Work Allocation - Assembly Operations. During negotiations, the parties discussed the subject of work allocations in the Windsor Assembly and Brampton Assembly Plants. The Company emphasized the numerous factors that influence its ability to make unchangeable work allocations early in the model run in its vehicle assembly plants, among which include the overmanning that sometimes occurs early in the model, in connection with launching and the normal difficulties associated with the production of new models, the engineering changes which occur throughout the model run, the frequent variations in body mix and option scheduling rates, the continual changes in processing and tooling, and the persistent efforts which the Company makes to achieve a satisfactory level of manpower efficiency and workload balance. The Company also appreciates the interest which employees in vehicle assembly plants have in securing a reasonably certain level of work assignment at some point in time in the model run. Bearing this in mind, the factors noted above are particularly critical in assembly plants in the model years in which there is a new or major change to the car or truck lines, and somewhat less critical where the vehicle lines receive minor changes. In either case, these changes are not unimportant. In addition, the Company expressed its objective to be fully competitive in the industry and marketplace, and its coinciding inclination to approach this matter cautiously. As such, the Company assured, in negotiations, that beginning 10 working days, after the first new model vehicle reaches the end of the Final Assembly line, and by the end of 100 calendar days following thereafter, exclusive of the plant vacation shutdown period, suitable employee work allocations will have been made and will remain unchanged for the balance of that year's model run, excepting if a change in work allocation is occasioned by changes in line speed, schedule mix, option installation rates, tooling, processing, engineering or design specifications, methods or layouts. This arrangement applies only in those circumstances where minor changes are made to the respective models at either the Windsor Assembly or Brampton Assembly Plants. Where major changes are contemplated in any one or all of its models at these assembly plants, extensions to the 100 calendar day time period will be necessary to accomplish its work allocation objectives, at which time the matter will be explained to the respective in-plant CAW Committee. Implementatio...
Work Allocation - Assembly Operations. During negotiations, the parties discussed the subject of work allocations in the Windsor Assembly and Brampton Assembly Plants. The Company emphasized the numerous factors that influence its ability to make unchangeable work allocations early in the model run in its vehicle assembly plants, among which include the overmanning that sometimes occurs early in the model, in connection with launching and the normal difficulties associated with the production of new models, the engineering changes which occur throughout the model run, the frequent variations in body mix and option scheduling rates, the continual changes in processing and tooling, and the persistent efforts which the Company makes to achieve a satisfactory level of manpower efficiency and workload balance. The Company also appreciates the interest which employees in vehicle assembly plants have in securing a reasonably certain level of work assignment at some point in time in the model run. Bearing this in mind, the factors noted above are particularly critical in assembly plants in the model years in which there is a new or major change to the car or truck lines, and somewhat less critical where the vehicle lines receive minor changes. In either case, these changes are not unimportant. In addition, the Company expressed its objective to be fully competitive in the industry and marketplace, and its coinciding inclination to approach this matter cautiously.
