EXHIBIT 10.3
UNION AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT entered into this 5th day of December 1994, as of October 1,
1994, between KREISLER INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION, A Division of KREISLER
MANUFACTURING CORPORATION, for the plant located at 000 Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx of New Jersey, hereinafter known as the "Employer" and LOCAL
377, RWDSU, affiliated with AFL-CIO, located 00-00 00xx Xxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxx, XX, 00000, hereinafter known as the "Union," and on behalf of said Union
and on behalf of the covered employees of the Union now employed and hereafter
to be employed by the Company at its Elmwood Park, New Jersey plant.
PREAMBLE
PART I: WHEREAS, the parties hereto have mutually agreed on the terms
and conditions governing employment of employees in the bargaining unit, the
parties agree to perform in good faith all the provisions of this Agreement and
avoid work interruptions during the term thereof.
NOW THEREFORE, it is agreed:
PART II: Except as delegated, modified or abridged by this Agreement,
all rights, powers and authorities management had prior to this execution of
this Agreement remain and reside in management. The listing of specific rights,
hereafter in this agreement is not intended to be, nor shall be considered,
restrictive of, or a waiver of any rights of management not listed and not
specifically surrendered herein, whether or not such rights have been exercised
by the Company in the past. Included in the rights of management, but not
limited thereto, is the right of the Company to manage the plant; to direct the
working force; to determine the working force; to plan, direct or control
operations; to determine the work to be done in the plant; to determine the
products to be manufactured in the plant; to transfer or discharge employees; to
maintain efficiency of production and/or operations; to introduce new or
improved methods, to introduce new equipment; to decide the nature of equipment
or machinery to be used in the plant and the xxxxxxx of the same; to automate;
to determine the methods and processes of manufacturing or operations; to
sub-contract for such work or service as the Company deems necessary; to
schedule production, to determine the methods of training employees; to
determine all matters concerned with the designing and engineering of products;
to determine the control of raw materials; to determine the methods of material
handling and shipping; to move or transfer any equipment, operation, processes,
methods or products that the Company determines is required.
ARTICLE I
Section 1. The Employer recognizes LOCAL 377, RWDSU, affiliated with
AFL-CIO, as the sole collective bargaining agent for all of its leadmen,
production, inspection, shipping, maintenance and machine shop employees.
Excluding all non-production employees, e.g. engineering, professional,
administrative, designing, sample-making, clerical (a term including clerks,
material control clerks, and any other factory office clerical positions),
foremen, assistant foremen, and all supervisory employees who have the authority
to hire, promote, discharge,
discipline or otherwise affect changes in the status of employees or who may
effectively recommend such action.
Section 2. Part-time employees may perform bargaining unit work, All
part-time employees who normally work twenty-five (25) hours or more in their
normal work week must make application to join the Union and must pay Union dues
as provided in Article II. A part-time employee working less than twenty-five
(25) hours a week shall not be covered by this Agreement and shall not be
entitled to the benefits hereunder, with the exception of the wage rate provided
in Schedule I, annexed hereto.
ARTICLE II
UNION MEMBERSHIP AND DUES DEDUCTION
Section 1. All employees covered by this agreement shall be or become
members of the Union on or after the thirtieth calendar day following the date
of this Agreement or the date of their employment, whichever is later, in
accordance with Article VII, "Seniority," Section "1" and all such employees
shall thereafter maintain their union membership in good standing with respect
to union membership dues and initiation fees for the duration of this agreement
as a condition of their continued employment.
Section 2. (a) The Employer agrees to deduct from the wages earned
during the 2nd or 3rd week of each month or from the last wages of an employee
leaving the employ of the company, monthly union dues for each employee who has
given the company proper written authorization to make a deduction.
(b) The Employer agrees to deduct the union initiation fee
from the wages of any employee who becomes a member of the Union provided
written authorization to do so is given by the employee to the company.
Section 3. All monies deducted by the Employer shall be paid to the
Union on or before the 15th day of the month following that for which deductions
are made.
Section 4. In the event there is a dispute between the Company and the
Union or any member thereof with respect to dues deduction, such dispute shall
be resolved in accordance with the "Grievance Procedure" herein set forth.
ARTICLE III
HOURS OF WORK
Section 1. Eight (8) hours per day, five (5) days per week, and forty
(40) hours per week shall normally constitute the work week. However, this may
be increased or decreased by the Company, as herein set forth after discussion
with the Union representatives, when in the Company's opinion, it is necessary
to do so in order to maintain an efficient operation.
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Section 2. (a) The number of shifts and the starting time and the hours
of work per day or per week in each shift shall be fixed from time to time
solely by the Employer after discussion with the Union with respect thereto, and
hours per day or per week so fixed shall be considered as the normal hours of
work per day or per week. However, no reduction of the work week by more than
one (1) hour per day or, in the alternative, to less than four (4) days per
week, shall be made without the mutual consent of the Company and the Union.
