Contents | |
Article | Page |
PREAMBLE | 1 |
ARTICLE I – PURPOSE AND INTENT | 1 |
ARTICLE II – RECOGNITION AND DUES | 1 |
Section 1 – Bargaining Unit | 1 |
Section 2 – Union Membership | 1 |
Section 3 – Check Off | 2 |
ARTICLE III – MANAGEMENT RIGHTS | 2 |
ARTICLE IV – RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES | 2 |
ARTICLE IVa – UNION RESPONSIBILITIES | 3 |
ARTICLE V – WAGES | 4 |
Section 1 – Wage Rates | 4 |
Section 2 – Wage Payment | 4 |
Section 3 – Inter-Departmental Transfers | 4 |
Section 4 – Pay on Day of Injury | 4 |
Section 5 – Jury Duty | 5 |
Section 6 – Funeral Leave | 5 |
Section 7 – Plant Shutdown/Severance Pay | 5 |
ARTICLE VI – HOURS OF WORK | 7 |
Section 1 – Workweek/Workday | 7 |
Section 2 – Work Stations | 7 |
Section 3 – Continuous Process | 7 |
Section 4 – Overtime Payment | 7 |
Section 5 – Overtime Work | 8 |
Section 6 – Overtime Performance | 8 |
Section 7 – Non Availability of Work | 8 |
Section 8 – Reporting to Work | 8 |
Section 9 – Work Hours | 9 |
ARTICLE VII – Holidays | 9 |
Section 1 – Holiday Schedule | 9 |
Section 2 – Holiday Pay | 10 |
Section 3 – Holiday Pay on Regular Scheduled Workday | 10 |
Section 4 – Pay Requirements | 10 |
Section 5 – Holiday Pay for Partial Work Day | 10 |
ARTICLE VIII – Vacations | 10 |
Section 1 – Vacation Eligibility | 10 |
Section 2 – Length of Vacation, Calculation of Payment | 11 |
Section 3 – Vacation Scheduling | 11 |
Section 4 – Plant Shutdown | 12 |
Section 5 – Terminations | 12 |
ARTICLE IX – SENIORITY | 12 |
Section 1 – General | 12 |
Section 2 – Bids Between Departments | 12 |
Section 3 – Special Skill Classification Bids | 13 |
Section 4 – Job Probationary Period | 14 |
Section 5 – Voluntary Lay Off | 14 |
Section 6 – Reduction in Force | 14 |
Section 7 – Probationary Employee | 14 |
Section 8 – Notice of Layoff/Recall | 15 |
Section 9 – Promotion to Excluded Position | 15 |
Section 10 – Termination of Seniority | 15 |
ARTICLE X – ADJUSTMENT OF GRIEVANCES | 16 |
Section 1 – Grievance Procedure | 16 |
Section 2 – Arbitration | 17 |
Section 3 – General Provisions Applicable to Complaints and Grievances | 17 |
ARTICLE XI – DISCHARGE | 18 |
ARTICLE XII – INSURANCE | 19 |
Section 1 – Medical Program | 19 |
Section 2 – Medical Program – Retired Employees | 20 |
Section 3 – Dental Program | 21 |
Section 4 – Vision Program | 21 |
Section 5 – Life Insurance | 21 |
ARTICLE XIII – SAFETY AND HEALTH | 22 |
Section 1 – Safety Program | 22 |
Section 2 – Safety Committee | 22 |
Section 3 – Safety Conditions | 22 |
Section 4 – Physician Examination | 23 |
Section 5 – Safety Instructions | 24 |
Section 6 – Accident Investigations | 24 |
Section 7 – Pay on Day of On the Job Injury | 24 |
Section 8 – Medical Surveillance | 24 |
ARTICLE XIV – RETIREMENT PLAN | 24 |
ARTICLE XV – 401(k) BENEFITS | 24 |
ARTICLE XVI – MILITARY | 25 |
Section 1 – Rights and Privileges | 25 |
Section 2 – Military Reserves | 25 |
ARTICLE XVII – TERMINATION | 25 |
ARTICLE XVIII –SUCCESSOR, TRANSFEREE AND ASSIGNEE | 25 |
SIGNATURES | 26 |
APPENDIX A CLASSIFICATION AND PROGRESSIVE RATE CHART | 27 |
APPENDIX B ATTENDANCE POLICY | 29 |
APPENDIX C WORK RULES | 31 |
APPENDIX D CREW LEADERS | 34 |
APPENDIX E EMPLOYEE RATES AND EVALUATION PROCESS | 35 |
APPENDIX F SAFETY RULES POLICY | 36 |
APPENDIX G LETTER AGREEMENTS | 37 |
APPENDIX H PROFIT SHARING PLAN | 38 |
A. | Following the Effective Date of this Agreement, each employee who is a member of the Union in good standing and each employee who becomes a member after that date shall, as a condition of employment, maintain membership in the Union. |
B. | Each employee hired after the Effective Date of this Agreement shall, as a condition of employment, on the 31st day following the beginning of such employment, acquire and maintain membership in the Union. |
C. | On or before the last day of each month, the Union shall submit to the Company a list showing the name and check or badge number of each employee who shall have become a member of the Union in good standing since the last previous list of such members was furnished to the Company. The Company shall continue to rely upon the membership list that has been submitted to it by the Union subject to revision by the addition of new members and deletion of the names of employees who have withdrawn from membership during such period. |
D. | For purpose of this Agreement, “Membership” shall be, at a minimum, “Core Membership” in the Union. The foregoing provisions shall be effective in accordance and consistent with applicable provisions of federal and state law. |
A. | The Company will check off monthly dues, assessments and/or fees as designated by the International Treasurer of the Union as membership dues in the Union or fees on the basis of individually signed check off authorization cards in a form agreed to by the Company and the Union. |
B. | Deductions shall commence with respect to dues/fees for the month in which the Company receives such authorization card or in which such card becomes effective, whichever is later. Dues/fees for a given month shall be deducted from the first pay processed in the succeeding month. |
C. | In cases of earnings insufficient to cover deduction of dues/fees, the dues/fees shall be deducted from the next pay in which there are sufficient earnings, or a double deduction may be made from the first pay of the following month, provided, however, that the accumulation of dues shall be limited to two (2) months. |
A. | There shall be no strikes, work stoppages or interruptions of or impeding of work. There shall be no concerted refusals by groups of employees to work overtime. No officer or representative of the Union shall authorize, instigate, or condone such activities and no employee shall participate in such activities. It is agreed that if the offending party or individual persists in violations, or if there is a significant violation, he/she may be suspended or discharged. |
B. | The applicable procedures setting out the resolution of grievances, in Article X - Adjustment of Grievances - shall be the means to settle all complaints and grievances. |
C. | There shall be no lockouts. |
