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Alex Santana—Shop Chairman • Mike Haineault—1st Shift Zone • Jeff Hall—2nd & 3rd Shift Zone
Volume III, No. 11 • March 27th, 2008 |
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Educate Yourself National Agreement APPENDIX K The Corporation and the Union are committed to enhancing the job security of General Motors employees. The Parties also recognize that such job security can only be realized within a work environment which promotes operational effectiveness, continuous improvement and competitiveness. Accordingly, the parties have agreed to this JOBS Program and have pledged to work together, consistent with this Program and other provisions of the National Agreement to enhance the Corporation's competitive position. The cornerstone of the JOBS Program is a to provide protection against indefinite layoff for eligible employees as expressly provided herein. I) SCOPE OF THE PROGRAM - The Corporation and the Union agree that: A) Employees may be laid off for any of the following reasons: (1) Volume related declines attributable to market related conditions as described in Document No. 10, JOBS Program - Volume Related Layoffs - SEL,
not to exceed 48 weeks (inclusive of vacation shutdown weeks) over the life of the Agreement; B) An employee impacted by any of the above reasons is, if otherwise eligible, covered by the appropriate Supplemental Agreements which are attached to the National Agreement as Exhibits. II) JOB SECURITY ELIGIBILITY (A) All seniority employees on roll as of the effective date of the 2007 GM-UAW National Agreement are covered by this Memorandum. A plant by plant listing of the number of employees covered by this Memorandum will be provided to the National and local JOBS Committees. This report will be updated quarterly. (B) Discharged employees who are Job Security eligible will maintain their eligibility upon reinstatement. (C) When a Traditional employee quits, retires, dies or is placed on Salary, the Traditional employee will be replaced as soon as possible, but in no event no longer than 30 days, as follows: Production An Entry Level seniority employee who becomes a Traditional employee will be covered by this Memorandum. Skilled Trades Issues arising from implementation of this Section II (C) will be referred to the National Parties for resolution. (D) The numbers of jobs outsourced minus the number of jobs insourced (as defined in Appendix L) will be treated as attrition applied on a unit basis. (E) Attrition replacement will be delayed during a market driven related layoff. (F) Attrition replacement when a plant has employees on Protected Status will be handled in accordance with Document 118 of the National Agreement. |
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Shop Talk The battle still continues...
Downtime: No downtime scheduled as of March 26, 2008. American Axle: Raises for Dauch and three other top officers may add to tensions stemming from the UAW walkout. American Axle has said it needs to reduce wages and benefit costs by more than half to compete against rivals with lower costs. Factory employees say cuts shouldn't be that severe when the supplier is profitable. "How can you expect us to keep giving when they just keep getting more?" said Harry Jemkort, 42, who works at an American Axle forge plant in Detroit. "It's just throwing another log on the fire for us to say we'll stay out here, we're going to fight." The UAW strike against American Axle continues to benefit from support of other union members. On Monday, laid-off members of UAW Local 412, which represents salaried union members at Chrysler LLC, came to Detroit to join the picket line. (freep.com 3-25-08) Here in Shreveport we have felt the effects of the strike. Not running full production, building more Colorado/Canyon’s and almost no H3’s. The production of axles that we install on the Colorado/Canyon trucks has been coming from Mexico since December 2, 2007. The H3 axles are produced in the United States. Here locally we received information that management from American Axle decided they would build our H3T axles for our pilots. In support of our Union Brothers and Sisters currently on strike we need not to accept these axles. It is our hope that local management would support American Axle Workers and refuse to accept these axles onto the property. Negotiations: Both union and management have mutually agreed to suspend contract discussions in our formal sub-committees until further notice. 2008 Family Scholarship: The Walter & May Reuther UAW Family Education Center known to most of us as “Black Lake” is located in Onaway, Michigan. This summer, introduce your family to a once-in-a-lifetime experience! For more than thirty (30) years, Black Lake has been a place where UAW members and their families come together for an experience that combines education with relaxation. It’s a place to learn about your union, unlock ideas and build new friendships with other working families throughout the United States. It’s a summer experience that will leave you filled with a spirit guaranteed to strengthen your understanding and appreciation for today’s labor unions. Limited scholarships are available. You have to be a UAW member in good standing for one (1) year and have never attended the scholarship program. For more information stop by the union hall and see the Financial Secretary, Glenn Geiman. Transfers: Fairfax, KS has a requisition in and Lake Orion, MI also has a requisition in. As of March 17, 2008 there has been seventy (70) people accept transfers to Fairfax, KS. Lake Orion, MI is currently filling their openings with “Area Hire” applicants. As a result of the SAP, we do not know how many available openings, if any, will occur in other facilities but if there is one you may want to transfer to, submit your transfer application. Replacements due to the SAP will be back filled by Appendix “A” first then followed by Appendix “K”. Due to our current layoff status anybody may apply to transfer including those of you that recently transferred here. If the corporation owes you any monies and you leave prior to your anniversary date you will forfeit what is owed to you. New Attendance Procedure: Hopefully everybody understands the new attendance procedure. The only way to protect you is to come to work every day. Schedule your time off in advance. Use your vacation restricted (VR) wisely. Please take notice before it is too late. Holiday Pay: Use of VR hours will not be permitted, unless excused in advance for Thursday, March 20th or Tuesday, March 25th prior to and following the Easter holidays. If not excused, this would disqualify you to receive Holiday Pay and also fall under the guidelines of Document 8 of the National Agreement to be disciplined for attendance. Layoff: As of Wednesday, March 19, 2008 approximately one hundred seven (107) people are still on indefinite layoff in production, Division I. Currently in the skilled trades, Division II there is approximately forty-three (43) skilled trades’ people indefinitely laid off. Retirement Training: The Pre-Post Retirement classes will begin April 7, 2008. The classes are approximately 2.5 hours long and there is no cost to you. Any questions call Paul @ 683-9469, Dusty @ 683-9368, Marilyn @ 683-9051 or Doug @ 683-9385. Red Shirt Day: Wear a red shirt on Friday to support our troops!!! “The essence of trade unionism is social uplift. The labor movement has been the haven for the dispossessed, the despised, the neglected, the downtrodden, the poor.” (quote from A. Phillip Randolph) |
