Agreement made this 14th day of February, 1996 by and between Petrowax
Refining, XxXxxx ("Company") and Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International
Union and Local 8-607 ("Union").
1. The agreement which expired on January 31, 1996 is extended for a three
(3) year period from February 1, 1996 to and including January 31, 1999 except
as modified herein.
2. The general wage increases shall be as follows:
Effective 2/1/96 - $.50 per hour
Effective 2/1/97 - 3.75% per hour
Effective 2/1/98 - 3.75% per hour
3. Meal allowance referred to in Article 6 C. shall be increased to $7.50.
Meal tickets, when issued, must be utilized within 48 hours or such tickets
shall be void.
4. Holidays: Effective the first year of the agreement and thereafter,
Veterans Day shall be an additional holiday. Effective the third year of the
agreement, Good Friday shall be added as an additional holiday.
5. The Spouse's grandparent will be added to the coverage provided in
Article 10.
6. The Sick and Accident Benefit shall be increased to $235 per week,
effective 2/1/96, $245 per week, effective 2/1/97, and $255 per week, effective
2/1/98.
7. Each employee shall receive one dozen pairs of gloves, selected by the
Company, on the employee's anniversary date of employment.
8. 401K - Effective 2/1/96 the 401K plan shall be changed to provide that
employees who contribute 1% or more of their gross wages to the 401K plan shall
receive matching funds from the Company in the amount of 2% of said gross wages.
The 2% match shall be increased to 3% effective 2/1/97.
9. Temporary employee rate - $6.00 for mowing, raking and painting.
10. Rate Changes: The following classifications shall be paid the
following wage rates BEFORE the wage increase provided for in paragraph 2 above:
Instrument Technician --- $13.49
Shift (Un)Loader --- $12.72
Waste Treatment Attendant --- $12.87
Working Supervisor, Rigger --- $13.41
Chief Insulator --- $13.11
Coal Handler --- $12.17
11. For employees who retire at age 62 and thereafter, and prior to age
65, the Company will continue said employee's coverage under the group health
and dental plan, for individual coverage only, for which the employee must
contribute 20% of the applicable premium. Said continued coverage at Company
expense shall end when the employee turns age 65. If an employee is covered
under any other insurance plan providing for similar benefits or services,
he/she shall not be entitled to such coverage at Company expense as provided
herein.
12. Within 90 days of the ratification of the Agreement, the Company shall
modify its health plan to provide "Select Blue" coverage.
13. Attached hereto are local agreements reached between the Company and
the Union.
In witness whereof: the parties hereto have caused their names to be
subscribed by their duly authorized officers this day of , 1996.
Petrowax Refining, XxXxxx Plant
by:
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Oil, Chemical and Atomic Worker's
International Union
by:
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Local 8-607
by:
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XXXXXX LOCAL AGREEMENTS - NON-ECONOMIC
Union 4 Typographical errors to be corrected. Article 5, Paragraph (H).
Next to last paragraph insert "If" prior to "it."
Company 4 Article 6 (E) change "7:30 a.m. to 7:00 a.m.
Union 6 Article 5 (J) - change "one (1) year" to "eighteen (18) months".
Medical coverage shall continue for twelve (12) months as at
present.
Union 7 Article 5 (K) in the last phrase starting with "; if required"
before the words "move down" insert the word "temporarily" and
delete the words "and the rate" through "consecutive days
thereafter."
Company 0 Xxxxxxxx "X" (X) add words "Waste Treatment" after the words
"Monitoring the."
Union 8 Article 5 (M) change "twelve (12) months" to "twenty four (24)
months."
Union 9 Change Article 5 (P) to read:
"Persons who were promoted out of the bargaining unit prior
to February 1, 1996 to a position of supervisor within a
department in the bargaining unit, and are later demoted,
and the Company permits them to return to the unit, shall
return to the position they previously held without loss of
seniority. Persons who are promoted out of the bargaining
unit subsequent to February 1, 1996, and later return to the
bargaining unit, shall be treated in the same manner as
newly hired employees."
Union 10 Article 6(A) "Transfer and Shipping" shall be added to the list
of departments for shift employees.
Union 15 LETTER OF INTENT - The Company intends to develop a system of
documentation so that appropriate supervisors are aware, before
scheduling overtime, is an employee in the group being considered
for overtime is entitled to make up overtime because an error was
made in a prior overtime assignment.
Union 20 LETTER OF INTENT - single vacation days which fall during an
employees regularly schedule work days for the week in question
will be treated as eight (8) hours worked for purposes of
computing an employee's overtime earned during the week.
Union 21 LETTER OF INTENT - The Company will use its best efforts to
inform the Union when a contractor will be on the premises doing
work of the type performed by bargaining unit craft employees
when employees in the craft in which the contractor is working
are working outside their craft.
Union 22 LETTER OF INTENT - The Company will post work schedules by 2:00
p.m. Thursday. If an employee's schedule is change thereafter,
the Company is obligated to notify the emloyees of such change
in accordance with the report pay provision of the collective
bargaining agreement and failure to notify will be excused only
where excused under the terms of that provision.
Union 24 LETTER OF INTENT - If, within four (4) weeks after an employee's
claim for weekly Workers' Compensation benefits has been
approved, the compensation carrier has not begun to pay such
weekly benefits, the Company will commence payment of the
benefits provided the employee signs an appropriate form
assigning to the Company any benefits later paid to the employee
in an amount necessary to reimburse the Company.