D. | The Company shall address minor and major disciplinary infractions through the publication of a comprehensive “Company Rules and Regulations Policy and Procedure” as well as “Attendance Policy”. If the Company intends to change Policies, the Union shall be notified of the intended changes and provided an opportunity to comment and offer suggestions. The final decision as to any changes shall be by mutual agreement of the parties. |
E. | Parties recognize that a management employee may need to assist a bargaining unit employee from time to time to start-up, trouble shoot, keep operations going and otherwise assist where the normal operator or bargaining unit person is working during this time and has not been replaced by the management employee. Management employees may also perform work that is customarily performed by production or maintenance employees for the purpose of instruction, experimental work and in case of emergencies. If a supervisor performs work in violation of this paragraph and the employee who otherwise would have performed this work can reasonably be identified, the employee may seek redress through the grievance procedure. |
A. | The Union will furnish the Company, in writing, the names of employees who will act as Union representatives, Grievance Persons and alternatives on each shift. |
B. | Whenever possible Union business shall be conducted on the employee’s time. However, if it is necessary for officers or committee persons to conduct union business during their working hours, they shall be permitted a reasonable time to do so at a time prescribed by the Foreman involved. The Unit President, District Representative or the International Safety Representative will be permitted access to the plant at reasonable times when necessary to transact legitimate Union business pertaining to the administration of the Agreement after notifying the Human Resources Manager or his representatives as to the reason, time and location. |
C. | The Company agrees to grant time off without pay to Union officers and Grievance Persons to attend meetings when attendance of such officers and Grievance Persons is required for Union business. Notice of request is required three (3) days in advance. |
D. | The Local Unit President, for the purpose of layoff only, shall head the plant seniority list during his/her term of office and upon completion of the term of office, the employee will return to his/her proper position on the seniority list. |
A. | The jobs outlined in Appendix “A” CLASSIFICATION AND PROGRESSIVE RATE CHART are those in effect. The Company has the sole discretion to move any employee up or down along categories A, B and C within any job classification based upon his/her performance. Note that there should be no pay differential between weld mills. |
B. | The standard Company pay period will be established at the discretion of the Company. Employee payroll corrections will be paid on the next weekly paycheck. |
C. | Payment of wages will be made by direct deposit transaction into the employee’s account at his/her designated financial institution. |
A. | If an employee is transferred to a higher job class, he/she shall be paid the starting rate of his/her new job. |
B. | An employee may be transferred on a temporary basis to another job in another department for up to sixty (60) consecutive work days at the discretion of the Company. Pay will be at the higher rate of his/her previous or transferred job. After sixty (60) working days, the Company will move the employee back to his/her previous job, or to another job in his/her home department, and keep him/her there for sixty (60) working days before transferring him/her to another department again. |
A. | Conditions of Allowances |
B. | Eligibility |
C. | Scale of Allowance |
Amount of Continuous Service | Weeks of Severance |
3 years but less than 5 years | 1 |
5 years but less than 7 years | 3 |
7 years but less than 10 years | 4 |
10 years or more | 5 |
D. | Calculation of Allowance |
E. | Non-Duplication of Allowance |
F. | Payment of Allowance |
A. | Overtime pay at the rate of one and one-half (1 ½) times the normal hourly rate shall be paid for all hours worked in excess of forty (40) in any workweek. |
B. | Scheduled absences, which include authorized vacation, jury duty leave, and funeral leave, will count toward the forty (40) hours in any one workweek. |
C. | Employees who are scheduled to work or who are notified to report and do report, and less than four (4) hours of work is available, shall be given four (4) hours work in scheduled classification or, in the event that no work whatsoever is available, shall be paid a minimum of four (4) hours at that rate. Payment of overtime premium shall be made only for the hours actually worked. |
A. | When an employee fails to report to work as scheduled, the Company may hold over qualified employee(s) from the shift that is ending, such employee(s) will be asked to stay over into the next shift by order of seniority. If there are no volunteers from the prior shift, the junior qualified employee(s) on the shift will be required to stay. If the shift assignment is for eight (8) hours, the additional assignment may be up to four (4) hours unless the employee agrees to stay longer. If the shift assignment is for twelve (12) hours, the additional assignment may be for up to two (2) hours unless the employee agrees to stay longer. In no case will an employee work more than sixteen (16) hours. |
B. | If it is necessary to call qualified employees, they will be called in order of seniority. If insufficient employees become available through the offer system, then the junior-most employee shall become obliged to work as necessary. |
C. | Overtime will be allocated by seniority within department or job class. In the event no employee in the relevant job class and department accepts the overtime, the opportunity to work overtime will be offered to all employees in the plant and will be awarded to the senior qualified employee. In the event no employee is awarded the overtime after the opportunity has been offered on a plant-wide basis, the most junior qualified employee in the relevant department and job class will be obligated to work the overtime. |
