION Clause in Contracts

PREAMBLE & RECOGNITION. Section 1.1 The Employer does hereby recognize the Canada Council of Teamsters as the sole and exclusive bargaining agent for all employees covered by Canada Labour Relations Board Certificate Number 555-3275 issued the 5th day of June, 1991. Section 1.2 Employees covered by this Agreement shall be “all employees of United Parcel Service Canada Ltd. employed as feeder drivers, package drivers, mechanics, service workers, preloaders, sorters, package handlers, part-time drivers, part-time walkers, clearance centre employees who load, unload or sort packages who do not process documentation, revenue auditors, and customer counter clerks, excluding supervisors, persons above the rank of supervi- sor, office, clerical, technical and sales personnel and those employees covered by Board Certification Order dated August 21, 1990, issued to the Association of Employees of United Parcel Service (Board File 555-3053).” The Employer agrees that the function of supervisors is the supervision of employees. The work of supervisors will not include assignments to work normally performed by employees in the bargaining unit except for the purpose of training and demonstration or to prevent service failures. Supervisors will not perform bargaining unit work until after all reasonable efforts have been made to have the work covered by qualified bargaining unit employees in that classification. If there is a settled grievance for an aggrieved employee with regards to a supervisor performing bargaining unit work that the aggrieved employee could have performed, in violation of the supervisor’s working provision in this Article, the aggrieved employee will be paid for the hours worked by the supervisor at time and one-half. The names of newly promoted supervisors or managers of that centre will be posted on the bulletin board. Section 1.3 The effective date of the Collective Agreement shall be from August 1st, 2020 to July 31st, 2025. Section 1.4 The intent and purpose of this Agreement shall be to promote and improve industrial and economic relations in the Industry to establish and maintain a high degree of discipline and effi- ciency and to set forth herein the basic agreement covering rates of pay, hours of work and conditions of employment which will render justice to all. The parties hereto desire to co-operate in establishing and maintaining proper and suit- able conditions in the industry, to provide methods of fair and peaceful adjustments of all disputes which may arise between them and to ▇▇▇▇▇▇ goodwill and friendly relations and better understanding between the parties. Section 1.5 For the purposes of interpretation in the Province of Quebec should there be a difference between the French text and the English version of this Labour Agreement, the French text should prevail. Section 1.6 Wherever in the reading of this Agreement the masculine gen- der or the singular case is used, it shall be understood to include the feminine gender and the plural case. Section 1.7 Except as may be otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Employer agrees not to enter into, or attempt to enter into, any agreement or contract with its employees that conflicts with the provisions of this agreement. Section 2.1