Article 2: Recognition

The Company recognizes the Union as the exclusive representative for the purpose of collective bargaining in respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of work, and other conditions of employment for all employees as defined herein. The term "employee'' as used in this Agreement shall include all regular hourly rated production (including the work awarded to the Union in the arbitration award of July 12, 1985, Case No. 84K/21654) and maintenance workers in the Company's plant at McMinnville, Oregon; excluding quality assurance employees, inspectors, salaried employees, watchmen, guards, foremen, rollers, melters, weighmasters, front office janitorial employees, truck drivers and all other salaried, supervisory employees.

In addition to its McMinnville, Oregon operations, this Agreement shall also fully cover all "employees,'' as defined above, to the extent that seniority for all purposes shall be fully portable, in any new melt shop built to supplement or replace existing facilities and located within either Oregon or Washington.