Shifts, Lunch Periods and Rest Periods. Each employee shall be assigned to a shift with designated times of beginning and ending. The day shift and evening shift shall be an eight hour and thirty minute period which shall include a thirty minute unpaid lunch period. The midnight shift shall be an eight hour period which shall include a thirty minute paid lunch period. Each employee shall be given a fifteen minute rest period in each half of the shift which they are assigned. The time of starting each such rest period will be designated by the Company. The hours of work presently in effect are as follows: Day Shift - 06:30 - 15:00 - 07:00 - 15:30 Evening Shift - 15:00 - 23:30 - 15:30 - midnight Midnight Shift - 23:00 - 07:00 The Company may unilaterally make changes in the starting and stopping time of the shifts noted above. The Company agrees to discuss with the Union any contemplated change in hours prior to implementing the change. The Company shall have rotating shifts and agrees to give the employee as much notice as possible before such assignment is made. Changes in shift assignments shall be made on the first day of the new work week whenever practicable. The Company will work with the Union in an attempt to resolve shift change notification problems Notwithstanding the above, the Company will assign new hires or rehires to a rotating shift or a straight second or third shift unless operational requirements dictate otherwise as determined by the Company.
