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ARTICLE 1 - MANAGEMENT RIGHTS 1.01 The Union recognizes the Corporation as a non-profit Corporation which is supporled by monies raised through taxes. 1.02 The Union acknowledges that it is the fight of the Corporation to hire, promote, demote, transfer, suspend, or otherwise discipline and discharge an employee for proper cause, provided that procedures contrary to this Agreement are not used and it is the fight of the Union and/or employee to lodge a grievance in the manner and extent herein provided and to have it dealt with in accordance with the grievance procedure hereinafter detailed. The Union recognizes the fight of the Corporation to operate and manage the said Senior Citizens' Home and Community Support Home in accordance with its obligations and in the interest of the residents thereof, and to the community at large and to make and alter from time to time rules and regulations to be obeyed by the employee, which rules and regulations shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement. Such rules and regulations and any changes therein from time to time shall not be enforced by the Corporation until they have been discussed with the Union and the reason for the change is explained. The change will be posted on the bulletin board normally used for this purpose for a period of at least one (1) week. The Corporation shall send to the Union copies of all rules, regulations and policies in force at Sun Parlor Home and, from time to time as they occur, any changes or amendments thereto. ARTICLE 2 - RECOGNITION AND NEGOTIATIONS 2.01 The Corporation, or anyone authorized to act on its behalf, approves and recognizes the Canadian Union of Public Employees and its Local 860 as the exclusive bargaining agent for all its employees save and except Department Heads, Executive Secretary, Office Manager, persons above the rank of Office Manager, Community Support Home Supervisor, Manager of Staff Development, Registered Nurses and employees in Bargaining Units for which any trade Union held bargaining fights as of July 1'~, 1990, and hereby consents and agrees to negotiate with the Union, looking towards a peaceful and amicable settlement of any difference that may arise between them. 2.02 The parties to this Agreement agree that the Community Support Home is an entity which is geographically separate from the Sun Parlor Home - Leamington and that by virtue of the difference in its purpose, nature, operations and funding source, may require procedures, rules, regulations and scheduling which are different from those in the Sun Parlor Home - Leamington. The parties further agree that as a result of this distinct operation they will cooperate to ensure that these distinct requirements are accommodated so that the Community Support Home can, at all times, be operated in such a manner as to ensure the highest quality of care for the residents For this reason, the Corporation and the Union have agreed to Schedule "C" of the Collective Agreement between the Corporation and the Union Local 860. The parties agree that at all times when interpreting an Article of the Agreement, for which there is a provision in the Addendum, all subsections of that Article will be interpreted exclusively according to the procedures and practices in existence at the Community Support Home.