Furthermore, there shall be no reduction of the work week until all part time
employees have been laid off and while there are employees with less than
eighteen (18) months seniority working in the plant, unless agreed to by the
Company and the Union.
(b) However, not withstanding, the above provisions of Section
2(a), a temporary reduction of the work week may be made by the Company when, in
its opinion, it is necessary to do so because of special or unusual
circumstances, such as inventory periods or lay-offs, of less than one week.
Section 3. The Employer shall have the right to employ part-time
employees and the hours per day or per week at which the part-time employee is
employed shall be considered as the normal hours of work per day or per week of
the said employee.
Section 4. For the purpose of computing the pay of employees, the work
week shall begin at the starting time of the shift which starts immediately
prior to or following midnight Sunday, and shall end at the same time before or
after midnight of the following Sunday.
Section 5. Employees shall receive three (3) minutes wash-up time
before lunch and three (3) minutes wash-up time before quitting time. Those jobs
where actual wash-up exceeds said amount, such employees shall receive
additional wash-up time as agreed upon between the Employer and the Union.
Section 6. The Employer agrees that overtime work will be distributed
fairly and as equally as possible among the permanent employees within the
respective classifications and departments provided the individual employee has
the necessary qualifications and the ability to perform the required overtime
work, irrespective of the shift in which such individual employees work. With
respect to "grievances" under this paragraph, in the event of proven unfair
assignment, the redress shall be limited to the granting of opportunity for the
next available overtime assignment for which the employee is qualified.
Section 7. (a) In the event that an employee reports for work on their
regular shift without having been previously notified not to report to work,
they shall be given a minimum of four (4) hours work; or, if no work is
available, they shall be given four (4) hours pay, except where such
notification is not given by reason of circumstances wholly beyond the control
of the Employer.
(b) In the event that the plant will be closed because of
reasons beyond the control of the Company, the Employer agrees, whenever
possible, to notify the employees of such closing approximately two (2) hours
before the beginning of the shift or shifts affected through the use of local
telephone answering service which the employee must call. Such notification
shall be
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deemed compliance with the requirement of notification set forth in Section 7
(a) above and the Company shall have no liability to provide any hours of work
or pay as heretofore provided in this section.
(c) The Company shall have no liability to provide any
guaranteed work or pay as heretofore required in Section 7 (a) in the event the
lack of work is caused by f ire, flood, power or boiler failure, labor dispute,
acts of God, or circumstances beyond the control of the Employer.
ARTICLE IV
RATE OF PAY
Section 1. The Employer agrees to grant an increase of $0.25 per hour
effective 5 December 1994, to all regular employees, members of the bargaining
unit in its employ and on the payroll as of 5 December 1994; and an additional
increase of $0.25 per hour effective 1 October 1995, to all Union employees in
its employ and on the payroll on 1 October 1995; and an additional increase of
$0.25 per hour effective on 1 October 1996, to all Union employees in its employ
and on the payroll on 1 October 1996.
Section 2. (a) All occupations are classified into seven (7) labor
grades, the rates of these classifications will remain in effect as listed on
Schedule I, annexed hereto.
(b) New employees shall be hired at not less than the minimum
rates specified in Schedule I for their respective labor grade and will receive
an automatic increase every four (4) months until they reach the maximum of the
labor grade as shown in Schedule I.
(c) An employee to be eligible for an increase must have
worked at least 75% of the schedule working days for the six month period
immediately preceding the date of the automatic increase. In the event the
employee does not meet this requirement due to a leave of absence or lay-off,
the due date of the automatic increase will be advanced by the total number of
scheduled work days absent.
(d) For the purpose of arriving at the date on which the first
automatic increase is due, an employee hired during the first three days of the
work week shall be considered to have been hired on the first day of the work
week; and an employee hired during the last two days of the work week shall be
considered to have been hired on the first day of the following week. For the
purpose of arriving at the date of subsequent automatic increases, the last
automatic or merit increase granted will be used to determine the date of
eligibility and according to the day of the week on which this falls, the guide
outlined in the previous sentence will be used.
(e) The Union will be furnished with the job title and labor
grade of all Union employees. Any question regarding an individuals job title
will be resolved between the individual and the xxxxxxx. If it is not resolved
on this level, it will then follow the Grievance Procedure.
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(f) An employee assigned to perform more than one job will be
in the higher classification provided they are required to spend at least 40% of
their time in such classification.
(g) An employee who is given a new job shall be given
instruction and training on any higher classification, and while receiving such
training in the higher classification shall be given the going rate for that
classification. Senior person to be given first choice in any promotion provided
they are qualified to do the job.
(h) When a new job is created, the Union will be immediately
informed regarding the job title and the starting rate.
