Exhibit 10.6
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
GLAZIERS ARCHITECTURAL METAL
&
GLASS WORKERS LOCAL 1621
AND
INTERNATIONAL WINDOW
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
Effective
March 1, 2005 – February 28,
2008
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ADDITIONAL SHIFTS
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ARTICLE 11
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DISCIPLINE AND DISCHARGE
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ARTICLE 20
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EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SAVINGS PROGRAM
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ARTICLE 27
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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
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ARTICLE 4
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GENERAL PROVISIONS
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ARTICLE 31
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HEALTH, DENTAL, LIFE AND VISION
INSURANCE
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ARTICLE 26
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HOLIDAY PAY
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ARTICLE 24
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INDUSTRIAL INJURIES
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ARTICLE 21
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JOB BIDDING PROCEDURE
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ARTICLE 16
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JOB CLASSIFICATIONS
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ARTICLE 29
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JOINT COMMITTEE ON INDUSTRIAL
RELATIONS
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ARTICLE 30
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LEAVES OF ABSENCE
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ARTICLE 28
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MANAGEMENT RIGHTS
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ARTICLE 2
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NO STRIKE NO LOCKOUT
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ARTICLE 3
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OVERTIME
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ARTICLE 13
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PAID VACATIONS
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ARTICLE 23
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PAY CONDITIONS
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ARTICLE 9
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PAYROLL CHECK-OFF OF UNION DUES
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ARTICLE 6
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PROBATIONARY PERIOD
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ARTICLE 7
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RECOGNITION
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ARTICLE 1
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REGULAR WORK TIME
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ARTICLE 8
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REPRESENTATION
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ARTICLE 17
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SENIORITY AND CONTINUOUS SERVICE
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ARTICLE 15
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SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTE/GRIEVANCE
PROCEDURE
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ARTICLE 19
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SHOP STEWARDS
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ARTICLE 18
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SHOW UP TIME
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ARTICLE 12
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SICK PAY
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ARTICLE 25
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SOLE AND ENTIRE AGREEMENT
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ARTICLE 32
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TERM OF AGREEMENT
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ARTICLE 33
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TOOLS
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ARTICLE 22
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TRUCK BREAKDOWNS OR IMPASSABLE
HIGHWAYS
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ARTICLE 14
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UNION SECURITY
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ARTICLE 5
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WAGES
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ARTICLE 10
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WAGES SHEDULE
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EXHIBIT A
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This Agreement is made and entered
into this 1st day of March 2005 by and between International Window
- Northern California (hereinafter referred to as the
“Company”) and Glaziers Architectural Metal And Glass
Workers Union, Local 1621 (hereinafter referred to as the
“Union”).
Whereas, the Company’s
obligation to operate its business profitably and to fulfill its
obligation to its employees to pay a fair day’s pay for a
fair day’s work should not be obstructed by disputes between
it and its employees; and
Whereas, it is the intent of the
parties to set forth herein their agreement with respect to rates
of pay, hours of work, and conditions of employment to be observed
by the Company, the Union, and employees covered by this Agreement;
to promote harmonious relations between the Company, its employees,
and the Union; and
Whereas, it is the desire of all
parties hereto to further all of the aforementioned ends in
entering into this Agreement:
Now, therefore, it is mutually
understood and agreed by and between the parties hereto as
follows:
ARTICLE 1
RECOGNITION
The Company recognizes the right of
employees covered by this Agreement to self-organization and to
bargain collectively with representatives of their own choosing
and, accordingly, hereby recognize the Union as the exclusive
representative for the purposes of collective bargaining with
respect to rates of pay, hours of employment and other terms and
conditions of employment for its unit employees in a unit
consisting of all production and maintenance employees employed by
the Company at its Hayward, California facility, including
warehousemen, truck drivers, insulated workers, window makers, door
and window assemblers and maintenance workers, excluding all other
employees, material counter employees, office clerical employees,
guards and supervisors as defined in the National Labor Relations
Act.
ARTICLE 2
MANAGEMENT RIGHTS
Section 1 .