A. | The Union agrees that all employees will cooperate in the performance of overtime work and there shall be no concerted action by it or its members to discourage such overtime performance. |
B. | The Company desires not to engage in overtime balancing. If excessive overtime accumulation by some employees becomes a problem, the Union will address it as an internal Union affair by means of persuasion of the proper employees to accept or reject overtime offers accordingly. The Company does however reserve the right to balance overtime as the Company deems necessary. |
A. | Recognizing mutual responsibility in report-off practice, each employee must report off in accordance with the Company rules and regulations. |
B. | In the case of an unreported absence of three (3) or more days, the employee will be considered as having quit his job. If an employee fails to report his/her absence he/she shall not be arbitrarily treated under this Article if he/she is able to furnish satisfactory evidence that such failure resulted from illness, accident, death in his/her immediate family, Act of God, or other good causes, which prevented him/her from making such report. Absenteeism will be handled as described in the Absentee Policy. |
C. | An employee reporting late for work will be paid commencing with the ring-in time rounded to the nearest tenth (1/10) of an hour. |
A. | Has completed his/her probationary period as defined in Article IX, Section 7 of this Agreement. |
B. | Performs work in the month in which the holiday occurs. |
C. | Works his/her last scheduled day before and his/her first scheduled day after the holiday occurs, excluding scheduled vacations, funeral leave and jury duty. |
A. | An eligible employee for the purpose of this Article is defined as one who is actively employed, has one (1) year of continuous service as of January 1 of the vacation year and who has received earnings in at least 51% of the pay periods during the previous calendar year. |
B. | Such vacation benefits shall have been earned in the previous calendar year and be based upon the eligible employee’s company continuous service date as of January 1 of the vacation year. |
C. | An employee who does not have one (1) year continuous service as of January 1 of the vacation year, will be entitled to one (1) week of vacation providing the employee’s employment anniversary date occurs on or before December 15 of the vacation year and such employee has received earnings in 51% of the pay periods during the preceding 12 month period. |
A. | An eligible employee will receive an annual vacation entitlement which will include time off with pay in week increments in accordance with the following table: |
YEARS OF SERVICE | VACATION WEEKS |
1 year but less than 3 years | 1 week,40 hours pay |
3 years but less than 7 years | 2 weeks, 80 hours pay |
7 years but less than 15 years | 3 weeks, 120 hours pay |
15 or more years | 4 weeks, 160 hours pay |
B. | Vacation pay will be computed based upon the employee’s applicable straight time rate for the classified or laborer job currently held and on which the employee holds seniority rights. |
C. | Payment of regular vacation pay will be made in the payroll period in which approved vacation is taken by the employee. |
A. | The Company shall review all requests submitted by 1/31 of each year and schedule employee vacations based upon seniority and operational necessity, giving senior employees preference where and when practical. Maintenance employees cannot schedule vacations during a plant shutdown. The final right to allot vacation periods and the right to change allotments is exclusively reserved to the Company in order to assure orderly operations. The Company must give employees thirty (30) days notice before changing scheduled vacations. |
B. | Employees will be charged eight (8) hours of vacationtime for each scheduled vacation day. Written requests that are received after 1/31 shall be considered on a first come, first serve basis, and shall be scheduled based on anticipated operational conditions. Employees will be notified of the status of such requests within a reasonable time. |
C. | All other requests for scheduled vacation days must be submitted to the Supervisor at least 24 hours before beginning of the work shift. Vacation cannot be carried over to a subsequent calendar year. Employees will not be paid out for any unused vacation unless vacation time has been denied. |
a. | The best-qualified bidder able to perform the work. |
b. | Continuous plant service. |
a. | Any probationary employee in accordance with Section 5 of this Article. |
b. | Any new hire. |
a. | The position will be posted indicating that the position is to be filled with a completely qualified person. |
b. | All Company employees signing the posting will be considered for the position. |
c. | If any employee is deemed through testing to be qualified, they will be offered the position in accordance with their Company seniority (most senior first). |
d. | If, in the discretion of management, no employee considered above is deemed qualified, the Company will fill the position by hiring a person from outside the Company, and such person will become a member of the Bargaining Union under the provisions of this Agreement. Wrtten docementation shall be provided to the Union President and Servicing Union Staff Representative. |
A. | In the event of a reduction in force, an employee may volunteer to be laid off. Such a voluntary lay off will be granted if mutually agreed upon by the Company and the Union. |
B. | Voluntary layoffs will last for a minimum of ninety (90) calendar days except in the case where the Company needs an employee to return to work prior to the expiration of ninety (90) calendar days. |
C. | At the end of ninety (90) calendar days of voluntary lay off, senior employees will be given an opportunity to return to work if work is available, or they may volunteer for an additional thirty (30) calendar days of voluntary layoff. |
D. | This process of continuing voluntary lay off will continue in thirty (30) calendar day increments until the employee returns to work. |
