Special Seniority Provisions Sample Clauses

Special Seniority Provisions. A. An employee cannot exercise the seniority rights set forth in Sections 5, 6, 7, 8, 15 and 17 of this Article in the following circumstances: (1) Against apprentices and trainees as provided for in Article XIX, or employees in training for supervisory, sales or service positions. (The Company shall furnish to the Union the names of these employees.) (2) Against employees assigned to temporary assignments (as defined in the Wage Article). Should there be an employee reduced from the seniority classification to which the employee is temporarily assigned to fill requirements for additional workforce (not to replace an absent employee, etc.) then in such case the temporary assignment referred to in this paragraph will be limited to five (5) consecutive working days. (3) During the annual inventory and vacation shutdown period the total period of time involved shall not exceed a total of two (2) weeks. (4) During temporary unscheduled layoffs which do not extend beyond one (1) week. (5) During a reduction or layoff which results from a work stoppage in violation of Article X, Strikes and Lockouts; or during a reduction or layoff of ten (10) working days or less because of an unforeseen event such as a power failure, curtailment of operations due to any directive from a governmental environment control agency, a machine or mechanical breakdown, a disruption of shipping facilities, unavailability of material at the factory beyond the control of the Company, or any other unforeseen event such as a flood, fire, or explosion, or the threat of a flood, fire or explosion. B. An employee who has received fewer than eight (8) available and/or compensated hours in any regular workday because of a temporary unscheduled layoff, as set out in this Section 4-A-(4), will be paid the difference, if any, between their available and/or compensated hours for that day and eight (8) hours for such regular workday, provided, however, that this provision does not apply to temporary layoffs as set out in this Section 4-A-(3) and (5). Such payment will be at the rate of the last operation performed prior to the temporary layoff. C. An employee with seniority who is subject to layoff but is retained in the bargaining unit due to qualifications will be considered as having been laid off at the time the employee was retained out of line of seniority in the application of the provisions of Sections 5, 7, and 8 of Article XIV. D. When the major portion of an employee's daily task is perma...

Special Seniority Provisions. A. An employee may not exercise authority to work in any of the following classifications unless, at the time he or she would so exercise his or her seniority, he or she holds the classification, or he or she has held the classification, or he or she has the qualifications shown below for the classification and has present ability to perform the work of the classification. B. Forge Press Operator: Completion of the training program hereinafter set forth for this classification. C. Reliefman: Must be at least a forge press operator trainee with at least 80 hours towards being qualified as a press operator and be a qualified Roller Operator. Training and qualification requirements will be modified to provide a pool of qualified Reliefrnen without further populating the Reliefinan classification. D. Heat Treat Operator: Prior experience at operating heat treat and/or has completed a training course for heat treat operator. X. Xxxxxxxxx Operator: Must have taken the training and passed the test to be a level one operator. The Company will make the training available for active employees once a year from the pool of employees in the Secondary Processing and Quality Departments. If the class is not filled from these employees, training will be offered on a plant-wide seniority basis. X. Xxxxxxxxx: Must be able to read and write legibly. He or she must be able to order and receive stock readily. He or she must have received five days worked or on-the- job training or equivalent on the day shift. He or she must be willing to operate the MP2 ordering system. G. Skilled Trades: Completion of the apprenticeship or training program hereinafter set forth for this classification, or hold a UAW journeyman's card.