| 1.1. | This agreement is applicable to all employees in the bargaining unit as defined in the existing company recognition agreements. The extension of the scope is a company/plant-level issue. |
| 1.2. | The manufacture, melting, decoration, distribution. conversion, and storage processes of glass products in the following markets: |
| (a) | Packaging and container ware. |
| (b) | Blown glass, whether this is performed mechanically or manually, including glass bending. |
| (c) | Building glass for building, architectural, toughening, and silvering use, including application. |
| (d) | Automotive glass for original equipment and replacement, including application. |
| (e) | Fibreglass, mineral wools, slagwool and rockwool. |
| (f) | Insulator glass and fibreglass and continuous filament products. |
| (h) | Glass for pharmaceutical purposes. |
| (i) | Cutting and colouring activities. |
| (j) | Covering, including any articles consisting wholly or mainly of glass. |
| (k) | Safety glass and laminated glass. |
| (l) | Talc, kaolin, bentonite, and limestone, |
And includes all operations incidental to those activities, but excludes the activities of the 'glazing', 'shop, office, and bank fitting' and 'painting' trades of the building industry.
| 1.3. | The extraction, processing and distribution of industrial minerals and other non-metallic mineral products that are specifically employed in the manufacture of glass and/or glass products, or are by-products of the extraction and processing of silicate, glass sand or any other non-metallic mineral product primarily for use in the manufacture of glass, and all operations incidental to these activities. |
