ARTICLE No. 1 - PURPOSE 1.01 The purpose of this Agreement is: - To promote and maintain harmonious relations between the Company and its employees, - To promote and improve the economic conditions for the Company, - To secure prompt and fair disposition of grievances and secure operations free from interference or interruption of work, - To provide a framework for wages and conditions of employment which shall prevail between the Company and its employees. It is recognized by this Agreement to be the duty of the Management, on behalf of the Company, and the Union Officers and employees, on behalf of the Union, to co-operate both collectively and individually, for the promotion of the aforesaid conditions and enforcement of all terms of this Collective Agreement. ARTICLE No. 2 - DEFINITION 2.01 The word "employees" in this Agreement means all eligible employees of Sobeys West Inc - Retail Support Centre - Rocky View, located at 260199 High Plains Blvd, Rocky View County, in the Province of Alberta, save and except for building maintenance (including refrigeration), equipment maintenance personnel (for material handling equipment, truck and trailer repair), salespersons, supervisors, administrative and office staff (including all clerical functions such as shipping clerks, receiving clerks, office clerks, order desk clerks, etc.), quality and inventory control personnel (including cycle counting and order auditing), dispatchers, cafeteria employees, Retail Specialists handling store shelving, security personnel, managers and those above the rank of managers and those excluded by the Labour Relations Code. 2.02 The Company will have the right to use excluded casual labour from time to time for unexpected, non-routine projects or tasks. No bargaining unit employee shall have their hours of work reduced as a result of the use of such casual labour. 2.03 In this Agreement, unless otherwise indicated by the context, the plural shall include the singular and the masculine the feminine and vice versa. ARTICLE No. 3 - RECOGNITION 3.01 The Company recognises the Union as the sole Collective Bargaining Agent for the employees, as described in Article 2 above. 2 ARTICLE No. 4 - MANAGEMENT RIGHTS 4.01 The Union acknowledges it is the sole exclusive right of the Company to; a) plan, direct and control Retail Support Centre operations b) maintain order and discipline employees; including promote, demote, suspend, layoff, transfer, discipline or discharge employees for proper cause, c) determine the competency of employees, d) study or introduce new or improved production methods, facilities or production standards. 4.02 The parties agree that the foregoing enumeration of management's rights shall not be deemed to exclude any other functions of management, which shall not be limited except as specifically provided by the terms of this Agreement. 4.03 The Company retains the sole right to select and assign at its discretion Warehouse Personnel to be trainers from time to time. 4.04 The parties to this agreement shall act reasonably, fairly, in good faith and in a manner consistent with the Agreement as a whole. ARTICLE No. 5 - BARGAINING UNIT WORK 5.01 Individuals not in the bargaining unit will not normally perform bargaining unit work in a routine or continuous manner to the extent that it impacts on the full-time status of an existing full-time employee. Ensuring customer service standards are achieved during periods of excessive absenteeism or unforecasted volume spikes, or coaching, training, instructing and assisting employees is exempt. 5.02 Teamwork is a critical aspect of the Retail Support Centre - Rocky View. Accordingly, individuals not in the bargaining unit may perform work also performed by employees, and employees may perform work performed by individuals not in the bargaining unit consistent with the Company's high standards of customer service without any violation of this Agreement. Q1 - How many articles in this agreement