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Non-Professional Services Agreement between August 8, 2024 City of San Leandro and Garland/DBS Inc.—Exhibit F Page 7 of 22 arbitrator, and be heard and decided within three (3) calendar days. Should the arbitrator hold that Article 11 applies, the parties may, by mutual agreement, submit the issue to the same arbitrator pursuant to the provisions of Article 11, or, absent mutual agreement, commence processing the dispute at Step 1 of that Article. 3.6 Subcontractors: At the time that any Contractor enters into a subcontract with any subcontractor of any tier for the performance of construction or construction trucking work within the scope of this Agreement, the Contractor shall provide a copy of this Agreement, as it may from time to time be modified by the negotiating parties, to said subcontractor and shall require the subcontractor, as a part of accepting an award of a construction subcontract, to agree to be bound by each and every provision of the Agreement prior to the commencement of work. 3.6.1 Each Contractor and Subcontractor shall evidence their agreement to be bound to this Agreement by executing the Agreement To Be Bound form attached hereto as Exhibit A. A copy of the Agreement To Be Bound executed by the Contractors and Subcontractors shall be submitted to the Council and the Union(s) prior to both the commencement of work and the Pre-Job Conference and will be a required submittal within the City's bid packages. If the Contractor or Subcontractor refuses to execute the Agreement To Be Bound, then such Contractor or Subcontractor shall not be awarded a Construction Contract to perform work on the Projects. A Contractor or Subcontractor who executes the Agreement to Be Bound shall be considered a signatory party to this Agreement. 3.6.2 It is understood that the liability of each Contractor and Subcontractor and the liability of each Union under this Agreement shall be several and not joint. Any dispute between the Union(s) and the Contractor/Employer respecting compliance with the terms of the Agreement shall not affect the rights, liabilities, obligations and duties between the signatory Union(s) and other Contractor(s)/Employer(s) party to this Agreement. Any alleged breach of this Agreement by a signatory Union shall not affect the rights, liabilities, obligations and duties between the signatory Contractor(s)/Employer(s) and the other Union(s) party to this Agreement. The Unions agree that this Agreement does not have the effect of creating any joint employment status between or among the City and/or any Contractor or Subcontractor. 3.6.3 With regard to any Contractor or subcontractor that is independently signed to any Schedule A Agreement, this Agreement shall in no way supersede or prevent the enforcement of any subcontracting clause contained in such Schedule A Agreement. Any such subcontracting clause in a Schedule A Agreement shall remain and be fully enforceable between each craft union and its signatory employers and no provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted and/or applied in any manner that would give this Agreement precedence over subcontracting obligations and restrictions that exist between craft Unions and their respective signatory employers under a Schedule A Agreement. To the extent that the provisions of this Agreement are inconsistent with any other provisions contained in a Schedule A Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall prevail. ARTICLE 4 WORK STOPPAGES. STRIKES, SYMPATHY STRIKES AND LOCKOUTS 4.1 The Unions, City and Contractor agree that for the duration of the Projects: 4.1.1 There shall be no strikes, sympathy strikes, work stoppages, picketing, hand billing or otherwise Docusign Envelope ID: 23D71AEE-659C-4B6B-8D08-6EB3E43824A2