A. | So far as possible, jobs will be filled on a seniority basis from among employees who are classified in or are qualified for such jobs. Those who are considered as trainees for the classification will then be utilized. |
B. | Employees not awarded classified restricted jobs in accordance with the foregoing will be assigned to Helper jobs, to the extent needed by the Company. |
C. | In recalling employees from layoff, the employees on the layoff list will be recalled according to their seniority, provided they are qualified to perform the available work, and reinstated to active classification status when applicable. |
D. | Notice of recall shall be mailed by certified mail to employee’s address on file with the Company and dates used in Section 11 shall count from the date of delivery. |
A. | Any employee who is temporarily utilized in an excluded position shall retain and accumulate plant seniority and such assignment shall not exceed a total of one hundred eighty (180) working days due to sick leave, accidents, vacations, production reasons, etc. |
B. | Any employee who is promoted to an excluded position shall retain and accumulate seniority for a total of ninety (90) working days. Any employee who remains in an excluded position beyond this limitation shall forfeit all seniority rights in the bargaining unit and shall not accumulate plant seniority while assigned to such excluded position. |
C. | If the employee is subsequently returned to the bargaining unit, such employee shall be assigned a position in accordance with his/her plant seniority. |
D. | In making a selection under Paragraph A or B, above, the selection of the employee will be at the sole discretion of the Company. |
A. | Discharge for cause. |
B. | Resignation, retirement, or death of employee. |
C. | Termination in accordance with Article V - Wages, Plant Shutdown, Severance Pay. |
D. | Permanent transfer to an excluded position. |
E. | Failure to notify the Company of reason for absence within three (3) working days of the start of such absence, unless it would be impossible or unreasonable under the circumstances. |
F. | Failure to report to work within five (5) working days of receipt of recall notice, unless it would be impossible or unreasonable under the circumstances. |
G. | Failure to return to work on the first working day following the expiration of an approved leave of absence, unless it would be impossible or unreasonable under the circumstances. |
H. | Absence from work for twenty-four (24) consecutive months for any reason. |
A. | If a satisfactory settlement of a grievance is not made in Step 3 of the grievance procedure, an appeal may be taken by the Union to an impartial Arbitrator by written notice served on the Company within thirty (30) days from receipt of the Company’s Step 3 response. The Arbitrator shall be appointed by mutual agreement of the parties and shall be a member of the National Academy of Arbitrators and selected through the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.. |
B. | The Union may not call Non-Bargaining Unit employees to testify on the Union’s behalf at any arbitration hearing. The Company may not call any Bargaining Unit employee to testify on its behalf at any arbitration hearing. Nothing in this paragraph shall be interpreted to limit the parties’ rights to cross-examine witnesses who testify at arbitration hearings. |
C. | The Arbitrator shall have jurisdiction and authority only to interpret, apply or determine compliance with the provisions of this Agreement. The Arbitrator shall not have jurisdiction or authority to add to, detract from or alter in any way the provisions of this Agreement. |
D. | The Arbitrator shall not docket an appeal which is not filed within the time provided in Article X - Adjustment of Grievances for filing notice of appeal from a decision in Step 3. |
E. | The decision of the Arbitrator on any issue which shall have been submitted in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be final and binding upon the Company, the Union and all employees concerned. |
F. | The expense and compensation incident to the services of the Arbitrator shall be split evenly by the parties or as directed by the Arbitrator. |
G. | If this Agreement is violated by the occurrence of a strike, work stoppage or interruption or impeding of work at any plant or sub-division thereof, the Arbitrator shall refuse to consider or decide any cases concerning employees involved in such violation while such strike, work stoppage, or interruption or impeding of work is in effect. |
A. | At all steps in the complaint and grievance procedure, the grievant and the Union Representatives should disclose to the Company Representatives a full and detailed statement of the facts relied upon, the remedy sought, and the provisions of the Agreement relied upon. In the same manner, Company Representatives should disclose all the pertinent facts relied upon by the Company. |
B. | If a decision with respect to a complaint or a grievance is not referred or appealed in accordance with the time limits set forth in each Step, the matter shall be considered settled on the basis of the decision last made and shall not be eligible for further appeal. The Company shall notify the Union when closing a grievance pursuant to this paragraph. |
C. | If the Company’s discussion or answer to a complaint or a grievance is not given within the prescribed time requirements in any Step, the Union after notifying the Company shall be entitled to the remedy sought in the grievance |
D. | The parties may, by mutual agreement, waive any of the time limits set forth in this Article. |
E. | In case a complaint involves a large group of employees, a reasonable number may participate in the discussion in Step 1 and 2. |
F. | Complaints or grievances which are not initiated in the proper step of the Grievance Procedure shall be referred to the proper step for discussion and answer by the Company and the Union Representatives designated to handle complaints and grievances in such step. |
G. | In any settlement involving retro-active payments, the appropriate Union and Company representatives shall expeditiously determine the identity of the payees and the specific amount(s) owed each payee. Payment shall be made promptly. |
