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

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8.2.1 If a dispute arising under this Article involves the Southwest Mountain States Regional Council of Carpenters or any of its subordinate bodies, an Arbitrator shall be chosen by the procedures specified in Article V, Section 5, of the Plan from a list composed of John Kagel, Robert Hirsch, and Thomas Pagan, and the Arbitrator's hearing on the dispute shall be held at the offices of the Trades Council within fourteen (14) days of the selection of the Arbitrator. All other procedures shall be as specified in the Plan. Section 8.3 No Work Disruption Over Jurisdiction All jurisdictional disputes shall be resolved without the occurrence of any strike, work stoppage, or slow -down of any nature, and the Employer's assignment shall be adhered to until the dispute is resolved. Individuals violating this section shall be subject to immediate discharge. Section 8.4 Pre -Job Conferences As provided in Article 16, each Contractor will conduct a pre job conference with the appropriate affected Union(s) prior to commencing work; provided however, at no time shall the City be responsible for additional costs related to, associated with, or resulting from Union(s) jurisdictional disputes. The Trades Council and the CWA Administrator shall be advised in advance of all such conferences and may participate if they wish. Section 8.5 Resolution of Jurisdictional Disputes If any actual or threatened strike, sympathy strike, work stoppage, slow down, picketing, hand -billing or otherwise advising the public that a labor dispute exists, or interference with the progress of Project Work by reason of a jurisdictional dispute or disputes occurs, the Parties shall exhaust the expedited procedures set forth in the Plan, if such procedures are in the plan then currently in effect, or otherwise as in Article 7 above. ARTICLE 9 MANAGEMENT RIGHTS Section 9.1 Contractor and City Rights The Contractors and the City have the sole and exclusive right and authority to oversee and manage construction operations on Project Work without any limitations unless expressly limited or required by a specific provision of this Agreement or an MLA. In addition to the following and other rights of the Contractors enumerated in this Agreement, the Contractors expressly reserve their management rights and all the rights conferred upon them by law. The Contractor's rights include, but are not limited to, the right to: (a) Plan, direct and control operations of all work; (b) Hire, promote, transfer and layoff their own employees, respectively, as deemed appropriate to satisfy work and/or skill requirements; (c) Promulgate and require all employees to observe reasonable job rules and security and safety regulations; (d) Discharge, suspend or discipline their own employees for just cause; (e) Utilize, in accordance with City approval, any work methods, procedures or techniques, and select, use and install any types or kinds of materials, apparatus or equipment, Community Workforce Agreement 21 City of Santa Ana