MM/DD/YY, 3 years, The Company recognizes the Union as the exclusive representative of all full-time and regular part-time direct care providers, non-supervisory licensed vocational nurses, transportation employees, environmental services employees, maintenance employees, dietary employees, and housekeeping employees employed at the Company’s 24 hour residential services homes and related facilities for ID/DD residents currently operated out of the core offices in Azusa, Glendale, LaVerne and Woodland, California., The Company has the exclusive right and discretion in selection and direction of the work force, including the right to manage and direct employees, and to determine the size, composition and qualifications of the work force., All Employees in bargaining unit positions will be required to join the Union as a condition of employment., The Union may designate in writing Bargaining Unit Employees to serve as Shop Stewards., All newly hired Employees shall be considered probationary Employees for a period of one-hundred and twenty (120) calendar days from their date of hire., Each dispute that arises shall be presented to the Employee’s Direct Supervisor within ten (10) calendar days of the knowledge of the event causing the dispute., If the dispute is not resolved at Step 1, then within ten (10) calendar days after the meeting with the Direct Supervisor, the Union shall reduce the dispute to a written grievance and present it to the Executive Director., In the case of a failure of the parties to reach a resolution at Step 2 of review, the Union may file for a final review before the Executive Director and the Regional Human Resources Manager., Disciplinary action shall not be imposed upon an employee except for just cause and shall be commensurate with the offense consistent with the Company’s progressive discipline policy., There shall be two kinds of seniority: Departmental seniority and Company seniority., In the event of a need for a reduction in force, the Employer will meet with the Union as far in advance as possible to identify the reasons requiring the reduction and the number of employees affected.