H. | If this Agreement is violated by the occurrence of a strike, work stoppage, or interruption or impeding of work at any plant or sub-division thereof, no grievance shall be discussed or processed into the 3rd Step level or above in such plant which such violations continues, and under no circumstances shall any complaint or grievance concerning employees engaged in the violation be discussed or processed while such violation(s) continues. |
I. | “Day” as used in this Section shall mean calendar day, but shall not include any Saturday, Sunday, or Holiday. |
A. | The Company will provide a health plan for each full time employee with 1040 hours worked, or as required by law who elects health care coverage, as well as his/her dependents, if elected. |
B. | Plan coverage will be set forth in the summary plan description for the plan, a copy of which will be provided to each employee. |
C. | The employer may elect new carriers and new providers during the term of this Agreement. However, the level of coverage will remain substantially similar throughout the term of this Agreement. |
D. | Any employee who elects health care coverage will be required to pay, by means of payroll deduction, an amount equal to to a percentage of the premium cost of the level of coverage selected as stated below: |
Effective Date | Employee Contribution as % of Total Premium |
January 1, 2018 | 15.0% |
January 1, 2019 | 15.5% |
January 1, 2020 | 16.0% |
January 1, 2021 | 16.5% |
January 1, 2022 | 17.0% |
E. | The Company and the Union will meet annually to review anticipated rate changes prior to increasing employee contributions, the Company will review possible program changes with the Union. To the extent that the Company and the Union can agree on changes that will mitigate rate increases, the program changes will be implemented instead of an increase in employee contributions. |
F. | If an employee is laid off work, medical coverage will continue, if the employee proffers the amount of contribution to the Company, for the following period of time: |
a. | If the employee has less than ten (10) years of service, coverage will continue until the end of the month of layoff plus six (6) additional months of coverage. |
b. | If the employee has more than ten (10) years of service, coverage will continue until the end of the month layoff plus twelve (12) additional months of coverage. |
G. | If the Company is unable to provide a substantially similar level of health care coverage to the members of the bargaining unit at any time during the life of this Agreement, it will meet with the Union to discuss alternatives available. |
A. | For those employees who retire from the Company on or after the Effective Date of the original Agreement, the health plan which is in place for active employees shall be continued for retired employees who elect such coverage |
B. | Coverage under the health care plan will continue for the retired employee and dependents as long as the appropriate contributions are made and the employee and/or dependents remain eligible under the terms of the Plan. |
C. | Notwithstanding the foregoing, all covered individuals will cease receiving health care coverage form the Company under the health care plan when they become eligible for Medicare. When they are Medicare eligible, the medical provider for the Company will be a Medicare HMO plan selected by the Company. The premium costs of the Medicare HMO plan will be the responsibility of the retired employee and/or his/her covered dependents. |
D. | For the purposes of this Section, retired employees are defined as employees with a minimum of 10 years continuous service and age 62 at retirement. |
A. | The Company provides life insurance to employees. Refer to the Company Summary Benefits for details. |
B. | Those employees who retire after the effective date of this Agreement will be eligible to receive a $4,000 benefit to be paid by the Company in the event of the retired employee’s death. |
A. | The Company agrees to continue to make all reasonable provisions for the safety and health of its employees during the hours of their employment and to comply with applicable laws and regulations. The Company and the Union agree to work cooperatively to reduce work hazards and eliminate on the job injuries. To this end, protective devices, wearing apparel other than normal, and other equipment necessary to properly protect employees from injury shall be provided by the Company at no cost to the employees, except that the Company may assess a fair charge to cover loss or willful destruction thereof by the employees. |
B. | Every employee shall wear safety shoes which comply with ANSI Standard Z41 PT 99 or its successor standard. The Company will provide safety shoes from a catalogue chosen by the Company, once per year. Alternatively, the employee may obtain safety shoes from any other source and the Company shall reimburse the employee up to $150.00, once a year, or if approved by Human Resources as needed paid through the payroll system. If the employee chooses to select from a source other than the catalogue, the employee must present adequate proof of purchase for payment. |
C. | The Company will provide $100.00 per year toward the cost of prescription Safety Glasses for employees who wear prescription eyeglasses. |
D. | The Company shall provide adequate first aid for all employees during their working hours. |
A. | If any employee feels he/she is being required to work under conditions which are unsafe or unhealthy beyond the normal hazard inherent to his/her job, he/she shall notify his/her Supervisor of such conditions and facts relating thereto. Any dispute arising between the supervisor and the employee regarding a safety condition will be referred, as soon as possible, to a management member of the safety committee. The management representative will meet with both the employee and the supervisor. The employee will be afforded the opportunity to explain why he/she believes the condition is unsafe or unhealthy beyond the normal hazard inherent in the employee’s job. The management representative will, in concert with the employee and supervisor, attempt to determine if the conditions are unsafe or unhealthy beyond the normal hazard inherent in the employee’s job, and if so, what can be done to mitigate or eliminate such hazards. If the management representative determines that an unsafe condition does not exist, the employee will return to work, and the employee may still utilize Article X of this Agreement to file a grievance. |