(i) In the event the content of the job changes over a period
of time and the hiring rate is changed, the change shall become effective on the
date the Company and the Union agree the job content has been changed
sufficiently to warrant a change in rate.
(j) No changes shall be made in the minimum or maximum hiring
rate of the labor grades during the term of this agreement. This does not limit
nor prohibit the Company form hiring individual employees at a higher rate than
the minimum, if, in the Company's opinion, it feels it is necessary in order to
secure qualified personnel.
(k) The Union agrees not to interfere with the work assignment
of any employees but will seek redress through proper channels.
Section 3. (a) An employee who works on the second shift shall receive
a 10% night shift premium on the base rate for working this shift.
(b) An employee who works on the third shift shall receive a
15% night shift premium on the base rate for working this shift.
Section 4. Any work performed in excess of eight (8) hours per day
shall constitute overtime and shall be paid for at time and one half the regular
straight time rate. Work performed by the second shift shall be construed as
being worked in the day in which the immediately preceding first shift worked
even though the hours of the later shift run into the calendar Saturdays,
Sundays, or Holidays. Work performed on Saturday shall be paid for at time and
one half the regular straight time rate. work performed on Sunday and/or Legal
Holidays enumerated herein shall be paid for at double the regular straight time
rates.
Section 5. Should the Employer move the factory outside the Elmwood
Park area, where transportation creates a hardship upon the employees, any
employee deciding to terminate his employment after the Employer had given
formal notice of its intention to move, would receive as severance whatever
vacation pay he had accumulated on a pro-rated basis.
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ARTICLE V
HOLIDAY PAY
Section 1. The following shall be deemed legal Holidays:
New ' Year's Eve Labor Day
New Year's Day Election Day
Washington's Birthday Thanksgiving Day
Friday Before Easter Friday After Thanksgiving
Memorial Day Christmas Eve
Fourth of July Christmas Day
Section 2. (a) Union members shall be paid for the above holidays on
which no work shall have been performed at their regular straight time hourly
rates, for their normal work day or fraction thereof, where indicated, provided,
however, that the employee is on the payroll and actually worked the full
working day preceding and the first full working day following such holiday.
Employees who are absent may qualify for such pay upon presentation of valid
reason for absence from work, such as a doctor's note for illness. Determination
of qualification shall be at the Employer's discretion.
(b) Union members to be notified in advance of a close down by
the Company two (2) days before a said holiday.
Section 3. Union members who are on leave of absence or on lay-off on
any of the aforementioned holidays are not entitled to receive pay for said
holiday, except that an employee who is laid off due to lack of work or is
recalled from lay-off shall be entitled to receive pay for any of the
aforementioned holidays which fall within)the week during which the employee is
laid off or recalled.
ARTICLE VI
VACATION PAY
Section 1. (a) Vacation pay shall be computed at 2% of the employee's
earnings for the fiscal year ending at July 1st, provided however, that he shall
have worked for at least three (3) months during the aforesaid year. In the
event that an employee shall have worked at least forty-three (43) weeks in the
year, the minimum vacation pay shall be forty (40) hours at his base rate.
(b) In addition, an employee who was hired three (3) years
prior to June 30th, of the vacation year, will receive an additional amount
equal to the amount computed in paragraph (a) above, but not less than forty
(40) hours pay at his base rate in effect at July lst.
(c) An employee hired five (5) years or more prior to June
30th of the vacation year will receive a third week's vacation pay computed as
in paragraph (a) above.
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(d) An employee hired fifteen (15) years or more prior to June
30th of the vacation year will receive a fourth weeks's vacation pay computed as
in paragraph (a) above.
(e) An employee terminated for just cause within six (6)
months of a vacation year will not be paid any vacation (See Article XI,
Section 4).
Section 2. Employees who have been continuously employed by the Company
for three (3) months or more and who are on layoff as of July 1st of any
calendar year, shall receive a prorata vacation pay based upon the time actually
worked in the fiscal year ending July 1st, which payment shall. be made to the
employees at the normal vacation time.
Section 3. Vacation shall be scheduled at the convenience of the
Employer sometime during June, July or August. Vacation pay shall be distributed
in advance. Employees entitled to three or four weeks vacation pay may take
their 3rd and/or 4th week of vacation at any time during the calendar year
provided, however, such scheduling shall be done at the discretion of management
in order not to interfere with the efficient operation of the plant. If two
employees select the same vacation time and if management is willing to permit
only one employee to take vacation at that time seniority shall prevail.
Vacation shut-down dates will be posted on the bulletin board by June 15th of
each year.
