A G R E
E M E N T
PREAMBLE
This Agreement is entered into by and between
the City of Chicago, an Illinois Municipal Corporation, herein referred to as
the "Employer" or "The City", and the following local
Unions, Cement Workers Local 76, County, Municipal Employees, Supervisor's
and Foremen's Local 1001, and Water Pipe Extension, Bureau of Engineering
Laborers Local 1092, herein
referred to as the "Unions" or the "Locals".
It is the purpose of this
Agreement to achieve and maintain harmonious relations between the Employer and
the Unions, establish equitable and peaceful procedures for the resolution of
differences and establish wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of
employment. If there is any
difference between the terms of the local Agreement and the Master Agreement
between the Employer and the Coalition dated May 18, 1988, (hereinafter
referred to as the "Master Agreement"), then the terms of this
Agreement shall take precedence over any terms in the coalition agreement.
The Employer and the Unions encourage the highest possible degree of practical, friendly, cooperative relations between their respective representatives at all levels. The officials of the Employer and the Unions realize that this goal depends primarily on cooperative attitudes between people in their respective organizations and at all levels of responsibility, and that proper attitudes must be based on full understanding of and regard for respective rights and responsibilities of both the Employer and the Unions.