B. | Safety Committee Members will utilize their own time to investigate alleged unsafe conditions unless there is a serious imminent unsafe condition or the management representative in Part A seeks to consult with a member of the Safety Committee to review a dispute. When seeking time off during the employees’ work time, such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. |
C. | The Company and Union Co-Chairpersons may, by mutual agreement, request the Company to undertake testing of air quality, noise levels, or other such tests as the two Co-Chairpersons should agree upon. |
D. | The Company will not assign employees to work alone in an area where they will not be observable by other employees, specifically in/on overhead cranes, confined spaces, and other such areas as the parties may determine. |
E. | Recognizing that engineering controls are often the most effective means of abating an occupational health or safety hazard, the Company shall install such controls where employees are exposed to unsafe or unhealthful conditions when and where practicable. Such controls shall be tested at reasonable intervals and maintained in sound working order. |
F. | The Company will install appropriate ventilation systems where needed and maintain them in good working order. |
G. | The Joint Safety and Health Committee shall inspect and review changed or new work processes or new machinery or materials to assure the safety and health of employees. |
A. | Employees hired or awarded different jobs shall be given safety instruction for the job they were assigned. The Safety Committee may make recommendations on these and other safety education matters including the development of safe procedures for new or changed machinery or work process. |
January 1, 2018 | 4.00% |
January 1, 2019 | 4.25% |
January 1, 2020 | 4.25% |
January 1, 2021 | 4.50% |
January 1, 2022 | 4.50% |
A. | Those employees who elect to fulfill their military obligation by serving in either the Military Reserves or National Guard shall be allotted time off up to two (2) calendar weeks annually for summer encampment duty. |
B. | Employees with one (1) or more years of continuous Company service shall be eligible to receive a special payment from the Company representing the difference between gross military earnings, excluding travel, clothing or housing allowance and the straight time Company earnings, up to a maximum of eighty (80) hours for the period corresponding to military encampment. |
C. | The Company shall establish a payroll and administrative procedure for administrating special payments under this Article. |
United Steel, Paper, and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International | United Steel, Paper, and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International (Local Unit) | Bristol Metals, LLC | ||
Leo Gerard | James Pennington | Kyle Pennington | ||
President | Unit President | President | ||
Stanley W. Johnson | Daniel Bost | Kevin Van Zandt | ||
Secretary - Treasurer | Recording Secretary | Executive Vice President | ||
Tom Conway | Joseph Dombrowski | Pam Kurgan | ||
Vice President Administration | Unit Committee | HR Manager | ||
Fred Redmond | William Miller | Sally Cunningham | ||
Vice President Human Affairs | Unit Committee | Vice President Corporate Administration | ||
Robert “Bobby Mac” McAuliffe | Dwight McCrae | |||
Director - District 10 | Unit Committee | |||
James P. Watt | Dennis Taylor | |||
District 10 | Unit Committee | |||
Staff Representative |
Increase | $0.75 | $0.40 | $0.35 | $0.35 | $0.35 | |
Upon Ratification | 1/1/2019 | 1/1/2020 | 1/1/2021 | 1/1/2022 | ||
Helper | C | $13.15 | $13.55 | $13.90 | $14.25 | $14.60 |
B | $14.52 | $14.92 | $15.27 | $15.62 | $15.97 | |
A | $15.94 | $16.34 | $16.69 | $17.04 | $17.39 | |
Finisher | C | $15.62 | $16.02 | $16.37 | $16.72 | $17.07 |
B | $16.98 | $17.38 | $17.73 | $18.08 | $18.43 | |
A | $18.41 | $18.81 | $19.16 | $19.51 | $19.86 | |
Weld Mill Operator | C | $17.67 | $18.07 | $18.42 | $18.77 | $19.12 |
B | $19.21 | $19.61 | $19.96 | $20.31 | $20.66 | |
A | $20.76 | $21.16 | $21.51 | $21.86 | $22.21 | |
End/Butt Welder | C | $15.62 | $16.02 | $16.37 | $16.72 | $17.07 |
B | $16.98 | $17.38 | $17.73 | $18.08 | $18.43 | |
A | $18.41 | $18.81 | $19.16 | $19.51 | $19.86 | |
Maintenance | C | $18.41 | $18.81 | $19.16 | $19.51 | $19.86 |
B | $19.95 | $20.35 | $20.70 | $21.05 | $21.40 | |
A | $21.50 | $21.90 | $22.25 | $22.60 | $22.95 | |
Maintenance Multicraft | C | $21.41 | $21.81 | $22.16 | $22.51 | $22.86 |
B | $22.95 | $23.35 | $23.70 | $24.05 | $24.40 | |
A | $24.50 | $24.90 | $25.25 | $25.60 | $25.95 |
1. | Absence from 3 or more consecutively scheduled days is considered one incident if the illness/injury is verified by a doctor, in writing. If it is not, then each day will be considered an incident. Item #5 below applies. |
2. | Work scheduled outside of an employee’s regular schedule including, but not limited to overtime, will be considered regularly scheduled time if the employee has agreed in advance to work during this time. |
3. | An employee off for 4 or more consecutively scheduled work days due to an illness or injury must provide a release from his/her attending physician in order to return to work. Employees will not be permitted to return to work without a doctor’s release. |
4. | Employees who report to work and leave less than halfway through the scheduled shift shall be charged for an Absence occurrence, not an Early Quit. |
5. | Absences separated by a weekend are not considered consecutive days unless verified by an employee’s attending physician. |
6. | Time off for certain events such as Jury Duty, Funeral Leave, Military Leave, Union Business, Family Medical Leave, Sick & Accident and Worker’s Compensation will not be counted, for the purpose of discipline against an employee provided that the appropriate documentation is provided in a timely manner. |