ARTICLE VII
SENIORITY
Section 1. (a) An employee hired on or after the date of this agreement
shall be a probationary employee until they have been employed for thirty (30)
calendar days. During their probationary period, they shall be entitled to no
seniority and the discharge of a probationary employee during such period shall
not constitute a cause for grievance. Not more than five (5) working days
absence for any reason shall be credited for the purpose of computing the
probationary period while absent. At the end of their probationary period, or on
any rehiring, the date of their most recent hiring shall become their seniority
date. For purposes of seniority, this paragraph shall apply to an employee who
quits or is discharged or otherwise loses their seniority and is subsequently
rehired.
(b) The Employer shall have the right to extend the
probationary period of any employee for thirty (30) calendar days with the
agreement of the Union Chairperson.
Section 2. (a) Employees working less than eight (8) hours per day,
forty (40) hours per week regardless of their seniority, will be the first to be
laid off when reduction of force occurs.
(b) In case of lay-off, seniority shall be on a plantwide
basis, irrespective of shift, with the exception of part-time workers, provided
only that the employees retained shall have the skill and ability to do work to
the satisfaction of the Company.
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(c) No new employees shall be hired for any job until a
laid-off person having the ability to perform the work has been offered the
opportunity.
(d) No new employees shall be hired in any department unless
all employees entitled to seniority hereunder are working a full forty (40) hour
week.
Section 3. Seniority rights shall be broken when an employee.
(a) Quits voluntarily,
(b) is discharged,
(c) after a lay-off, fails to report to work within three (3)
days after the mailing of the notice to return to work to last address furnished
by the employee,
(d) fails to return to work after a leave of absence is up,
(e) is laid off for a period of nine (9) months or more.
Section 4. (a) The number of Union representatives, in addition to the
Union Chairperson, shall not exceed 3% of the Union employees on the payroll.
(b) The Shop Chairperson shall have top seniority in the
plant.
(c) The Union Xxxxxxx shall have top seniority in the section
in which the xxxxxxx is employed.
(d) There shall be at least one Union Xxxxxxx in the plant at
all times when eight (8) or more Union workers are working excluding the
Maintenance Department.
ARTICLE VIII
LAY-OFFS
Section 1. The Employer agrees to notify the Shop Chairperson
twenty-four (24) hours in advance when a lay-off for a period of more than one
(1) week is contemplated by the Employer; failing which the employee concerned
shall be given one (1) day's pay at his straight time hourly rate.
Section 2. It is expressly understood and agreed that the Employer has
the right in its discretion to lay off any employee or number of employees when
business conditions make such layoff necessary, subject to provisions in this
agreement. In the operation of seniority, it is agreed that the Employer will
apply seniority rights with respect to layoffs, and rehiring within the plant,
as provided in the immediately preceding article. The Employer shall have no
obligation to permit
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an employee to bump into a job where the employee does not have the
qualifications to perform said job, subject to an employee' s right to grieve on
the issue of his qualifications.
Section 3. Seniority as to recall will operate in the same manner as
lay-off.
Section 4. The Shop Chairperson shall be notified on all recalls.
Section 5. An employee who is recalled after a lay-off and accepts a
job in a lower classification will automatically be transferred back with the
same rate of pay in his own classification whenever his job becomes available.
ARTICLE IX
TRANSFERS
Section 1. The Employer shall at all times have the right to transfer
any employee from one department to another department and an employee so
transferred shall carry his accumulated seniority with them into the department
to which they have been transferred and no employee's seniority rights shall be
reduced because of any such transfer and no discharge shall result solely
because of such transfer.
Section 2. The moving of employees within a classification in a
department shall not be considered a transfer and will be made whenever
necessary for the efficient operation of the department. Any employee who
refuses to accept an assignment to another job in the same classification in a
department offered to them shall be deemed to have quit.
Section 3. It is agreed that due to special conditions prevailing in
the shop in the closing down of/or disbanding of any department, the Employer
may transfer an employee from a higher skilled department to a lower skilled one
at the rate prevailing in the department to which they are transferred. Such
transfer, however, shall take place by agreement with the Union Representative,
and also by agreement with the employee or employees in question.
Section 4. It is agreed that such employee whose wages have been
reduced because of a transfer shall have first preference to return to his
original department from which they were transferred when there is sufficient
work in such department.
Section 5. Union job openings will be posted on the bulletin board.
Union employees who have the necessary qualifications will be interviewed and if
found acceptable, will be given the job on a 30 day trial basis.
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ARTICLE X
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
Section 1. There shall be no loss of seniority as a result of an
approved leave of absence. The following will govern the granting of leaves of
absence.
(a) Leave of absence will be granted without pay.
(b) Maximum leave of absence will be six weeks.
(c) In order to qualify for a leave of absence, an employee
must have had one year of service with the company.
(d) At least one year must elapse between successive leaves of
absence, except if the leave is due to medical reasons.
(e) An employee who fails to return to work after the
stipulated time of his leave of absence shall be subject to discharge.
