LOS ANGELES/ORANGE COUNTIES BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL AND THE SIGNATORY CRAFT COUNCIL

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Contractors shall make and transmit all deductions for union dues, fees, and assessments that have been authorized by employees in writing in accordance with the applicable Master Labor Agreement. Nothing in this Section 3.11 is intended to supersede independent requirements of applicable Master Labor Agreements as to those Contractors otherwise signatory to such Master Labor Agreements and as to the employees of those Contractors who are performing Project Work Section 3.12 Individual Seniority Except as provided in Section 4.3, individual seniority shall not be recognized or applied to employees working on Project Work; provided, however, that group and/or classification seniority in a Union's Master Labor Agreement as of the Effective Date of this Agreement shall be recognized for purposes of layoffs. Section 3.13 Foremen The selection and number of craft foreman and/or general foreman shall be the responsibility of the Contractor. All foremen shall take orders exclusively from the designated Contractor representatives. Craft foreman shall be designated as working foreman at the request of the Contractors. Section 3.14 Out of State Workers In determining compliance with the targeted hiring goals of Section 3.5 above, hours of Project Work performed by residents of states other than California will be excluded from the calculation. ARTICLE 4 UNION ACCESS AND STEWARDS Section 4.1 Access to Project Sites Authorized representatives of the Union shall have access to Project Work, provided that they do not interfere with the work of employees and further provided that such representatives shall notify the person charged with on -site project supervision and fully comply with posted visitor, security and safety rules. Section 4.2 Stewards 4.2.1 Each signatory Union shall have the right to dispatch a working journeyperson as a steward for each shift, and shall notify the Contractor in writing of the identity of the designated steward or stewards prior to the assumption of such person's duties as steward. Such designated steward or stewards shall not exercise any supervisory functions. There will be no non -working stewards. Stewards will receive the regular rate of pay for their respective crafts. 4.2.2 In addition to his/her work as an employee, the steward should have the right to receive, but not to solicit, complaints or grievances and to discuss and assist in the adjustment of the same with the employee's appropriate supervisor. Each steward should be concerned only with the employees of the steward's Contractor and, if applicable, subcontractor(s), and not with the employees of any other Contractor. A Contractor will not discriminate against the steward in the proper performance of his/her Union duties. 4.2.3 When a Contractor has multiple, non-contiguous work locations at one site, the Contractor may request and the Union shall appoint such additional working stewards as the Community Workforce Agreement 13 City of Santa Ana