7. | Non-probationary employees shall receive eight (8) hours paid personal day for three (3) months perfect attendance. Perfect attendance will be defined as an employee who has not missed work for any reason other than Jury Duty, Military Leave, Funeral Leave and Union business. Said paid time off shall be paid at the employee’s normal pay rate on the date such days are used. Such days will be considered as time worked for all purpose. Any unused Personal/Sick days cannot be carried over to a subsequent calendar year and will not be paid out unless denied. |
8. | An employee who is one occurrence away from termination, whether for Lates/Early Quits or Absences may convert one unused Absence occurrence to two unused Late/Early Quit occurrences or two Late/Early Quit occurrences to one Absence occurrence. The employee may make one such conversion per year. |
9. | An employee may, at the Company’s discretion, make up lost time for pay purposes. He/she will, however, be charged for the occurrence unless advance arrangements are made in accordance with Item#11, below. |
10. | Arrangements may be made for a temporarily modified schedule, as follows: |
A. | An employee may be authorized to start a shift early in order to leave early or start a shift late and work late. |
B. | The arrangements must be made in seventy-two (72) hours in advance and have the appropriate documentation which must be received by Human Resources in advance of the schedule modification. |
C. | It is the employee’s responsibility to ensure that the proper documentation is completed, signed and submitted to Human Resources in a timely manner. |
11. | An employee who fails to clock in at the beginning of his/her shift will be considered late. If the employee personally reports to a member of management that he/she has not clocked in, and does so before the scheduled starting time for his/her shift, he/she will not be charged with a Late occurrence. The management employee to whom such notice is given must notify Human Resources within 24 hours. If no management employee is available, such notice may be given by voice mail at extension 202. The employee leaving such voice mail should note the time he or she is calling. The time of the call will be confirmed by the voice mail system, which places a time stamp on all messages. |
1. | Employees will be subject to disciplinary action under this policy as follows. |
2. | Four (4) occurrences within a 30 day period shall be cause for termination regardless of previously issued warning(s) and regardless of whether the incidents are for Absences, Lates or Early Quits. |
1. | Intentional falsification of time cards, claim forms, production reports, personal information, or any other Company documentation. |
2. | Unauthorized possession of property of the Company, another employee, or authorized visitor. |
3. | Misuse, removal, or release of property or confidential information of the Company without prior written authorization from the Company. |
4. | Unauthorized possession or bringing firearms, weapons, or explosives on Company premises at any time. |
5. | Intentional or negligent destruction, damage, misuse, or concealment of the tools, equipment, products, or property of the Company, another employee or authorized visitor. |
6. | Sabotage or willful neglect in the performance of assigned duties or responsibilities. |
7. | Leading, encouraging, instigating, or participating in an unauthorized or illegal work stoppage, walkout, slowdown, or other interference with production. |
8. | Threats or use of physical harm directed at another person while on Company property or while off site on Company business. Any threatening physical contact, fighting, provoking, or instigating a fight with another person while on Company property or while off site on Company business. |
9. | Using, possessing, distributing, or being under the influence of alcohol on Company premises. |
10. | Bringing in, using, possessing, distributing, or being under the influence of an illegal substance on Company premises at any time. |
11. | Insubordination, such as but not limited to, refusal or failure to follow the directions of management in the performance of work assignments unless the employee or another employee’s life or health would be endangered. Failure to recognize the authority of a superior. Opposition to and in defiance of established authority including behavior that may cause dissension or disunity within the organization. |
12. | Punching the time card of another employee or having one’s own time card punched by another employee. |
13. | Leaving the Company facility without permission during scheduled work hours. |
14. | Immoral or indecent conduct on Company property or off site while on Company business or as a representative of the Company. |
15. | Harassment of any kind toward any other person while on Company premises. |
16. | Removal of, tampering with or rendering inoperative any lock-out/tag-out device. |
17. | Interfering, hindering, or refusing to cooperate with management or security personnel in the performance of plant protection activities. |
18. | Interfering, hindering, or refusing to cooperate with management or authorized personnel in the investigation of accidents or other events. |
19. | Willful or negligent violation of published safety rules. |
20. | Failure to immediately (on the same day of occurrence) report any accident which results in or is the result of equipment damage, to a supervisor or management personnel. |
21. | Sleeping during scheduled work hours. (Sleeping during scheduled work hours is theft of company time) |
22. | Knowingly harboring or refusing treatment of a disease or other physical condition which endangers other employees. |
23. | Making false, vicious, or malicious statements concerning any employee, Company official, the Company, or its products. |
24. | Use of obscene, profane, or abusive language toward any person or employee on Company property. |
25. | Gambling on Company property. |
26. | Unauthorized entry onto Company property or premises outside of scheduled work hours. |