(f) An employee who is ill or injured and presents
satisfactory proof of such illness or injury to the Employer will be granted a
leave of absence as provided in the terms set forth in the preceding paragraphs
for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days. Such leave of absence may be
extended by the Employer for additional periods of time not to exceed sixty (60)
days in any instance, if at the expiration of such leave or extension thereof,
the employee continues to be unable to return to work but under normal
circumstances should be able to do so within a reasonable period, and provided
further that he notifies the Employer in writing by registered mail to that
effect at least five (5) calendar days prior to expiration of such leave of
absence.
(g) An employee who sustains a compensable injury or who
acquired an occupational disease which originates in the Employer's plant will
be granted a leave of absence automatically for the full period of legal
temporary disability.
(h) An employee who engages in gainful employment during a
leave of absence, except when such leave is expressly granted for such purpose,
shall be deemed to have quit.
(i) An employee shall be subject to immediate dismissal for
falsifying any reason given to the Company for leave of absence.
(j) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, employees
will be entitled to the Benefits of the State of New Jersey Family Leave Act or
the Federal Family and Medical Leave Act, whichever Act provides the greater
Benefit.
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Section 2. The Employer agrees that in the event an employee is elected
to full time office in the Union, such employee shall be granted a leave of
absence for the duration of their term of office and shall be reinstated without
loss of seniority upon the expiration of their term of office.
Section 3. In the event that any regular employee shall enter into or
be drafted into the armed forces of the United States, it is agreed that they
shall be granted a leave of absence for the duration of their service, and it is
further agreed that such employee shall, at the conclusion of the period of
service, provided they are physically equipped to perform their duties, and
provided that they apply within sixty (60) days after their discharge, be
re-employed without loss of seniority or other rights and be reinstated to their
former position or one equivalent to it as a regular employee at the then
prevailing rate of wages for such position. It is further understood and agreed
that any new employee who is engaged to take the place of an employee who
entered the armed forces of the United States may be discharged upon the
rehiring of the former employee.
Section 4. (a) In the event of the death of an employee's husband,
wife, parent, brother, sister, or child, they will be granted a maximum of a
three (3) day leave of a absence starting from time of death, with pay at their
normal straight time earnings, for any regularly scheduled work days lost, to
take care of the funeral arrangements and attend the funeral of the deceased,
upon delivery of proof satisfactory to the Company of such death, provided they
shall have had at least one (1) year's service with t he Company.
(b) In the event of the death of an employee's grandparent,
mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, step-mother,
step-father, step-child, step-brother, step-sister, they will be granted a one
(1) day leave of absence with pay at their normal straight time earnings for
actual time lost for a scheduled work day, to attend the funeral upon delivery
of proof satisfactory to the Company of such death, provided they shall have had
at least one (1) year's service with the Company.
(c) Employees on vacation, leave of absence, or on lay-off,
will not be paid for the above sections 4(a) or 4(b).
Section 5. (a) In the event an employee is summoned for jury duty, they
will be granted a two (2) week leave of absence and will be paid, up to a
maximum of two (2) weeks, the difference between jury pay and their regular
straight time pay for their normal work week, provided they have had at least
one (1) year's service with the Company.
(b) Employees on vacation, leave of absence, or on lay-off ,
will not be paid or the above section 5 (a).
ARTICLE XI
DISCHARGE
Section 1. Any employee absent from work for five (5) consecutive
working days without notification of such absence to the Personnel Department
will automatically be removed from the
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payroll of the Employer and lose all seniority rights. An employee must have a
satisfactory reason for any day of absence.
Section 2. Any employee requesting relief from a work assignment, due
to physical conditions, must upon the Employer's request, submit to a physical
examination by a physician. If, on the basis of the doctor's report, the Company
determines that the employee is physically able to perform the work assignment,
the employee will be so informed. Refusal to perform the work assigned will
result in the automatic termination of the employee.
Section 3. Excessive absenteeism or lateness will result in dismissal,
after at least one warning slip has been issued to the employee, and notice been
given to the Union Chairperson.
Section 4. The Employer reserves the right to discharge an employee for
any just cause or reason. Included in the right to discharge, but not limited to
the foregoing authority, the parties agree that inefficiency, loitering after
warning, drinking, gambling or bookmaking on the company premises, or crimes
committed off the company premises shall be cause for discharge under this
provision. It is understood that in the event a person is accused of a crime
committed off company premises, the party will be suspended without pay or
benefits until the disposition of the criminal proceedings when the final
disciplinary action will be determined, provided, however, that if the Union
claims that the discharge was unjust or not for reasonable cause, the matter
shall be submitted for arbitration in the manner provided for in this agreement.
ARTICLE XII
DEPARTMENTAL SUPERVISORS
Section 1. The Employer reserves the right to have assistant xxxxxxx
perform whatever type work it deems necessary for the efficient operation of the
department.
