The sub., 1943-11-11
Agreement

classification, wages, hours or oth- CT conditions of employment by any individual employee or group of employees in any one Depart ment;
 The word "lay-off' means the cessation of employment on ac- count of lack of work estimated 1 by the Employer to be temporary and of an estimated duration not exceeding ten Q0) weeks;
 The term employment termina- ton" means involuntary separa- tion from employment, other than discharge for cause, of unknown and indefinite duration;
 The term President" means the President of the Electric Boat Company;
 The term helper means semi-skilled worker who assists an artisan but does not possess the skill to handle tools without the supervision of an artisan;
 The term '1aborer" means
 
 The term learner" means any employee working in any classifi- cation below a third-clasS artisan, other than that of an apprentice, who shows that he has the qualities for advancement;
 The term specialist or premium man" means any employee who, on account of his unusual ability, is qualified for the position of leading man. or who demonstrates technical skill and ability of substantially higher lever than that required for a firSt-class rat ing; it being understood and agreed, however, that in order to justify this rating, need for the special service must exist as well as the qualifications;
 The term "patternmakers" means to the exclusion of all others only those patternmakers who are em- ployed in the Pattern Shop. Article III - Recognition
 Section 1. The Employer recog- nizes the Union as the sole collec- tive bargaining agency in respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, or other conditions of employment for all employee" as defined in Article I, who are now or who may be hereafter en- p1oyed in the Employers Plant at Groton, Connecticut.
 Section 2. A duly designated and accredited representative of the Union who is not on the com pany payroll, shall be accorded ad- mittance to the Plant, subject to compliance with the usual require ments for admission, for the sole purpose of taking up grievances, disputes and controversies with the Management in the Plant The said representative of the Union shall not interfere with the work of employees during working hours.
 Section 3. The Employer agrees to grant leave of absence for a period of not more than the dura- tion of this Agreement to any one employee selected by the Union in order that said employee may take a full-time position with the Union, and such leave of absence shall have no effect upon the Se- niority status of the employee.
 Section 4. The Union shall have the right to have one repre- sentative in every Department on each shift in each zone.
 Section 5. The Employer agrees that no representative, officer or or official of the Union will be permanently or indefinitely trans ferred from any shift or zone with out prior notice to the Union. The Employer does further agree that no officer or member of the Ex- ecutive Committee will be per- manently or indefinitely trans ferred from any shift or zone where the Employer can reason ably avoid doing so.
 Article HI - Union Security
 Section l. Effective upon the signing of this Agreement it shall be condition of employment of all employees covered hereby that &No @1 Ev~rx