The parties agree that providing part-time employees the opportunity to become full-time employees is a priority of this Agreement. Ac-cordingly, the Employer commits that during the life of this Agree-ment, it will offer part-time employees the opportunity to fill at least twenty-two thousand five hundred (22,500) permanent full-time job openings throughout its operations covered by this Agreement.
This commitment shall include the obligation to create at least sev-enty-five hundred (7500) new full-time jobs from existing part-time jobs during the last three years of this Agreement throughout its operations covered by this Agreement; one thousand (1000) in the third year of the contract; three thousand (3000) in the fourth year; and thirty-five hundred (3500) in the fifth year of this Agree-ment. In creating these jobs, the Company shall be allowed up to one and one half (1.5) hour gap between jobs in a workday notwithstanding any provision in any Supplement, Rider or Addendum that is more limiting. Any disagreements will be referred to the Chairs of the National Negotiating Committee for resolution.
The number of full-time jobs created under Article 22, Section 3 of the 1997-2002, the 2002-2008, the 2013-2018 and the 2018-2023 Agreements shall not be reduced. Within sixty (60) days of the ratification of this Agreement the Employer shall provide the International Teamsters Union a report detailing and identifying the full-time jobs which will need to be maintained pursuant to this paragraph.
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