Retrogression System. The retrogression system is used to provide movement when a reduction of the work force is necessary (see attached chart). The following paragraph from Article XI of the current Agreement with Local 28-O, describes the retrogression system. It forms the basis from which it is understood that for sufficiently qualified employees, seniority will be the governing factor in a retrogression process. After moving through the lines of retrogression and before lay-off, an employee will be assigned by the Company, according to his / her seniority and subject to the first paragraph of this clause, to the lowest classification of any job progression, other than the Manufacturing Serviceperson Job progression (and such assignment may be to that classification occupied by the employee with the least seniority of all the employees in the bottom classifications of the lines of progression) or, if there is no such classification available to the employee, the employee will be assigned to one of the following classifications in the following order, based on his / her seniority: Manufacturing Serviceperson, Serviceperson, Services Trainee, and Janitor. Seniority shall govern in the case of a lay-off from the classifications of Manufacturing Serviceperson, Serviceperson, Services Trainee, Janitor, and Hiree. The general intent is modified by the following statements, the wording of which was negotiated:
Retrogression System. The retrogression system is used to provide movement when a reduction of the work force is necessary. The following paragraph from Article 10 of the current Agreement with Local 235 describes the retrogression system. It forms the basis from which it is understood that for sufficiently qualified employees, seniority will be the governing factor in a retrogression process. After moving through the lines of retrogression and before layoff, an employee will be assigned by the company, according to his/her seniority and subject to the first paragraph of this clause, to the lowest classification of any job progression, (and such assignment may be to that classification occupied by the employee with the least seniority of all the employees in the bottom classifications of the lines of progression). Seniority shall govern in the case of a layoff from the Hiree Classification. The general intent is modified by the following statements, the wording of which was negotiated:
Retrogression System. The retrogression system is used to provide movement when a reduction of the work force is necessary (see attached chart). The following paragraph describes the retrogression system. It forms the basis from which it is understood that for sufficiently qualified employees, seniority will be the governing factor in a retrogression process. After moving through the lines of retrogression and before lay-off, an employee will be assigned by the Company, according to his / her seniority and subject to the first paragraph of this clause, to the lowest classification of any job progression, other than the Manufacturing Serviceperson Job progression (and such assignment may be to that classification occupied by the employee with the least seniority of all the employees in the bottom classifications of the lines of progression) or, if there is no such classification available to the employee, the employee will be assigned to one of the following classifications in the following order, based on his / her seniority: Manufacturing Serviceperson, Services Trainee, and Janitor. Seniority shall govern in the case of a lay-off from the classifications of Manufacturing Serviceperson, Services Trainee, and Janitor. The general intent is modified by the following statements, the wording of which was negotiated:
