MAIN INDEX PARAGRAPH 121 - 130 (121) The following paragraphs shall not be applicable to apprentices: (66)(a) (70) (66)(b) (71) (66)(c) (174) GM-UAW Skilled Trades and Apprentice Committee (122) A GM-UAW Skilled Trades and Apprentice Committee will be established in Detroit, composed of three representatives of General Motors and three representatives of the General Motors Department of the International Union, UAW, which shall meet monthly unless otherwise mutually agreed. The duties of this Committee shall be: a. To review and revise the uniform shop training schedules when necessary. The shop training schedules which have been agreed to by the GM-UAW Skilled Trades and Apprentice Committee are made a part of this Agreement. b. To review and revise the related training schedules when necessary. Example related training schedules which may be agreed to pursuant to Paragraph (123) by the GM-UAW Skilled Trades and Apprentice Committee are made a part of this Agreement. c. To review and revise, when necessary, the GM-UAW Standard Apprentice Plan which is made a part of this Agreement. d. To receive reports by the plants having apprentices of the number of apprentices within each training period by apprentice classification and the number of journeymen/women by classification included in the ratio of apprentices in training to journeymen/women. [See Par. (140), (178-178a)] e. To establish new apprentice training schedules for classifications in which such schedules have not been previously agreed upon by the GM-UAW Skilled Trades and Apprentice Committee. f. To approve Pre-Apprentice Training Programs and to review and make disposition of other apprentice training matters referred to the Committee by the Local Apprentice Committees. [See Par. (145)] [See Doc. 60] [See CSA #22] g. To review the status of EIT programs in accordance with Appendix H. h. To deal with other matters concerning the Apprentice and Skilled Trades Sections of this Agreement. [See Par. (140)] [See Doc. 64] i. Disputes concerning the Apprentices and Skilled Trades Sections of this Agreement may be appealed to the Umpire in accordance with Paragraph (55). [See Par. (46)] (123) The present shop and related training schedules will remain in effect until replaced by revised schedules. The revised schedules will be adopted for those apprentices presently in the training program to the extent that they can be integrated into such revised programs without interfering with the progress of the apprentice. If local plant requirements indicate deviation should be made in such shop or related training schedules, proposed changes must be referred to the GM-UAW Skilled Trades and Apprentice Committee, together with the reason for requesting the deviation, for consideration. The present shop training schedules which have not been agreed to, will be reviewed by the GM-UAW Skilled Trades and Apprentice Committee as soon as possible. [See Par. (122), (124), (126), (149)] Local Apprentice Committee (124) A Local Apprentice Committee composed of two (2) Union members and two (2) Management members shall be established in each plant in which apprentices are employed. The International Union shall appoint journeymen/women from the plant as members of the Local Apprentice Committee, one of whom shall be designated as the Chairperson of the Union members of the Local Apprentice Committee. Local Management shall notify the local Union of its members, one of whom shall be designated the Apprentice Coordinator. [See Par. (123), (126)] [See Doc. 61, 75, 76] (125) Chairpersons of the Union members of Local Apprentice Committees shall be permitted to attend regular Shop Committee meetings for the purpose of assisting in the handling of grievances of apprentices. They will be paid their regular rates for time spent in such meetings and for making the investigations provided for in this sub-paragraph for the hours they would otherwise have worked in the plant. The Chairperson of the Shop Committee may designate the Chairperson of the Union members of the local Apprentice Committee, in lieu of a member of the Shop Committee, to make the further investigation provided for in Paragraph (33) of a grievance filed by an apprentice. (126) The Local Apprentice Committee shall meet at a mutually agreed-upon time at least once each 30 days, unless otherwise agreed to extend the time between meetings. Apprentice Committeepersons will be paid their regular rates for time spent in such meetings and for the necessary time to properly perform their duties and functions provided for in Paragraph (127) for the hours they would otherwise have worked in the plant. Minutes of such meetings will be furnished to the Union members of the Local Apprentice Committee within seven (7) calendar days from the date of the meeting. [See Par. (123), (124)] (127) The duties and functions of the Local Apprentice Committee shall be as follows: [See Par (126),(140)] (a) To negotiate on issues involving the effect of the employment of apprentices on the employment of journeymen/women in the trades involved. (b) To study other matters that may involve the training of apprentices by journeymen/women in the shop. When machinery, equipment or material is introduced or modified and new skills are required in the journeyman/woman classification in the plant, the matter may be reviewed to determine the effect on the shop and related training of apprentices including necessary revision of such training. If requested, arrangements will be made with the Apprentice Coordinator for the Local Apprentice Committee to investigate the new skills on the plant floor as a part of their review. When a meeting is held with the local educational institution providing related training to implement changes in the related training curriculum, the Union members of the Local Apprentice Committee will be given the opportunity to attend. [See Statement on Technological Progress] (c) Progress reports of the apprentice shop and related training schedules shall be reviewed in meetings of the Local Apprentice Committee, except that upon the request of a member of the Local Apprentice Committee an individual apprentice’s record shall be reviewed in a meeting of the Local Apprentice Committee once during the last thirty (30) day period prior to completion of the apprentice shop training schedule. Problems involving the improper application of the