Section 2. An employee upgraded to a position, Assistant Xxxxxxx or
Xxxxxxx, outside the bargaining unit, and for any reason returned to a position
within the bargaining unit within a period of one (1) year from the date they
were upgraded, shall be reinstated in the union with full seniority rights from
their original date of hire.
ARTICLE XIII
HOSPITALIZATION AND INSURANCE
Section 1. (a) The Employer agrees to provide, at its expense, (as
specified in Section 1(b)), a benefit plan (Local 377 Group Health Plan) for
each employee, provided said employee meets the eligibility requirements as
specified in the subject plan.
(b) The Employer agrees to pay $250.00 per month beginning 1
November 1994, $260.00 per month beginning 1 October 1995 and $270.00 per month
beginning 1 October
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1996 for each employee. In addition, any increased employer contribution
negotiated in the successor agreement to this Agreement will also be paid for
the months of October 1997 and November 1997.
Section 2. The Employer agrees to provide, at its expense, a group life
insurance plan providing a $3,000 (Three Thousand Dollars) coverage for each
employee, provided said employee shall have six (6) months service with the
Company.
ARTICLE XIV
GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE
Any dispute, difference, or grievance which may arise concerning any of
the provisions, terms, interpretations of this agreement shall be submitted
within two (2) working days of its occurrence by the Union or employee affected
to the Company for settlement between the Union Xxxxxxx and the Xxxxxxx, or be
forever barred. If no agreement is reached within two (2) additional working
days, it shall be referred to the Shop Chairperson and the Supervisor. If no
agreement is reached within two (2) additional working days, it shall be
referred to the Union Representatives and the representative of Management. If
the Union is not satisfied with the answer given by the Company, it must serve
written notice to appeal within ten (10) working days. If timely notice of
appeal to arbitration is not given, the matter is closed and the company's
answer is final. If timely notice of appeal to arbitration is served, the
parties shall endeavor to select an arbitrator mutually satisfactory to them. In
the event the parties cannot agree on a mutually satisfactory arbitrator within
five (5) working days, either party may request the New Jersey State Board of
Mediation to submit a panel of arbitrators in accordance with its rules and
practices. The arbitrator shall then be selected in accordance with the rules
and regulations of the New Jersey State Mediation Board and the issue in dispute
shall be submitted to him for final determination.
The arbitrator may provide for reinstatement of any discharged
employee, either with or without pay as the arbitrator may determine, or may
sustain a discharge, or may otherwise determine any other question referred to
him. In the event of any back pay award, there shall be deducted from the same,
any employee earnings elsewhere, as determined in accordance with National Labor
Relations Board standards.
The arbitrator shall not have the authority to alter, modify, add to or
subtract from any of the terms or provisions of the Agreement.
The fee of the arbitrator shall be shared equally by the Company and
the Union. All other expenses of the arbitration shall be paid by the party
incurring the same.
No individual employee or employees shall have the right to request
arbitration under this agreement.
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ARTICLE XV
INTERFERENCE, DISCRIMINATION, COERCION
This contract is the full agreement and the Employer shall not enter
into any private agreement with any of its employees, whereby any of the
provisions of this agreement may or shall be violated, waived or modified.
Any and all such agreements shall be null and void and of no effect.
ARTICLE XVI
NO STRIKES, LOCKOUTS
During the term of this agreement, the Employer shall not lockout and
the Union agrees that neither it nor any of its representatives, stewards,
covered employees or members will sanction, authorize or engage in any strike,
slowdown, stoppage or interference with work; but should such unauthorized
suspension or stoppage or interference with work take place, the Union and its
agents shall make every effort to restore and resume normal operations
forthwith. The Employer agrees that it will not xxx or claim money damages from
the Union by reason of any unsanctioned or unauthorized strike or suspension of
work, provided the Union has reasonably endeavored to have work resumed.
ARTICLE XVII
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 1. Any provisions of this agreement which are in conflict with
any law, executive or governmental, city or state regulations, order or
directive, now or hereafter in existence, shall be suspended as long as such
conflict exists.
Section 2. No payroll deduction shall be made for any purpose
whatsoever except as specifically required by Federal, State and/or Municipal
Law, or as herein above specified, or unless authorized in writing by the
employee in question and agreed to by the Employer. Nothing herein contained,
however, shall be construed to prevent reasonable regulations for deductions in
case an employee is late in reporting for work.
Section 3. Unless an employee is hospitalized, employees absent from
work must call in by 8:30 AM on a daily basis or they will be subject to the
progressive discipline set forth in Article XI, Section 3.
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ARTICLE XVIII
SECURITY
Section 1. In the event that a Government agency, concerned with
security regulations applicable to the Employer, advises the Employer to
restrict any member of the Union from work on or access to classified
information or material, the Union will not hold the Employer responsible for
such action as the Employer may reasonably take to comply with its contractual
obligations to the customer working on contracts for the government.
