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The Council of Unions shall represent its member Unions and all employees within the scope of this Agreement in all matters relative to this Agreement.\n4.02 The Council of Unions hereby recognizes the Association as the sole and exclusive bargaining agent for all Contractors engaged in the construction of the Lower \u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587 Project at the Site. All Contractors engaged in construction of the Lower \u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587 Project at the Site and having employees working within the scope of this Agreement shall be required, as a condition of contract award, to become members of the Association and to observe the terms and conditions of this Agreement.\n4.03 This Agreement is limited to the Site, designated offsite quarries and transport of these aggregate and till materials between designated quarries and the Site. Commitments under this Agreement do not in any way create bargaining rights or obligations for Contractor employees not on the Site, nor shall such commitments be the basis of support for creation of rights or obligations off the Site.\n4.04 This Agreement does not apply to:\na) Construction Trades Supervisors above the rank of General Foreperson, those employees excluded under the Labour Relations Act of Newfoundland and Labrador, office staff employed in a confidential capacity relating to labour relations, engineering, technical and drafting personnel, lab technicians, and quality control and visual inspectors excepting those normally employed by the Quality Control Council of Canada as is set out in the appendices attached hereto of the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers, and Helpers and Local Union 203 and the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry of the U.S. and Canada Local Union 740.\nb) This Agreement does not apply to any scope of work which falls under a different special project order issued pursuant to Section 70 of the Labour Relations Act as referenced in Schedule \u201cA.2\u201d.\n4.05 It is understood and agreed by the Parties hereto that no bargaining relationship is created or will be created at any time during the term of this Agreement or any extension of the term of this Agreement between the Owner. or the Owner's Engineering Procurement Construction Management (\"EPCM\"), or their subsidiaries and affiliates and their successors (unless such subsidiaries, affiliates or successors of the EPCM directly hire members of the Council of Unions to work on the Site in which case this Agreement shall apply) and a local union, the Council of Unions, or any affiliate of the Council of Unions, by voluntary recognition or by action of law pursuant to the Labour Relations Act of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador or by any other means. Accordingly this Agreement does not apply to the Owner or EPCM, their subsidiaries, affiliates and their successors or to the employees of any of the aforementioned. .Accordingly, an arbitrator shall have no authority or jurisdiction to make any order or award any remedy against the Owner or the EPCM, their successors, affiliate and their successors or to any employees of the aforementioned, save and except where those employees have been hired directly by the EPCM as is provided for above.\n4.06 The Association shall designate, in writing, one or more Site representatives with full authority to administer the terms of this Agreement. The Council of Unions agrees to recognize said representatives and their authority to carry out those duties. There shall be at least one Association Site Representative as an ex-officio member of all joint committees. Should the Association change any of its designated Site representatives, it shall inform the Council of Unions of such change in writing.\n4.07 The Council of Unions shall designate one or more Site representatives, in writing, with full authority to administer the terms of this Agreement. The Association agrees to recognize said representatives and their authority to carry out their duties. There shall be at least one Council of Unions Site Representative as an ex officio member of all joint committees. Should the Council of Unions change any of its designated Site representatives, it shall inform the Association of such change in writing. 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