shop training schedules to individual apprentices may be raised with supervision and if necessary discussed with the apprentice on the plant floor by the Chairperson or another Union member of the Local Apprentice Committee. (d)(1) To interview tested apprentice applicants in accordance with the Apprentice Selection Procedure. Interview results will be combined with test scores by central scoring where separate lists will be developed, one for seniority employee applicants and one for all other applicants, each list to be in descending order of points scored for each classification for which they have applied. The lists for each apprentice classification will be provided by central scoring for review by the Local Apprentice Committee. When apprentices are selected, such selections shall be on the basis of at least two from the seniority employee applicant list for every one selected from the other list in descending order of total point score in accordance with the Apprentice Selection Procedure; however, more selections from the other list may be made in the event sufficient seniority employee applicants are not available. Notwithstanding the above provisions of this Paragraph, laid off apprentices may be placed in the classification from which they were laid off prior to the selection of new applicants from either the seniority employee applicant list or the one from all other applicants. [See Doc. 20, 62, 63] (d)(2) When a list of qualified applicants for a classification is exhausted, additional qualified applicants may be placed on the list for that classification, but in any event additional qualified applicants will be added to the list at twelve (12) month intervals. Changes in the twelve (12) month interval referred to in this Paragraph may be recommended to the GM-UAW Skilled Trades and Apprentice Committee. [See Doc. 63] (d)(3) When necessary, the Apprentice Coordinator will make arrangements to temporarily assign a Union member of the Local Apprentice Committee to another shift for the purpose of interviewing applicants or to handle specified, legitimate apprentice matters. The overtime premium pay provisions of this Agreement are hereby waived in such instances and such changes in shift for this purpose will not result in the payment of overtime premium. [See Par. (85), (86)] (e) All applications for apprenticeship will be available upon request for review by the Chairperson of the Union members of the Local Apprentice Committee. (f) The Local Apprentice Committee will be provided an Interview List containing the name, social security number, date of birth, plant employment information and trades applied for prior to the interview. The Local Apprentice Committee will also be provided with a copy of the Final Applicant Rankings of qualified applicants eligible for selection for each classification containing the name and, in the case of employee applicants, the seniority date will be included. (g) Employees eligible for tuition assistance who express a desire to enter the apprentice program will be advised by a member of the Local Apprentice Committee of courses that are available through the Tuition Assistance Plan which may help them become better prepared as applicants for apprentice training. [See Memo-Tuition Assistance Plan] [See Doc. 60] (h) The Apprentice Coordinator and the Chairperson of the Union members of the Local Apprentice Committee may confer with new apprentices for the purpose of acquainting the apprentices with the role of the Corporation, Local Management, the Union and the National and Local Apprentice Committees in the apprentice program and to ascertain that the apprentices understand their status and obligations as apprentices in accordance with the Apprentice Training Agreement provided for in Paragraph (144). (i) The Apprentice Coordinator and the Chairperson of the Union members of the Local Apprentice Committee may confer with apprentices where there are indications that apprentices are failing to perform their obligations as apprentices. (j) To evaluate and credit previous experience as provided for in Paragraph (132). [See Par. (132)] (k) To issue certificates of completion of apprenticeship as provided for in Paragraph (150). (l) Each six months the Chairperson of the Union members of the Local Apprentice Committee will be furnished with a list of the number of apprentices in each training period by classification and the number of journeymen/women by classification included in the ratio of apprentices in training to journeymen/women. (m) Apprentice training matters which are discussed by the Local Apprentice Committee and are not resolved may be referred to the GM-UAW Skilled Trades and Apprentice Committee for disposition. [See Par. (145)] (128) Grievances filed by apprentices will be handled under Representation and Grievance Procedure Sections. [See Par. (129)] (129) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (128) above, problems involving apprentice related training schedules which cannot be settled locally by the Local Apprentice Committee shall not be subject to the Grievance Procedure. Such problems may be referred to the GM-UAW Skilled Trades and Apprentice Committee. Apprenticeship Eligibility Requirements (130) Management will review its apprentice training needs and will post on the bulletin boards a list of apprentice openings. In order to be eligible for consideration for apprenticeship, all applicants must meet the requirements for apprentice training as established in the GM-UAW Standard Apprentice Plan, including education and other tests, such as aptitude tests. To satisfy the education requirement, the applicant must be a high school graduate, or have an equivalent education such as the high school equivalency test or other methods that may be agreed upon by the GM-UAW Skilled Trades and Apprentice Committee, or meet the alternative requirements set forth in the GM-UAW Standard Apprentice Plan. The new employee applicant must be at least age 18 or otherwise consistent with applicable State and Federal laws. [See Doc. 63] Paragraphs: [ 1 - 10 ] [ 11 - 20 ] [ 21 - 30 ] [ 31 - 40 ] [ 41 - 50 ] [ 51 - 60 ] [ 61 - 70 ] [ 71 - 80 ] [ 81 - 90 ] [ 91 - 100 ] [ 101 - 110 ] [ 111 - 120 ] [ 121 - 130 ] [ 131 - 140 ] [ 141 - 150 ] [ 151 - 160 ] [ 161 - 170 ] [ 171 - 180 ] [ 181 - 190 ] [ 191 - 200 ] [ 201 - 210 ] [ 211 - 220 ] [ 221 - 227 ] MAIN INDEX