Organizational Efforts

There shall be a joint committee made up of two employers and two representatives of the union to monitor organizational efforts in respect of the non-union employers in the commercial and industrial sector of the construction industry. The members of the Committee will meet regularly to exchange information and to assess the impact and success of organizational efforts. The union will make all reasonable efforts to prevent its CY J CLRA and Heat and Frost Insulators Local 137 Collective Agreement 2022-2027 Page 17 we ?* = we members from working with any employer not signatory to this agreement provided that reasonable consideration will be given to the necessity of placing employees for organizational purposes and situations where no unionized work is available. The joint committee shall, upon a quarterly basis, assess the progress of organizing and determine the appropriate adjustment of wages in the light commercial sector to reflect increased organization. In the event that the joint committee is unable to agree upon an adjustment to the light commercial rate to reflect success in organization, then either party may submit the matter to binding arbitration in the same manner provided for the final resolution of a grievance under this Agreement. The Job Targeting Policy shall supercede the aforementioned adjustment of rates.