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ARTICLE 1 PREAMBLE/PURPOSE 1.01. Parties. This Agreement is made between the City of North Olmsted, hereinafter referred to as the "Employer", and Ohio Council 8 and Local No. 2681 of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, hereinafter referred to as the "Union'. 1.02. Purpose. The purpose of this Agreement is to provide a fair and reasonable method of enabling employees covered by this Agreement to participate through Union representation in the establishment of terms and conditions and of their employment, including rates of pay, wages, hours and working conditions, and to establish a peaceful procedure for the resolution of all differences between the parties. ARTICLE 2 RECOGNITION 2.01. Included. The Union is recognized as the sole and exclusive representative for a bargaining unit of all clerical and technical employees of the City of North Olmsted in the classifications contained in Article 28, with respect to wages, hours and other terms and conditions of employment. 2.02 Excluded g eiieleAll confidential, management and supervisory employees as defined in O.R.C. 4117, and all other employees of the Employer, are excluded ARTICLE 3 NON DISCRIMINATION 3.01 Both the Employer and the Union recognize their respective responsibilities under the federal and state civil rights law, fair employment practice acts and other similar constitutional and statutory requirements. Therefore, both, the Employer and the Union hereby reaffirm their commitments, legal and moral, not to discriminate in any manner relating to employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, or disability. 3.02 Union Affiliation. The Employer recognizes the right of all employees and all applicants for employment to be free to join the Union and participate in lawful, concerted union activities. Therefore, the Employer agrees that there shall be no discrimination, interference, restraint, coercion, or reprisal by the Employer against any employee because of union membership or because of any lawful activity in an official capacity on behalf of the Union. The Union recognizes the right of all employees and all applicants for employment to be free to join or not to join the Union. 3.03 Administration ofAereement All of the employees of the Employer within the bargaining unit shall receive equitable treatment and share in any all benefits provided herein. 3.04 Gender Neutral Whenever the context so requires, the use of words herein, in the singular, shall be construed to include the plural, and words in the plural, the singular, and words whether in the masculine, feminine or neuter gender shall be construed to include all of said genders. By the use of either the masculine or feminine genders it is understood that said use is for convenience purposes only and is not to be interpreted to be discriminatory by reason of sex. 1 486&1214-9430, v.2