Common use of Payment of Union Representatives During Local Negotiations Clause in Contracts

Payment of Union Representatives During Local Negotiations. During the course of current negotiations, the Company and the Union had discussions concerning the payment of Union Representatives during Local Negotiations. This letter is intended to clarify the understandings agreed to during the course of negotiations, pertaining to the payment of such Representatives during such negotiations. The parties agreed that the following principles would be applicable to the payment of Union Representatives only during the negotiations of the Local Negotiations and would not be used as grounds or basis for claiming that such principles should be extended to other negotiations. (a) Plant Chairpersons of the Plant Shop Committees would be paid for time spent during Local Negotiations meetings and time spent in Union caucus relevant to such negotiations. In the event such time would involve overtime hours, and the Plant Shop Chairperson would otherwise be entitled to overtime if said Plant Chairperson had been in the plant, the Company agrees to pay overtime up to this entitlement as long as the Plant Chairperson continued in such meetings or caucus. In the event overtime became available in the plant and the Plant Chairperson was not involved in such meetings and caucus, the Plant Chairperson would be paid for such overtime only for time spent in the plant to the extent of this overtime entitlement. The Skilled Trades Chairperson would be treated the same as a Plant Chairperson. (b) The Company agreed that alternate Representatives would be recognized only to the extent that additional cost relative to the representation in a given jurisdiction was not incurred. For purposes of example, the Plant Shop Chairperson's alternate and the Committeeperson's alternate would be allowed to function whereas the alternate xxxxxxx would not be recognized. (c) The Company agreed that Union Representatives on the Local Negotiation Bargaining Committee would not be required to swipe their time cards in their respective plants. The Company further agreed that suitable arrangements would be made to administer the recording of hours and payment for such Representatives during the course of Local Negotiations. (d) The Union agreed that the continuation of such arrangements was contingent upon the mutual satisfaction of the parties and that upon notice to the Union that such procedure had been abused, the Company could dissociate itself from such arrangements.

Payment of Union Representatives During Local Negotiations. During the course of current negotiations, the Company Corporation and the Union had discussions concerning the payment of Union Representatives during Local Negotiations. This letter is intended to clarify the understandings agreed to during the course of negotiations, pertaining to the payment of such Representatives during such negotiations. The parties agreed that the following principles would be applicable to the payment of Union Representatives only during the negotiations of the Local Negotiations and would not be used as grounds or basis for claiming that such principles should be extended to other negotiations. (a) Plant Chairpersons of the Plant Shop Committees would be paid for time spent during Local Negotiations meetings and time spent in Union caucus relevant to such negotiations. In the event such time would involve overtime hours, and the Plant Shop Chairperson would otherwise be entitled to overtime if said Plant Chairperson had been in the plant, the Company Corporation agrees to pay overtime up to this entitlement as long as the Plant Chairperson continued in such meetings or caucus. In the event overtime became available in the plant and the Plant Chairperson was not involved in such meetings and caucus, the Plant Chairperson would be paid for such overtime only for time spent in the plant to the extent of this overtime entitlement. The Skilled Trades Chairperson would be treated the same as a Plant Chairperson. (b) The Company Corporation agreed that alternate Representatives would be recognized only to the extent that additional cost relative to the representation in a given jurisdiction was not incurred. For purposes of example, the Plant Shop Chairperson's alternate and the Committeeperson's alternate would be allowed to function whereas the alternate xxxxxxx would not be recognized. (c) The Company Corporation agreed that Union Representatives on the Local Negotiation Bargaining Committee would not be required to swipe punch their time cards in their respective plants. The Company Corporation further agreed that suitable arrangements would be made to administer the recording of hours and payment for such Representatives during the course of Local Negotiations. (d) The Union agreed that the continuation of such arrangements was contingent upon the mutual satisfaction of the parties and that upon notice to the Union that such procedure had been abused, the Company Corporation could dissociate itself from such arrangements.