RECOGNITION AND CRAFT JURISDICTION

The employer recognizes the Union as the sole collective bargaining agency for hourly rated employees employed on field construction, rigging, fabrication and maintenance performed by the employer within the jurisdiction of the Union.

The employer recognizes the Union as having full and exclusive labour jurisdiction over the plumbing and pipefitting industry, fabrication, installation and maintenance of the plumbing and pipefitting installations of every description and character shall be composed of Journeypersons and apprentices or any type of worker employed on any kind of work allied to or connected in any manner with the plumbing and pipefitting industry.

For the purpose of this Agreement, an Industrial Project shall mean manufacturing production and processing plants, mining including offshore drilling, platform and rigs, and transmission facilities, which include meter stations, pumping stations, compressor stations, tank farms, dams and hydro-electric projects. No rig welder (owner operator) shall work on an Industrial Project. (Prior to work commencing on Offshore Drilling Platforms and Rigs, pertaining of U.A. jurisdiction, wages and conditions for divers (Scuba and Deep Sea) will be negotiated by the Parties for the terms of this Agreement.)

Employees as used herein means “employees” of the employer engaged in such work in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador.