Skilled Trades

231 Pages·2008·0.44 MB·English

SKILLED TRADES
BOOK
Includes Agreements and
Letters of Understanding
between
UAW
®
and the
FORD MOTOR COMPANY
Agreements Dated
November 3, 2007
(Effective November 19, 2007)
IncludesAdministrativeCorrections
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PRINTEDINU.S.A.
NOTE:
Thematerialinthisbookletcontainsportionsofthetermsof
the Collective Bargaining Agreement dated November 3,
2007,astheyrelatetoSkilledTradesincludingApprentice-
ship.
The contractual language in this document has been com-
piledfromexcerptsoftheMasterAgreementandLettersof
Understanding between the Ford Motor Company and the
UAW and other sources and is not intended as a substitute
fortheoriginallanguage.
The purpose of this booklet is to place under one cover
information affecting Skilled Trades. Information that is
commontoallhourlyemployees,suchasRetirement,SUB,
Group Life and Disability Insurance, Hospital-Surgical-
Medical-Prescription Drug-Dental-Vision and the Collective
BargainingAgreement,etc.,isnotreproducedinitsentirety
in this document. This general information applicable to all
hourly employees has, however, been reproduced in other
bookletforms.
Wehopeyouwillfindthisbooklethelpful.
BOBKING MARTINJ.MULLOY
VicePresidentandDirector VicePresident
UAW,NationalFordDepartment LaborAffairs
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT
Skilled Trades Supplemental Agreement............. 9
Exhibit I, Apprenticeship Standards................. 14
Representatives and Consultan.t.................... 14
Article 1, Definitions.............................. 14
Article 2, Apprenticeship Eligibility Require-
ments............................................ 15
Article 3, Credit for Previous Experience......... 16
Article 4, Term of Apprenticeship................. 17
Article 5, Probationary Period .................... 17
Article 6, Hours of Work.......................... 18
Article 7, Ratios................................... 19
Article 8, Discipline............................... 21
Article 9, Wages................................... 21
Article 10, Related Instruction and School Atten-
dance............................................ 26
Article 11, Joint Apprenticeship Committee ...... 27
Article 12, Plant Subcommittees of the Joint Ap-
prenticeship Committee......................... 29
Article 13, Supervision of Apprentices............ 31
Article 14, Consultants............................ 32
Article 15, Seniority............................... 32
Article 16, Apprenticeship Agreement ............ 35
Article 17, Certificate of Completion of Appren-
ticeship.......................................... 36
Article 18, Modification of Standards............. 36
Article 19, Approval............................... 36
Appendices A-U (Shop Training Schedules)....... 37
Exhibit II, Skilled Trades Work Assignments........ 44
LETTERS OF UNDERSTANDING
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT
Letter Concerning Maintenance and Construction
Work, dated January 20, 1949........................ 46
Letter Concerning New Die Construction, dated
October 4, 1979...................................... 49
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TABLE OF CONTENTS—Continued
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Die Construction Work Subject Matter
Annual Business Plan Reviews - Stamping
Business Unit (9-15-03).......................... 52
Die Construction Plans (9-15-03).................. 54
Die Trades in Protected Status - Stand Alone
Stamping Plants (9-15-03)....................... 56
Sunday Work Assignment (10-21-67) .............. 58
Tool and Die Construction (10-4-79)............... 59
Tool and Die Work (10-9-61)....................... 62
Outside Contracting
Advance Notice of Outside Contracting
and Effective Clearing Procedure (10-4-79)..... 64
Contracting of Work (10-14-84).................... 66
Maintenance and Construction Work (1-20-49).... 68
Maintenance Work (10-9-61)....................... 71
Outside Contracting (10-9-99) ..................... 73
Outside Contracting (9-15-03) ..................... 84
Outside Contracting Reviews (9-15-93)............ 85
Right to Strike Over Outside Contracting
(10-4-79)......................................... 87
Parts Distribution Center Subject Matter
Selection and Training – Maintenance General
Plant Skilled Classification, Parts Distribution
Centers (10-9-99)................................ 89
Seniority
Inspector — Tooling and Layout Seniority
(10-14-84)........................................ 91
Skilled/Nonskilled Seniority (10-14-84)............ 93
Transfer Leveling Seniority Tiebreaker (9-17-87).. 94
SKILLED TRADES SUPPLEMENTAL
AGREEMENT
Apprenticeship Standards
Apprentices Affected by a Reduction in
Force (11-3-07)................................ 95
Apprentices Affected by Discontinued
Operations (9-15-03)............................. 97
Apprentice Graduate Skilled Trades Seniority -
Brownstown (9-15-03)........................... 98
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TABLE OF CONTENTS—Continued
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Apprentice Mentoring Program (9-15-03).......... 99
Apprentice Needs Forecasting Methodology
Pilot (9-15-03) ...................................100
Apprentice Preferential Placement, Protected
Status Placement, and Return To Basic Unit
Provisions (10-9-99)..............................102
Apprentice Program (9-16-96).....................104
Apprentice Program Name (10-9-99) ..............106
Apprentice Program Quality and Administration
(10-7-90).........................................107
Apprentice Program Requirements (9-15-03)......110
Apprentice Program Review Meetings (9-15-03)...112
Apprentice Program Revisions (11-3-07)......114
Apprentice Selection Procedure — Source of
Candidates (9-15-03).............................116
Apprentice Tool Box (9-15-03).....................119
Apprentice Utilization and Journeyman Status
(10-14-84)........................................120
Clarification of Apprentice Rehire Provision
(10-14-84)........................................122
Job Security — Apprentice Development
and Journeymen/women Retraining
(11-3-07) .......................................123
Modification to Apprentice Selection Procedure
(9-15-03).........................................129
New Die Construction — Apprentices (9-17-87)...131
Outside Contracting — Apprentices (9-17-87).....132
Placement on Apprentice Eligibility
Lists Following Transfer (10-7-90)...............133
Replacement of Apprentices Leaving the
Program (9-15-03) ...............................135
Required Recordkeeping for Apprenticeship
Related Training Instruction Classes
(11-3-07) .......................................136
Training for Plant Subcommittees of the
National Joint Apprenticeship Committee
(9-16-96).........................................138
Wages Paid for Travel To/From Apprentice
Training (9-15-03)................................140
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TABLE OF CONTENTS—Continued
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Skilled Trades Issues
Appendix F (Skilled Trades) Licenses (10-9-99)...141
Automation and Welder Fixture Repair
Placement Process (11-3-07).................143
Clarification of Breakdown, Exhibit II
Skilled Trades Supplement Agreement
(10-28-64)........................................145
Clarification of Placement Opportunities
for Skilled Trades Related to Open
Positions (11-3-07)............................146
Competitive Skilled Trades Work Practices
(9-15-03).........................................148
Date-of-Entry — Skilled Trades Employee
Transferred to or Placed in Another Plant
on Skilled Classification (10-7-90)...............150
Dearborn Tool & Die Plant (11-3-07)..........152
Enhanced Skilled Trades Training (10-9-99).......154
Equipment Refurbishment (11-3-07) ..........156
Equipment Training Specifications (10-9-99) ......157
Expansion of Skilled Trades Project
Coordinator Classification (11-3-07)........158
Local Skilled Trades Work Assignment Guides
(10-7-90).........................................162
Mentor Training for Journeypersons (9-15-03) ....164
New Technology (9-15-03).........................165
Production-Related Computer Equipment
(10-9-99).........................................171
Project Work for Skilled Trades (9-15-93).........172
Rouge Construction Services – Department
8061 (11-3-07).................................173
Shop Training Appendices (10-7-90)...............175
Skilled Classification Consolidation
Placement Process (11-3-07).................176
Skilled Trades Book (9-15-03).....................178
Skilled Trades Classification Consolidation
(11-3-07) .......................................179
Skilled Trades Classification Consolidation
Implementation Guidelines (11-3-07).......196
Skilled Trades Classifications (10-7-90)............198
Skilled Trades Diversity (9-15-03) .................200
Skilled Trades Employees’ Tools (10-7-90) ........202
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TABLE OF CONTENTS—Continued
Page
Skilled Trades Governance (11-3-07)..........204
Skilled Trades Licensing (11-3-07).............208