Section 2. The Union recognizes that the Employer has certain
obligations under the law pertaining to security and in its contracts with
vendors doing government work as required by the security regulations of the
armed forces and agree that nothing contained in this agreement is intended to
place the Employer in violation of such law pertaining to security or its
security agreements with the government.
ARTICLE XIX
TERM OF AGREEMENT
This agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall be
binding upon the parties and successors until midnight, 4 December 1997, and
shall be considered automatically renewed from year to year thereafter unless at
least sixty (60) days prior to the end of any effective period either
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party shall serve written notice upon the other by registered mail that it
desires to modify or terminate this agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto set,,their hands and seals the
day and year first above written.
KREISLER INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION LOCAL 377, RWDSU AFL-CIO
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President
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Recording Secretary
COMMITTEE
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EFFECTIVE 5 DECEMBER 1994
SCHEDULE I
LABOR GRADE "B"
Minimum $5.10 per hour with an increase of $.05 per hour after thirty
days and automatic increases of $.10 per hour every four months until reaching
maximum rate of $10.95 per hour.
The following jobs are in "B" Classification:
General Machine Operator - (including chamfering, swedging, drill
press, tube cutter).
Solder Remover
Pressure & Flow Tester
Induction Brazer
Identification Moveman
Shipping/Receiving Clerk
Xxxxxx
Furnace Assembler
Cap and Wrap
LABOR GRADE "C"
Minimum $5.20 per hour with an increase of $.05 per hour after thirty
days and automatic increases of $.l0 per hour every four months until reaching
maximum rate $11.05 per hour.
The following jobs are in "C" Classification:
Chemical Cleaner
DeBurrer
Tube Xxxxxx
Final Assembly Inspector
LABOR GRADE "D"
Minimum $5.35 per hour with an increase of $.05 per hour after thirty
days and automatic increases of $.10 per hour every four months until reaching
maximum rate of $11.20 per hour.
The following jobs are in "D" Classification:
Adjustor
Torch Brazer
Fluorescent Penetrant Operate & Set-Up.
Plater
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LABOR GRADE "E"
Minimum $5.60 per hour with an increase of $.05 per hour after thirty
days and automatic increases of $.10 per hour every four months until reaching
maximum rate of $11.45 per hour.
The following jobs are in "E" Classification:
Machinist - 2nd Class
Vendor's Inspector
Leadman
Truck Driver
X-Ray Technician
Process Inspector
Ultra-Sonic Technician
LABOR GRADE "F"
Minimum $5.85 per hour with an increase of $.05 per hour after thirty
days and automatic increases of $.10 per hour every four months until reaching
maximum rate of $11.95 per hour.
The following jobs are in "F" Classification:
Furnace Operator
General Maintenance Man
X-Ray Reader
Set-Up Man
LABOR GRADE "G"
Minimum $6.10 per hour with an increase of $.05 per hour after thirty
days and automatic increases of $.10 per hour every four months until reaching
maximum rate of $12.20 per hour.
The following jobs are in "G" Classification:
CNC Machine Set-Up
Machinist lst Class
Experimental Machinist
Turret Lathe Set-Up and Operator
LABOR GRADE "H"
Minimum $6.35 per hour with an increase of $.05 per hour after thirty
days and automatic increases of $.l0 per hour every four months until reaching
maximum rate of $12.70 per hour.
The following jobs are in "H" Classification:
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Tool and Die Maker
Toolmaker
Layout Inspector
Welder
LEADMAN: In the event the Company establishes a leadman in any
classification in any labor grade, it is agreed the rate of the leadman should
be 10% above their then current hourly rate, said payment to commence upon the
completion of a 30-day trial period in the leadman classification.
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EFFECTIVE 5 DECEMBER 1995
SCHEDULE I
LABOR GRADE "B"
Minimum $5.10 per hour with an increase of $.05 per hour after thirty
days and automatic increases of $.10 per hour every four months until reaching
maximum rate of $11.20 per hour.
The following jobs are in "B" Classification:
General Machine Operator - (including chamfering, swedging, drill
press, tube cutter).
Solder Remover
Pressure & Flow Tester
Induction Brazer
Identification Moveman
Shipping/Receiving Clerk
Xxxxxx
Furnace Assembler
Cap and Wrap
LABOR GRADE "C"
Minimum $5.20 per hour with an increase of $.05 per hour after thirty
days and automatic increases of $.10 per hour every four months until reaching
maximum rate $11.30 per hour.
The following jobs are in "C" Classification:
Chemical Cleaner
DeBurrer
Tube Xxxxxx
Final Assembly Inspector
LABOR GRADE "D"
Minimum $5.35 per hour with an increase of $.05 per hour after thirty
days and automatic increases of $.10 per hour every four months until reaching
maximum rate of $11.45 per hour.
