Job Preservation and Growth Steering Committee Sample Clauses

Job Preservation and Growth Steering Committee. The Company recognizes the importance of job growth and security to the Union and acknowledges that subcontracting work, the introduction of enhanced technology, and innovative manufacturing techniques, while enabling the Company to succeed in the many competitive environments in which it operates, may result in a decrease in General Electric Company jobs. In order to balance competitive realities with the Union’s interest in protecting and growing jobs, the Company and Union will establish a joint Job Preservation and Growth Steering Committee at each Company location employing over 25 bargaining unit employees to meet and discuss issues such as: • Opportunities for job creation • Potential plant closing, outsourcing/subcontracting and work transfers, including situations where there is no direct decrease in the number of represented employees • Training for anticipated technology changes • Work practices and local agreements to increase efficiency • Investment plans and potential impact on jobs • Innovative manufacturing techniques • Employee suggestions on process changes • Customer demands The Steering Committee will meet on a quarterly basis. Union representation on the Steering Committee will be determined solely by the Union and will be restricted to a maximum of 2 representatives for the first 25 to 500 bargaining unit employees, and 1 for each additional 500 unit employees up to a maximum of 6 representatives in total. Such representatives will be compensated at their regular rate for up to four hours for time spent participating in the quarterly Steering Committee meetings. This Steering Committee structure is not intended to displace the workings of other on-going union-management activities, including the grievance procedure and the decision bargaining provisions of Article XXIII, which exist at each plant location. The Company and the Union mutually agree to require Local management and Local unions at every covered location to fully participate in the Steering Committee discussions in order to preserve and create jobs. Recognizing that there may be some issues that would benefit from the presence of other representatives from the Company and the Union, the Company agrees to consider requests for participation by the Company and Union representatives at specific local Steering Committee meetings on key job creation and competitive issues identified by the Union. It is recognized by the Company and the Union that locations not meeting the 25 em...
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