NEW YORK COAT & SUIT ASSOC INC

NEW YORK COAT & SUIT ASSOC INC THE PRIMARY PURPOSE AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE ASSOCIATION IS TO COLLECTIVELY BARGAIN ON BEHALF OF THE MEMBERS OF THE ASS- OCIATION WITH VARIOUS LOCALS OF UNITE HERE (N/K/A WORKERS UNITED)TO COMPLY WITH ALL SUCH AGREEMENTS ENTERED INTO WITH SAID UNION; ADJUSTMENT OF COMPLAINTS AND GRIEVANCES BETWEEN THE MEMBERS AND THE UNION; REPRESENTATION OF THE MEMBERS AND APPEARANCE AT ARBITRATION IN THE EVENT THAT COMPLAINTS AND GRIEVANCES CANNOT BE AMICABLY ADJUSTED; TO ENCOURAGE HARMONIOUS RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MANUFACTURERS, CONTRACTORS AND THE UNION; AND, TO PROMOTE THE INDUSTRY IN GENERAL BY ATTENDING AND PARTICI- PATING IN VARIOUS LABOR-MANAGEMENT MEETINGS SPONSORED BY THE ASSOCIATION, OTHER EMPLOYER ASSOCIATIONS, APPAREL INDUSTRY FUNDS, THE UNION, AND GOVERNMENTAL, QUASI-GOVERNMENTAL AND REGULATORY AGENCIES. IN ADDITION, THE ASSOCIATION PROVIDES INDIRECT DISABILITY BENEFITS TO EMPLOYEES OF CONTRACTORS WHO ARE IN CONTRACTUAL RELATION- SHIPS WITH ASSOCIATION MEMBERS.