Union 26 Article 12 - add to first paragraph
"The Company shall schedule vacations within classifications
giving first priority for available vacation time within a
classification on the basis of departmental seniority "
Union 28 Article 12(A) - change beginning of the third paragraph by adding
and the word "day" prior to the word "employee."
Company 1
Shift employees shall no longer be entitled to single day
vacations.
Union 29 The Company has agreed to enlarge the union bulletin boards.
Union 33 Article 17 (B) eliminate "a maximum of" add "provided the
employee chooses to have such committee persons present."
Union 35 Article 18 (D)
"Committee members will not perform their duties with
respect to the investigation of disputes during working
hours without first obtaining approval from their supervisor.
The Company, in considering a request for approval,
recognizes that certain work related grievances are of such
a nature that they may need to be addressed immediately."
Union 40 Appendix A - eliminate paragraph (A)
Union 41 Appendix A - paragraph (B) add -
A non-exhaustive list of such basic maintenance work is as
follows:
l. Adding packing to pumps.
2. Tightening various nuts and bolts.
3. Tightening leaking fittings and flanges.
4. Installing temporary insulation-safety hazards.
5. Changing light bulbs.
Union 43 Eliminate the last sentence of Article 5 and rewrite as follows:
An employee who cannot move up in a sequence because of a
disqualification, medical or otherwise, shall be demoted to
the bottom, full-time, five (5) day, position in the
sequence and shall again proceed to move up the sequence. If
the employee is thereafter disqualified for any reason, the
employee shall be displaced from the department and must
bump the junior employee, using plant seniority, in the
Helper or Extra classification, in any other department. The
vacancy ultimately created by utilizing this procedure shall
be filled under the terms of the collective bargaining
agreement.
The parties have agreed upon previously disqualified
employees to be grandfather in their present classification,
the names of which are attached hereto.
Union 45 The Union withdrew this request based on assurances that going to
Emlenton to work on a temporary basis will be voluntary.
Union 55 EXTRA HELPER POOL - sixth paragraph - eliminate "Extra Lube Oil
Loader" and No. 3 Light Oil Loading Rack Loader."
Union withdrew union requests #3, #5, #00, #00, #00, #00, #00,
#00, #00
The Company's Light/Restricted Duty Program is attached hereto.
This is a complete settlement of all non-economic issues at the XxXxxx
Plant.
LIGHT/RESTRICTED DUTY PROGRAM
In an effort to provide meaningful work to employees who are not able to report
back to their full time duties after a work related illness/injury, a
light/restricted work program has been developed.
Any administration questions should be directed to the Manager of Human
Resources.
The program will operate as follows:
An employee returning to work on a light/restricted duty basis must:
1. Provide a return to work slip from the doctor stating the restrictions
and the time frame for the employee to resume full duties. This
return to work slip must be furnished to the Manager of Human
Resources.
2. The maximum time for an employee to be on light/restricted duty for
any one continuous illness or injury is six (6) months. There will be
only one light/restricted duty for a continuous problem.
3. If the doctor states light/restricted duty can be performed by
employees on work related injury/illness and the Company determines
such work is available and the Company determines to fill such work on
light duty, they will be required to return to work.
4. Light/restricted work duty will be performed based on the employees
capabilities and the availability of work. The Company reserves the
right to have the employee examined by a doctor of their choice prior
to permitting light duty work.
5. Supervisors will be fully informed of the employees restrictions so as
to provide applicable work.
NON WORK RELATED ILLNESS OR INJURY
Employees who are absent due to a non work related illness or injury may
participate in this program at the option of the Company and the employee.
PAY REQUIREMENTS
1. Employees returning on light/restricted work duty will be paid the
applicable laborer rate unless working in their classification and
performing work above that normally performed by a laborer or helper.
If working in their normal classification as stated above, the
employee will be paid their normal rate.
2. Personal illness/injury: Applicable labor rate unless working in
their classification. If working in their classification the employee
will be paid their normal rate.
SENIORITY
The employees seniority will not be affected by the light/restricted duty
program.
XXXXXX JOB CLASSIFICATION LISTING
SKILLS
Operator
Operator Helper
Pumper
SOLVENT DEWAXER
Operator
Refrigerator
Filter
Helper
TRANSFER AND SHIPPING
Shift (un)Loader
PDA SOUTH
Operator
Helper
FILTER HOUSE
Operator
Oper. Helper
BOILER HOUSE
Operator
Oper. Helper
LABORATORY
Shift Tester
Senior Day Tester
Pool Employ. (Not working scheduled shifts)
MAINTENANCE
Working Supervisor Mechanic
Machinist
Mechanic
Mechanics Helper
Working Supervisor Pipefitter
Pipefitter
Pipefitter Helper
Chief Welder
Welder
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Xxxxxxxxx Helper
Rigger
Rigger 2nd Class
Rigger Helper
Working Supervisor, Electrical, and Instrument
Instrumental Technician
Electrician 2nd Class
Electrician Helper
Painter
Insulator
Insulator Helper
Plant Xxxxxx
Advanced laborer
Storekeeper
Assistant Storekeeper
Truck Driver
Tank Car Loader
Wax Loader/Blender
Waste Treatment Attendant
Extra Waste Treatment Attendant