27. | Cannot leave work area until relief arrives, or authorized by Supervisor/Management. See Article VI Section 2. |
28. | Unauthorized use of cell phone. Unless for the safety of an employee or the plant |
29. | Employees are not allowed to audio or visually tape meetings or conversations or take pictures on company property. Unless for the safety of an employee or the plant. |
30. | Being away from assigned workstation without prior approval or using any entrance or exit from the facility other than designated employee entrances or exits. |
31. | Failure to punch time card as required. |
32. | Loitering, interfering, or disrupting another person’s work duties or responsibilities. |
33. | Unauthorized solicitation. |
34. | Smoking in restricted areas. |
35. | Failure to maintain required performance standards or unsatisfactory work quality. |
36. | Creating or contributing to unsanitary conditions or poor housekeeping. |
37. | Failure to contact supervisor or appropriate personnel when reporting off from scheduled work. |
38. | Parking in unauthorized area. |
39. | Unauthorized or improper use of Company phones, intercom, tools, equipment, or material. |
40. | Performing personal work on Company time. |
41. | Failure of union officials to obtain written authorization to obtain time off from scheduled work to conduct union business. |
42. | Failure to provide written notification to the Company within 5 days of a change in address, phone number or line of contact. |
43. | Failure to report off from work prior to the start of an employee’s scheduled shift unless an emergency situation prevents makes such reporting impossible. |
1st Infraction | Verbal Warning |
2nd Infraction | Written Warning |
3rd Infraction | 1 Day Suspension |
4th Infraction | 3 Day Suspension |
5th Infraction | 5 Day Suspension or Termination |
Each infraction shall be effective for a sliding 12 month period |
44. | Habitual tardiness, early quits or absenteeism. |
45. | Failure to report for scheduled agreed upon overtime work. |
1. | Crew leaders shall be paid an additive of $2.00 $1 above the base rate of the highest rated job over which direction is exercised. |
2. | Crew leaders may participate in the hands-on performance of the crew's work. |
3. | Qualifications of Crew Leaders |
• | Ability to keep a detailed record of daily occurrences on the shift he/she is Group Leader. |
• | Must have thoroughgoing knowledge of all or most jobs in the department, and be able to set up and operate the appropriate machinery, as determined by supervisor. |
• | Attendance |
• | Must be able to follow and carry out instructions received from foreman; such instructions may be in writing or delivered verbally. |
• | Good reading and writing skills. |
• | Must reflect a positive attitude with Management |
• | Must be willing to work overtime, if needed. |
• | Intimate knowledge of materials produced. |
• | Able to use measuring devices such as, but not limited to, OD micrometers, wall micrometers, tape measures, et cetera. |
• | Must be able to multi-task and demonstrate good decision making skills |
• | Must be flexible in work schedule in order to cover for a supervisor, if needed. |
4. | The Company will first look to employees assigned to the shift on which a Crew Leader is needed when selecting a Crew Leader. If no qualified employee is available on that shift, the Company will look to employees on other shifts. |
5. | The Company will inform the Unit President of its selection of a Crew Leader before notifying the employees on the relevant shift or department of the Crew Leader assignment. Selection of Crew Leaders will be the senior most qualified on the crew. |
6. | Crew Leaders may not issue discipline. |
7. | Crew Leaders may operate equipment on overtime. |
8. | Crew Leaders may not be called to testify in arbitration concerning matters that occurred while they were working as a crew leader. |
Pam Kurgan, Human Resources Manager | Date |
1. Rule/Policy Changes | dated May 18, 2009 |
2. Jury Duty | dated May 18, 2009 |
3. Funeral Leave | dated May 18, 2009 |
4. Holiday Pay | dated May 18, 2009 |
5. Testing | dated May 18, 2009 |
1. | Motivate every employee eligible under the Plan to improve his or her performance and help in every way they can to produce profits. |
2. | Reward employees for their efforts by paying them a share of Munhall profits as additional remuneration over and above their wages and salaries. |
• | Who participates - every production, maintenance and supervisory employee who is assigned to the pipe and tube manufacturing operation. |
• | Participants must be a full-time employee that has completed the 90-day probationary period by the end of the quarter and employed by the Company at the time of distribution |
• | Employee performance requirements: |
◦ | Employee must have no disciplinary incidents of quality (internal or external) or work rules. |
◦ | Employee must have perfect attendance in the quarter. |
◦ | Bonus pool allocation for any disqualified employee will reduce the bonus pool. |
• | Bonus is based on regular hours worked up to 40 hours per week and excludes overtime. (Regular hours worked does not include holidays, FMLA, bereavement, jury duty, personal and vacation days, STD/LTD, etc.) |
• | Step 1: Bristol Metals, Munhall operations achieves the following: |
◦ | Minimum 75% of its Adjusted EBITDA target for the quarter AND |
◦ | There have been no costly incidents > $20k during the quarter, AND |
◦ | Production and Shipping Goals were met during the quarter. |
• | Step 2: The Bonus pool will be calculated as 3% of quarterly Adjusted EBITDA less the amount allocated for any disqualified employees, and |
• | Step 3: 75% of the Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4 bonus pool will be distributed quarterly with 25% of the bonus pool will be held back, and |
• | Step 4: The 25% hold back for each quarter will be paid in February in the year following the end of the fourth quarter of the current hold back year if Munhall Operations meets at least 75% of the total year Adjust EBITDA target. |
• | The pool will be divided so that every eligible employee gets the same percent of his or her regular hours worked (excluding all overtime). |