Skilled Trades Supplementation Wages Rates
(10-31-73)........................................209
Skilled Trades Wage Rates for Business
Cases (11-3-07)................................210
Skilled Trades Versatility and Training
(11-3-07) .......................................212
Technical Skills Training for Inspector —
Tooling and Layout (11-3-07) ................214
Warranty Work (11-3-07) .......................216
Company Administrative Letters
Guidelines for Temporary -
Changeover Pool Agreements (11-29-73)........218
APPENDIX F CLASSIFICATIONS..............220
UMPIRE DECISIONS
Umpire Shulman...................................222
Umpire Platt.......................................222
Umpire Healy......................................226
Umpire Hanlon ....................................228
Umpire Goetz......................................231
Umpire Hales......................................231
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SKILLEDTRADESSUPPLEMENTALAGREEMENT
SKILLED TRADES
SUPPLEMENTALAGREEMENT
BETWEEN FORD MOTOR COMPANY
AND UAW
OnNovember3,2007,atDearborn,Michigan,FordMotor
Company,aDelawarecorporation,hereinafterdesignatedas
theCompany,andtheInternationalUnion,UnitedAutomo-
bile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of
America, UAW, an unincorporated voluntary association,
hereinafterdesignatedastheUnion,herebyagreeasfollows:
1. EmployeesCovered
This agreement shall be applicable to employees in all
skilled classifications in the Tool and Die, Maintenance,
Construction and Power House groups (Appendix F to
the Collective Bargaining Agreement dated September
28,1949,asamended)andtoapprenticescoveredbyan
apprenticeship agreement between the Company and
theUnion.
2. SpreadRateClassifications
(a)A uniform spread of twenty cents (20¢) shall be
established for all spread rate classifications in Ap-
pendixF(SkilledTrades).Theminimumratesshall
be established at twenty cents (20¢) below the
maximum rates for each classification. Equal incre-
mentsinfivecents(5¢)amountsshallbeestablished
betweentheminimumandmaximumrates.
(b)All employees in Appendix F (Skilled Trades) clas-
sifications (except those classified as Leader,
ChangeoverorUpgrader)shallreceivethemaximum
rate of their classification within three (3) months
from the date on which they are so classified or
acquire seniority, whichever is later. Rate progres-
sion to the maximum shall be as provided in the
MeritIncreaseAgreement.
3. MaintenanceandConstructionWork—
UseofSeniorityEmployees
ItisthepolicyoftheCompanytofullyutilizeitsseniority
employees in the skilled trades (Appendix F) in the
performance of maintenance and construction work, in
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SKILLEDTRADESSUPPLEMENTALAGREEMENT
accordance with its letter to the Union of January 20,
1949.*
4. New Die Construction Work — Use of Seniority
Employees
It is the policy of the Company to utilize its seniority
journeymeninthetoolanddieclassifications(Appendix
F)intheperformanceofnewdiemachining,fabrication,
repair, tryout and related checking fixture construction
work in accordance with its letter to the Union of
October4,1979.**
5. ApprenticeshipStandards
The Apprenticeship Standards Agreement, as amended
herein, is made Exhibit I hereof and a part of this
Agreement.
6. SkilledTradesWorkAssignments
It is the policy of the Company to assign work between
skilled tradesmen in conformity with the principles set
forth by the Ford-UAW Umpires in Opinions A-223,
A-278 and B-14 and other Umpire memoranda. A more
detailed statement of this policy is made in Exhibit II
hereof and a part of this Agreement. It is not intended
that this statement shall place any added limitation on
the Company’s right of assignment, nor that lines of
demarcationshallariseastheresultofresolvingskilled
tradesjobassignmentdisputes.
AtanyCompanyplantwheretheLocalUnionshallwithin
30daysfromthedatehereofsonotifylocalManagement
inwriting,thisSectionshallnotbedeemedtobeineffect
andthecontractualsituationwithrespecttothemaking
ofskilledtradesworkassignmentsasitexistedunderthe
AgreementbetweenthepartiesdatedOctober20,1961,
shallbedeemednottohavebeenaffectedinanywayby
eitherthefactthatthisSectionhasbeeninsertedinthis
agreement or that such notice of noneffectiveness has
beengiven;provided,however,withrespecttotheRouge
Areasuchnotificationshallbegivenseparatelyastothe
ToolandDieUnitandtheMaintenanceandConstruction
Unit,butifgivenastoanysuchUnit,shallbeapplicable
* Reproducedinfullbeginningonpage46.
** Reproducedinfullbeginningonpage49.
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