MAIN INDEX PARAGRAPH 181 - 190 Maintenance Helpers (181) The Maintenance Helper classification shall be eliminated. General (181a) Upon becoming classified as journeymen/women or employees-in-training- seniority (E.I.T.S.), employees shall receive a rate not less than the midpoint of the rate range for their job classification except that such employees shall receive the maximum rate of their classification within three (3) months from the date on which they are so classified or acquire seniority, or in the case of newly hired journeymen/women or newly hired employees-in-training-seniority (E.I.T.S.), within three (3) months from the date on which they acquire seniority and except that employees classified as journeymen/women in one skilled trades classification and earning the maximum rate for that classification who are transferred to journeyman/woman status in a related skilled trades classification at that plant shall be paid the maximum rate for the related classification immediately upon transfer. [See Par. (99a), (137)(d), (151), (165)] [See Par. (180)(c)] [See App. I] (181b) Local agreements subject to Corporation and International Union approval may be negotiated locally to meet other local conditions in accordance with the principles set forth in this section. Lines of Demarcation [See App. I] (182)(a) The Chairperson of the Shop Committee may request the Labor Relations Supervisor to arrange a special conference to hear the skilled trades representative’s views concerning problems in connection with work assignments of employees in skilled trades classifications and to discuss the matter. Such special conference will be attended by two committeepersons representing employees in skilled trades classifications, the Chairperson of the Shop Committee, a representative of the section of the Management organization in charge of the skilled trades activity involved, a representative of labor relations and another representative of the Management organization. The Regional Director of the International Union or a designated representative, upon request to the Corporation Labor Relations Staff, may attend the conference. [See Doc. 112] (b) If the matter involves the appropriateness of the work assignment of employees in skilled trades classifications and is resolved, the settlement will be reduced to writing within seven (7) calendar days from the date of the settlement unless otherwise agreed to by the parties. If the matter is not resolved, the Local Union may reduce the matter to writing in a statement setting forth all the facts and circumstances surrounding the case and the position taken by the union. The statement will be presented to Local Management, within (10) working days of the special conference. Within five working days thereafter, local management will prepare and give to the union a complete statement of the facts of the case and the reasons for the position taken. The Union may within 30 days of such delivery forward the Union’s statement and the Management’s statement to the Director of the GM Department of the International Union. (c) If in its judgment the matter warrants appeal, the International Union may within 30 days of receipt of the statements, appeal the matter to the GM-UAW Skilled Trades and Apprentice Committee by written notice to the Director of Labor Relations of the Corporation. (d) The GM-UAW Skilled Trades and Apprentice Committee shall attempt to resolve the matter. If they are unable to resolve the case within three months of the date of appeal to it or any mutual extension of said period, the case may be withdrawn without prejudice by the union members or may be appealed to the Impartial Umpire for final and binding decision. Upon the submission of a case to the Umpire, the parties will make an effort to provide the Umpire with a jointly agreed upon set of specific criteria to guide the Umpire’s decision in each case. (183)(a) Employees of an outside contractor will not be utilized in a plant covered by this Agreement to replace seniority employees on production assembly or manufacturing work, or fabrication of tools, dies, jigs and fixtures, normally and historically performed by them, when performance of such work involves the use of Corporation-owned machines, tools, or equipment maintained by Corporation employees. [See Par. (46)(1)] [See App. F] [See Doc. 113] (b) The foregoing shall not affect the right of the Corporation to continue arrangements currently in effect; nor shall it limit the fulfillment of normal warranty obligations by vendors nor limit work which a vendor must perform to prove out equipment. [See Par. (46)(1), (183)(d)] [See Doc. 58, 100, 113] (c) It is the policy of the Corporation to fully utilize its seniority employees in maintenance skilled trades classifications in the performance of maintenance and construction work, as set forth in its letter, dated December 14, 1967 (Appendix F), to the Union on this subject. [See Par. (46)(1)] [See App. F1] [See Doc. 58] (d) In all cases, except where time and circumstances prevent it, Local Management will hold advance discussion with and provide advance written notice to the Chairperson of the Shop Committee and the Shop Committeeperson or Shop Committeepersons whose zones include the maintenance activities, prior to letting a contract for the performance of maintenance and construction work. In this discussion Local Management is expected to review its plans or prospects for letting a particular contract. The written notice will describe the nature, scope and approximate dates of the work to be performed and the reasons (equipment, available human resources, etc.) why Management is contemplating contracting out the work. Further, this written notice will include the type and duration of warranty work. At such times Local Management representatives are expected to afford the Local Union representatives an opportunity to comment on the Management’s plans and to give appropriate weight to those comments in the light of all attendant circumstances. When Journeymen/women or E.I.T.S. diemaking, toolmaking or engineering employees are on layoff or become laid off as a result of the plant’s subcontracting work normally performed by them, Local Management will, except where time and circumstances prevent it, hold such advance discussions of contracts for the performance of major die construction work or major tooling construction programs of the type normally performed by such employees. [See Par. (183)(b)] [See Doc. 58, 59, 98] (e) In no event shall any seniority employee who customarily performs the work in question be laid off as a direct and immediate result of work being performed by any outside contractor on the plant premises. [See Par. (46)(1)] VACATION ENTITLEMENT (184) The vacation entitlement provisions of this Section shall apply during the remainder of the term of this Agreement. (185) Effective January 1, 1994 the eligibility date for vacation entitlement for all seniority employees is December 31. (186) Each “eligibility year” shall begin with the first pay period following the pay period containing December 31 of the previous year and end with the pay period in which December 31 falls. (187) Employees shall become eligible for vacation entitlement as hereinafter defined, provided they have at least one year’s seniority as of December 31 of the eligibility year and have worked during at least 13 pay periods during the eligibility year. Without modifying or adding to any other provision of the Vacation Entitlement Section, an employee who has seniority but has not acquired one year’s seniority as of December 31 shall nevertheless become eligible for a percentage of 40 hours of vacation entitlement pursuant to Paragraphs (192) and (193b). (188) In determining the number of pay periods an employee shall have worked in the eligibility year, the employee shall be credited with one pay period for each pay period in which the employee performs work in any General Motors plant during that year. (189) For the purpose of this Vacation Entitlement Section only, a pay period during which an employee qualifies for pay pursuant to Paragraph (194), Paragraphs (203) through (213a) for holidays falling within the Christmas Holiday Period, Paragraph (218), Paragraph (218a), Paragraph (218b), or the Independence week shutdown shall be counted as a pay period worked. A laid off employee who receives pay for a designated holiday shall receive credit for the pay period in which the holiday falls as a pay period worked. (190) Employees whose seniority at a General Motors plant (base plant) is hereafter broken: (a) pursuant to Paragraph (64)(d) because they elected to remain at the General Motors plant in which they are working, or (b) pursuant to Paragraph (64)(e), or (c) pursuant to Paragraph (113a) because of placement as a journeyman/woman, shall have their vacation entitlement computed as though their seniority at the base plant had not been broken, provided, (1) they continuously hold seniority at a General Motors plant(s), or (2) are hired at a General Motors plant before their seniority at a prior plant is broken and they acquire seniority at the plant where hired within the next six (6) continuous months, and they thereafter continuously hold seniority at a General Motors plant(s). 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