The Company expressly retains the
complete and exclusive rights, powers and authority to manage its
operation and direct its employees except as the terms of this
Agreement expressly and/or specifically limit said rights, powers
and authority. These retained rights, powers and authority
include, but are not limited to, the right to determine the methods
of producing, selling, marketing, financing and advertising
products and services; to determine the prices of products and
services; to determine methods, processes, standards, means,
schedules and volume of production, manufacture, re-manufacture,
operation, fabrication, repair, distribution, licensing,
administration and sales; to determine product lines and types of
service; to establish, revise or continue policies, practices or
procedures for the conduct of the business; to determine or
redetermine the number, location, relocation and types of its
operations, tile types and distributions of work within the
locations, and the methods, processes, services, equipment and
materials to be utilized; to establish, continue or discontinue
processes, functions, operations and services and/or their
performance by employees of the Company; to determine
employees’ starting and quitting times and the number of
hours per day and per week operations shall be carried on and any
employee shall work; to select, assign and reassign work to
employees or others in accordance with requirements determined by
management; to determine the existence, amount or lack of work; to
make and enforce reasonable rules for the maintenance of
discipline, efficiency, security or safety; to hire, promote,
demote, transfer, layoff, recall and terminate employees; to assign
and reassign employees to duties, shifts and hours of work; to
maintain order, efficiency and security in its operation; to
discharge, suspend or otherwise discipline employees; to determine
the size, composition and distribution of the
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working force; to supervise and
direct employees in the performance of their duties; to set,
enforce and change production standards to ensure quality control
and the proper and efficient use of the working force and
equipment.
Section 2.
It is specifically understood that
the enumeration of certain management prerogatives listed above
shall not be deemed to exclude other management prerogatives not
specifically enumerated above. It is further specifically
agreed that all the rights, powers or authority vested in the
Employer, except those specifically abridged, delegated, deleted
and/or modified by the express terms of this Agreement, are
retained by the Employer.
Section 3 .
The above statement of management
rights are subject to the provisions of this Agreement and any
complaint or dispute concerning exercise of any such management
prerogative shall constitute a grievance within the meaning of this
Agreement.
ARTICLE 3
NO STRIKE NO LOCKOUT
Section 1.
The Union and the company have
provided in this Agreement an orderly and rational way of resolving
disputes covering the terms of this Contract and involving
employees in this bargaining unit. Both the Company and the
Union pledge to utilize the grievance procedure wherever applicable
and declare their opposition to lockouts and strikes in attempting
to resolve such disputes.
Section 2. No
Lockout
The Company agrees that during the
term of this Agreement, it will not engage in any lockout of its
employees covered by this Agreement.
Section 3. No
Strike
During the term of this Agreement
there shall be no strike (sympathy or otherwise), slowdown,
sick-in, work stoppages, picketing, hand-billing, boycotting, or
other restriction of or interference with the operations of the
Company or directed against the Company at its Hayward location or
at any location or work site. Any employee covered by this
Agreement engaging in any such activity will neither earn, accrue,
nor receive any benefits that may otherwise have occurred or
accrued during the time the employee is engaged in any such
activity. The Company may also discharge or otherwise
discipline any such employee and said discharge or other discipline
will not be subject to the grievance provisions of this
Agreement. The only matter under this Section (No Strike No
Lockout) which may be subject to arbitration is whether or not the
conduct which is alleged to have occurred, did in fact
occur.
Section 4.
The Union and the Company agree that
neither it nor its officers or agents will engage in, cause,
encourage, permit, condone or sanction any conduct specifically
precluded by this Article and will make every reasonable effort to
discourage and terminate such activity.
Section 5.
No employee shall be required to
cross a lawful, primary picket line sanctioned by Glaziers,
Architectural Metal and Glass Workers, Local No. 1621 established
at locations other than the Company plant (as defined in this
Agreement).
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ARTICLE 4
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
Neither the Company nor the Union
shall discriminate against any employee or job applicant because of
such person’s race, color, creed, sex, national origin, age
(in conformity with the Age Discrimination in Employment Act) or
physical handicap (to the extent they are able to perform the
essential functions of their job). Whenever the masculine
pronoun is used in the Agreement it shall refer to both
genders. The masculine, feminine and neuter genders shall be
deemed to include the others, unless a different meaning is plainly
required by the contract.
ARTICLE 5
UNION SECURITY
Section 1.
Each employee whose employment
commenced before July 13, 1987, shall waive the right to join or
refuse to join the Union at any time. Such employees who join
the Union shall maintain their membership in good standing, and as
a condition of continued employment with the Company, remain a
member in good standing of the Union.
Each employee who commences his/her
employment after July 13, 1987, shall on the thirty-first (31st)
day following the beginning of his/her employment become and
thereafter remain a Union member in good standing as a condition of
continued employment.
Section 2 .
The Union agrees that neither it nor
any of its officers or members will coerce employees into
membership or dues or other Union activity during working time
unless specifically authorized by the Company in
writing.