The following jobs are in "D" Classification:
Adjustor
Torch Brazer
Fluorescent Penetrant Operate & Set-Up.
Plater
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LABOR GRADE "E"
Minimum $5.60 per hour with an increase of $.05 per hour after thirty
days and automatic increases of $.10 per hour every four months until reaching
maximum rate of $11.70 per hour.
The following jobs are in "E" Classification:
Machinist - 2nd Class
Vendor's Inspector
Leadman
Truck Driver
X-Ray Technician
Process Inspector
Ultra-Sonic Technician
LABOR GRADE "F"
Minimum $5.85 per hour with an increase of $.05 per hour after thirty
days and automatic increases of $.10 per hour every four months until reaching
maximum rate of $12.20 per hour.
The following jobs are in "F" Classification:
Furnace Operator
General Maintenance Man
X-Ray Reader
Set-Up Man
LABOR GRADE "G"
Minimum $6.10 per hour with an increase of $.05 per hour after thirty
days and automatic increases of $.10 per hour every four months until reaching
maximum rate of $12.45 per hour.
The following jobs are in "G" Classification:
CNC Machine Set-Up
Machinist lst Class
Experimental Machinist
Turret Lathe Set-Up and Operator
LABOR GRADE "H"
Minimum $6.35 per hour with an increase of $.05 per hour after thirty
days and automatic increases of $.10 per hour every four months until reaching
maximum rate of $12.95 per hour.
The following jobs are in "H" Classification:
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Tool and Die Maker
Toolmaker
Layout Inspector
Welder
LEADMAN: In the event the Company establishes a leadman in any
classification in any labor grade, it is agreed the rate of the leadman should
be 10% above their then current hourly rate, said payment to commence upon the
completion of a 30-day trial period in the leadman classification.
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EFFECTIVE 5 DECEMBER 1996
SCHEDULE I
LABOR GRADE "B"
Minimum $5.10 per hour with an increase of $.05 per hour after thirty
days and automatic increases of $.10 per hour every four months until reaching
maximum rate of $11.45 per hour.
The following jobs are in "B" Classification:
General Machine Operator - (including chamfering, swedging, drill
press, tube cutter).
Solder Remover
Pressure & Flow Tester
Induction Brazer
Identification Moveman
Shipping/Receiving Clerk
Xxxxxx
Furnace Assembler
Cap and Wrap
LABOR GRADE "C"
Minimum $5.20 per hour with an increase of $.05 per hour after thirty
days and automatic increases of $.10 per hour every four months until reaching
maximum rate $11.95 per hour.
The following jobs are in "C" Classification:
Chemical Cleaner
DeBurrer
Tube Xxxxxx
Final Assembly Inspector
LABOR GRADE "D"
Minimum $5.35 per hour with an increase of $.05 per hour after thirty
days and automatic increases of $.10 per hour every four months until reaching
maximum rate of $11.70 per hour.
The following jobs are in "D" Classification:
Adjustor
Torch Brazer
Fluorescent Penetrant Operate & Set-Up.
Plater
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LABOR GRADE "E"
Minimum $5.60 per hour with an increase of $.05 per hour after thirty
days and automatic increases of $.10 per hour every four months until reaching
maximum rate of $11.95 per hour.
The following jobs are in "E" Classification:
Machinist - 2nd Class
Vendor's Inspector
Leadman
Truck Driver
X-Ray Technician
Process Inspector
Ultra-Sonic Technician
LABOR GRADE "F"
Minimum $5.85 per hour with an increase of $.05 per hour after thirty
days and automatic increases of $.10 per hour every four months until reaching
maximum rate of $12.45 per hour.
The following jobs are in "F" Classification:
Furnace Operator
General Maintenance Man
X-Ray Reader
Set-Up Man
LABOR GRADE "G"
Minimum $6.10 per hour with an increase of $.05 per hour after thirty
days and automatic increases of $.10 per hour every four months until reaching
maximum rate of $12.70 per hour.
The following jobs are in "G" Classification:
CNC Machine Set-Up
Machinist lst Class
Experimental Machinist
Turret Lathe Set-Up and Operator
LABOR GRADE "H"
Minimum $6.35 per hour with an increase of $.05 per hour after thirty
days and automatic increases of $.10 per hour every four months until reaching
maximum rate of $13.20 per hour.
The following jobs are in "H" Classification:
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Tool and Die Maker
Toolmaker
Layout Inspector
Welder
LEADMAN: In the event the Company establishes a leadman in any
classification in any labor grade, it is agreed the rate of the leadman should
be 10% above their then current hourly rate, said payment to commence upon the
completion of a 30-day trial period in the leadman classification.
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