The Company agrees that it will not
interfere with, restrain, or coerce employees because of membership
or any lawful activity in the Union.
Section 3.
A member in good standing is defined
to mean: An employee who tenders directly to the Union or
authorizes payroll check-off to the Union of the Union’s
uniform initiation fees and the current month’s regular Union
dues. Any employee failing to maintain “good
standing” shall, upon written notice from the Union to the
Company, be removed from work within five (5) days.
Section 4.
The Union hereby indemnifies the
Company and promises to save harmless from any and all claims which
may be made against it by any employee who is discharged pursuant
to this Article.
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ARTICLE 6
PAYROLL CHECK-OFF OF UNION DUES
The Company and the Union agree to a
voluntary payroll check-off system for employees who elect to
authorize the Company to deduct from their pay the monthly Union
dues and initiation fees required as a condition of employment for
those employees as per Article 5, with the following
stipulations:
Section 1 .
The Company will notify the Union of
all new hires. The Union agrees to furnish the Company with
signed voluntary authorization cards. The Union also agrees
to furnish the Company monthly with a duplicate list of all
employees who have signed said authorization cards.
Section 2.
During the term of this agreement
and during any extension thereof, as provided in this agreement,
the Company shall deduct on the second pay period of the month the
Union dues and initiation fees as designated on the voluntary
authorization cards signed by the individual employees. The
Company shall remit such deductions together with a duplicate copy
of the check-off list to the Union.
Section 3 .
Upon notification from the Union
that any employee is in arrears in Union dues or initiation fees or
any part thereof, the Company will deduct the amount of arrearage
or unpaid initiation fee at the same time that deductions are made
for Union dues to the extent that such deduction is authorized by
said voluntary authorization card.
Section 4.
The Union hereby indemnifies the
Company and promises to save it harmless from any and all claims
which may be made against it by an employee for amounts deducted
from wages as herein provided.
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ARTICLE 7
PROBATIONARY PERIOD
Section 1 .
All new employees hired on or after
the signing of this Agreement, shall be on probation for the first
ninety (90) calendar days of employment. During the
probationary period, the Company shall have the absolute right, in
its sole discretion, to discharge or lay off any probationary
employee for any reason. Such probationary employees shall
have no recourse to the grievance procedure in this Agreement in
connection with such Company actions.
Section 2.
Upon completion of the probationary
period, seniority will be computed from the employee’s
original date of hire. During this period of time new
employees may not be entitled to any of the benefits specified for
non-probationary employees.
Section 3.
Prior to the completion of the first
ninety (90) calendar days, the employee shall have no seniority
rights.
ARTICLE 8
REGULAR WORK TIME
Section 1.
This Article is intended to provide
a definition of regular hours or days of work and shall not be
construed as a guarantee of hours of work per day or per week, or
days of work per week.
Section 2.
Eight (8) hours shall constitute a
regular work day. Five (5) days shall constitute a regular
work week, from Monday through Friday, inclusive. The regular
day shift may start at any time between six (6:00) a.m. and eight
(8:00) a.m. The regular swing shift may start at any time
between two-thirty (2:30) p.m. and four-thirty (4:30) p.m. The
Company shall notify the Union, in writing, of the time elected as
the normal shift starting time.
Section 3.
In unusual or emergency
circumstances the Company reserves the right to select individuals
or department shifts to start at times other than the usual
starting time. Employees with different starting times will
be personally notified as such.
Section 4.
The regular work day shall continue
uninterrupted for eight (8) hours, except for a meal period of at
least one-half (1/2) hour, at approximately mid-shift. Also,
a ten (10) minute rest period, to be provided midway in the
morning, and ten (10) minutes midway in the afternoon. This
shall be applicable to all Shifts.
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ARTICLE 9
PAY CONDITIONS
Section 1.
All employees shall be employed and
paid on an hourly basis. They shall be paid at least once a
week in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
Section 2.
No more than one (1) week’s
pay will be held back from an employee.
Section 3.
An employee, when discharged, shall
at the time be paid in full for his services. In case of
failure to comply with this Section, the employee shall be paid for
normal additional working hours while waiting, until he is paid in
full. Employees working the second and third shifts shall be
paid in full by 10:00 a.m. the following work day.
Section 4.
No piece work, unless agreed upon
between the parties, shall be permitted on any type of work covered
by this Agreement, however, this shall not in any way restrict the
Company’s right to set production standards as they relate to
the performance of work. Neither the Company, nor the agent
of the Union, or an employee covered by this Agreement, shall give
or accept, directly o